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Kelela
Cut 4 Me
Enemy

TRACK

Enemy

Release date: 30th September 2013

From Cut 4 Me

Track 2

4:17

Electronic Music R&B/Soul Dance

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About This Track

'Enemy' by Kelela is an electronic track from the album 'Cut 4 Me', released in 2013. The lyrics cast a tense, self-protective relationship dynamic, with the singer rejecting someone who only appears when she is at her lowest. In one line she calls the other party her enemy, insisting that there is “nothing here to save”. Elsewhere, she frames love as insufficient, repeatedly pulling back from interference and choosing to keep herself to herself, even as the situation keeps escalating.

"Enemy" is a track by Kelela, from the album Cut 4 Me, released 30th September 2013. The track is 4:17 long. It's filed under Electronic. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 7 articles about Kelela.

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Kelela

Kelela

Lyrics

Enemy

You're all up on me now
That you're my enemy
There's nothing here to save
It's all here in front of me
When I'm feeling low
You're not the remedy
I'm keeping to myself
I get the best of me

You know we give it up
But love is not enough
They always acting up
We keep on lettin' 'em
I called you on your bluff
But you be holding tough
I need someone who knows
Someone who gives a fuck

But you don't know how
I'm going out

Spend some time alone
Now you're up in my face
Breathing down my neck
Better back up off me now
Don't you know it's me
K-E-L-E-L-A
You want it back
I'll keep the best of me now

You know we give it up
But love is not enough
They always actin up
We keep on lettin' 'em
I called you on your bluff
But you be holding tough
I need someone who knows
Someone who gives a fuck

But you don't know how (but you don't know how)
I'm going out (I'm going out, out)
But you don't know how (how)
I don't know how (I don't know how)
Don't know how to get it through you
Don't know how to get it through you

Gave you all my time
Now I'm on my grind, yeah
There's no hate
It couldn't wait
Matter fact, I should thank you

Gave you all my time
Now I'm on my grind, yeah
There's no hate
It couldn't wait
Matter fact, I should thank you

Gave you all my time
Now I'm on my grind, yeah
There's no hate
It couldn't wait
Matter fact
Thank you

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Track details

From Cut 4 Me

4:172013

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Album

1st October 2013

Track number

2

Release year

2013

1Guns & Synths
2:56
2Enemy
4:17
3Floor Show
4:38
4Do It Again
3:01

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