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Unfortunate by Tems

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Tems

Unfortunate

Release date: 5th June 2024

From Born in the Wild
Track 9
3:39
R&B/SoulMusic
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About This Track

'Unfortunate' by Tems is a 2024 R&B/Soul track from 'Born in the Wild'. The lyrics take a confrontational, wounded tone, addressing a returning lover with “dirty” intentions and a sense that their words and promises are discarded before they land. A shark in the water image turns the message into a warning about danger lurking beneath calm surfaces, with the singer casting herself as someone who has learned the hard way and now knows it is time to move on.

"Unfortunate" is a track by Tems, from the album Born in the Wild, released 5th June 2024. The track is 3:39 long. It's filed under R&B/Soul. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 9 articles about Tems.

About the Artist

Tems

Tems

Lyrics

Unfortunate

Guess your coming back again
With your dirty dirty plans
Oh you always make it deep
No girl ever made it back
Anything you wanna say
Might as well be thrown away
Guess it's time to make your way, way
Oh it's a shark in the water
Swimming across the sea
But in the words of my mother
I'm living in victory
And maybe it's fortunate, you're unfortunate
Yeah maybe it's fortunate, you're unfortunate
And maybe I'm fortunate that you're losing me
I'm so fortunate that you misbehave
I'm so fortunate that you don't know a thing, ayy
Too young to be worrying bout too many things
When my spirit and my mind are being tainted baby
All the things that you really wanted out of me
You took it all now
I'm saving me
Cause you were late that night and I waited boy
I waited patiently
I'm not patient
What is a relationship no foundation
It's termination no hesitation
And I said
Ooh I'm dipped in gold
I don't even know you, know you, know you, not me
Ooh I'm moving on, if you think knew me
I think I've decided
That maybe it's fortunate, you're unfortunate
Yeah maybe it's fortunate, you're unfortunate
And maybe I'm fortunate that you're losing me
I'm so fortunate that you misbehave
I'm so fortunate that you don't know a thing, ayy
Fortunate (or maybe it is)
Fortunate (or maybe it is)
Fortunate, fortunate (yeah, maybe it is)
(Fortunate)

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Track details

From Born in the Wild

3:392024
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Album
Born in the Wild
Born in the Wild
Tems
6th June 2024
Track number
9
Release year
2024
  1. 1Born in the Wild
    2:16
  2. 2Special Baby (Interlude)
    0:59
  3. 3Burning
    2:55
  4. 4Wickedest
    2:37

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  • 5Love Me JeJe
    2:58
  • 6Get it Right (feat. Asake)
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  • 7Ready
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  • 8Gangsta
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  • 9Unfortunate
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  • 10Boy O Boy
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  • 11Forever
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  • 12Free Fall (feat. J. Cole)
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  • 13Voices in My Head (Interlude)
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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Tems
    Lyricist
    GuiltyBeatz, Tems
    Composer
    GuiltyBeatz, Tems
    Producer
    GuiltyBeatz
    Assistant Engineer
    Joshua Brazil
    Mastering Engineer
    Gerhard Westphalen
    Mixing Engineer
    Ikon Ekwuyasi, Spax (Producer)
    Recording Engineer
    Tems
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