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Uneasy by Rita Ora

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Rita Ora

Uneasy

Release date: 26th August 2012

From ORA
Track 8
3:02
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About This Track

‘Uneasy’ by Rita Ora is a 2012 pop track from the album ‘ORA’. The lyrics circle around self-fashioning and mental unease, framing makeup and appearance as protection against dramas, while the narrator feels trapped in a cycle of doubt, unable to free her mind. A line about “waterproof mascara” sets the tone, turning everyday beauty into a kind of armour against perceived tells and pressures.

"Uneasy" is a track by Rita Ora, from the album ORA, released 26th August 2012. The track is 3:02 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 4 articles about Rita Ora.

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Rita Ora

Rita Ora

Lyrics

Uneasy

Why do I keep falling, keep installing bullshit in my mind?
When waterproof mascara is the key to stop those tell tale signs
My makeup is my armour for the dramas that I always fight
Attire is inspired, it's the art that's the statement of my life

I just can't free my mind, it's making me uneasy
I just can't free my mind, it's making me uneasy
I just can't free my mind, it's making me uneasy
Oh, uh-oh
Yeah, ayy, ayy
Yeah, ayy, ayy
Yeah, ayy, ayy
Yeah, ayy, ayy

And I know it's crazy whenever I get myself in that zone
But I know you gotta remember, London, let's put them on
This, and if it gets easy, ha!
I feel so uneasy
But I know you'll never forget the fact is that I walk alone

I just can't free my mind, it's making me uneasy
I just can't free my mind, it's making me uneasy
I just can't free my mind, it's making me uneasy
Oh, uh-oh
Yeah, ayy, ayy
Yeah, ayy, ayy
Yeah, ayy, ayy
Yeah, ayy, ayy

I feel a rush on me
Come get these cuffs off me
Come get me out of my head
And I'm stuck inside of what I see
These walls are blinding me
Makes me crazy, I'm feeling uneasy

I just can't free my mind, it's making me uneasy
I just can't free my mind, it's making me uneasy
I just can't free my mind, it's making me uneasy
Oh, uh-oh, oh
I just can't free my mind, it's making me uneasy
I just can't free my mind, it's making me uneasy
I just can't free my mind, it's making me uneasy
Oh, uh-oh
Yeah, ayy, ayy
Yeah, ayy, ayy

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Track details

From ORA

3:022012
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Album
ORA
ORA
Rita Ora
27th August 2012
Track number
8
Release year
2012
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    1:33
  2. 2Roc The Life
    4:01
  3. 3How We Do (Party)
    4:07
  4. 4R.I.P.
    3:48

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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
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    Writer
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    Producer
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    Mastering Engineer
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    Vocal Producer
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