Saints And Whiskey

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1.	This Is Britain 04:16	lyrics	buy track
This Is Britain Man 72 men women and children dead and zero arrests, I guess none of us are feeling impressed I pass protests outside Grenfell in that rich address where shit weren't addressed, Tell me how your compensating the dead/ It takes a tragedy for activists to get really obsessed But now there's actually families deeply oppressed And no one cares the DWP are keeping their sanctions and force feeding their tests, all that were receiving is stress/ Fuck benefits The bottom 1 percent are demonised while demons lie politicise belittle minds to keep us regressed The other day I saw a geezer on the street with no creps He said he failed the medical they couldn't see hes depressed People made homeless and die freezing for less, No excuse for missing interviews believe it yes not even your death Well this is Brexit Britain I suggest it's really a mess They talk about the theft of cash while they keep you in debt/ The Labour core has been appealing for a saviour or Were faced with Boris Johnson he'll come racing in to save us all, Next Kim Jong Un will press the button and be waging war, As Donald Trump applies more fake tan and gets that fake applause/ So tell Esther Mc Vey that hey! It's okay! Who needs luxuries like food and warmth for living day to day There wouldn't be no food banks if bankers didn't fuck up newsflash The people that's responsible are sailing off to new lands/ But damn... This is Britain man These Tory motherfuckers are just straight- toffs You prey on peoples suffering tryinga play- God I can't afford to fly out of London and take- off Displaced lost while they i.d your face- off/ It can occasionally feel like your drowning in your own body Grey estates no money who plays it straight? No body This cut throat life is so bloody depressing and still the purists chat We need a hard Brexit! it's so funny There was no point leaving the E.U and I'm sure it's fact, When it's too late they'll look around like where the tourists at? The media act the people are trapped with pure set backs The rich and the crackheads get thin, the poor get fat/ But it's alright mate our crime rates decent in the right place Young uns singing pop songs autotune and hide face Nowadays they love them sorta goons and think it's quite great But it was all about about the message that you spit in my day/ Fish, chips, food, spliffs Sick, kids, booze, pissed Complain about the council or the price of living it's The place where you can make it big if you know the way the system flips/ Although I'm struggling I love it here for all it's faults It's not all cups of tea & royalty cuz that perceptions false We are a multi cultural lot as we swing assaults Now meet me down the pub and it's your round I'll have a single malt/ Cheers fam! LETS HAVE IT! Cause This is Britain man
2.	Sailor Jerry 03:24	lyrics	buy track
My fury is deadly like poisonous berries My voice isn’t merry make choices be ready I’m cyanide in a cherry Try and hide but it’s very Wavey like waves when you ride on a ferry Drinking my Sailor Jerry My pride is so heavy stop fighting already Call my life legendary My angers a fire inside of my belly the sight of it gets me excited and fed me Until I’ve consumed every mike every emcee They try and offend me with cries that are empty There’s plenty of fish in the sea But they never could spit it like me And all their obtrusive delusions don’t tempt me I see through confusion illusion and envy Fuck you if you don’t like me I could burn you to ash that you won’t quite see Sensors on phones making sense of your entries Your keeping them posted like sensible sentries Censor your frenzy for champagne and bentleys I’m in the ends with a campaign that’s steady I’m making friends off my damn name you get me So if you don’t want to be friendly accept me! Stepping in the club and I feel that vibe of affluence- add to it Food drink and rap music Stolichnaya on the floor oh shit now that’s ruined, I could have had another shot in fact DO IT!/ No time to think time to act stupid Why are drinks like Ikea? They have units Pour another cocktail back and snap to it Pass the matches lighters out of gas fluid/ There’s bad humans at the back looming See a line and hoover it up like vacuuming Me I like to drink till I’m drunk then grab two men Then freestyle battle em with my acumen/ I’m back grooving there’s back to back tunes And we’ll be partying all night just like we’re grad students No needles unless we’re tattooing Otherwise do whatever you like, it’s mad movements!/ You see me now They say they want To save your Life But I’m on form When I get in the zone So Save your Hype Cheers! It’s Dekay the unacknowledged legend The under rated, alcoholic destined London estate kid rough unpolished edge and mum I’ve made it stuff you’d never question/ The rapper that you’ve never heard of committing murder I’m in the driving seat the rest of them flipping learners I spray paths of destruction gripping burners Your laymans introduction to living further/ It’s nature not nurture to rap a bar These new breeds are bizarre I’m David Attenborough Examining a species of life on selfie cameras They’re gramming every scene for the hype but they’re just avatars/ Oi have a laugh, taking it serious No saint whiskey drinking I’m so delirious A blatant risk is thinking I’m so imperious No hate there’s no learning without experience!
3.	Gaslighter 04:46	info	buy track
4.	Leave Me 03:44	lyrics	buy track
There is a certain type of personality That will always take kindness for weakness When you encounter this person, do not try and change them. Distance yourself immediately. Said he wouldn’t do it but he did, we’ve been through this before Arguing in front of my kid, when man came to the door Said I was a piece of shit, why don’t you just leave us alone You disrespect and I deserve more You’re full of threats but now I’m just bored/ FUCK YOU you are no longer dominant Failed in your mission to strip all my confidence I’m the main meal and your just the condiment I’m the whole world and your a sub continent/ I’ve seen the pattern of abuse and I’m onto it You have no rights no proof and no documents Take my advice go to a neurologist Or a psychologist, or a lobotomist/ Done with the bullshit to your astonishment Go learn how to live like a communist Got no acknowledgement your words are hollow tipped Your dead to me and this is your monument/ Fuck what you think bring on the apocalypse Seventy headless horses and all of it Your word is lies nah you’ll never honour it You don’t own my heart you only borrowed it/ FAKE with your promises FAKE with your honesty Take everything that you want no apology You were the catalyst that darkness swallowed me Till I could battle it now I just wanna be FREE from the hate and insidious company Trying to control everything till you smother me Give me the time you’ll see my recovery But I’ll be fine cause I’ve re discovered me!/ Leave me, believe me Your nothing Delete me Leave me, believe me I don’t need you You need me Police cars, handcuffs Breath hard, stand up DNA swabs prints of my hands just Violated me cause the man made some scams up/ Now I’ve assaulted you- ha Your fake stories dissolved in truth Wish I never got involved with you Cause what’s love got to do with it when you’re sitting in a piss stained cell Alone with your unresolved issues/ You disrespected my family You tried to use and to damage me Now it’s a mutiny now it’s all anarchy/ Going on with your savagery The kinder I was the more you’d act savagely I’m going to send you this track from me To let you know you ain’t never getting back with me/ And don’t fucking get back to me cause actually You won’t never be a match for me I’m moving on you ain’t catching me can’t prove me wrong cause you lie tragically Your whole act was a tragedy/ Unshackle me Re enact all the action scenes This was all your fault now I’m back to me And I’m telling you I’m happy, free Your whole life is a fallacy How could you do this so casually Watch police roll up like it’s amber leaf You enrage and embarrass me You provoked this reaction see, Should have known not to clash with D And you did it so gradually Of yourself you’re a parody You’re a one man charity Your a casualty!
5.	Drive 2 Succeed 03:52	lyrics	buy track
“Hi. I’d like to rent a car please...” ...(just give me the fucking keys hurry UP!) Kicking back ripping tracks in a Volvo Look at that flipping back like I’m Voldo Drinking Jack spitting raps I’m an old pro Killing that it’s a fact problem solved though/ I’m Kicking back ripping tracks in a Volvo Look at that flipping back like I’m Voldo Drinking Jack spitting raps I’m an old pro Killing that it’s a fact problem solved though I got that drive, Drive To Succeed Drive quick as fuck playing Tupac hit em up GPS on my ex address gonna pick him up Like a small zoot you’ve noticed that I’m a little blunt So I’ll probably start the convo with Listen cunt!/ I’m ripping up our old pictures I’m so bitter Got a job then you left you’re a gold digger The funny shit is you took the piss out my old figure But since you left I lost so weight so go figure/ I think you were jealous of me, my flows sicker I travelled round the world just like them Go Jetters Said you had my back just like an old sweater Instead you backstabbed me I should know better/ Why did you hate me cause I’m a better rapper than you and my flow was much badder it’s true At least you got your day job, you can hang with the youths Stick to doing something you can actually do/ You and me forever baby, We should be together maybe I can see you through the window, I’m waiting outside with a blade... Kicking back ripping tracks in a Volvo Look at that flipping back like I’m Voldo Drinking Jack spitting raps I’m an old pro Killing that it’s a fact problem solved though/ I’m Kicking back ripping tracks in a Volvo Look at that flipping back like I’m Voldo Drinking Jack spitting raps I’m an old pro Killing that it’s a fact problem solved though I got that drive, Drive To Succeed I fucking told you I had no time for a speech You should not have decided to reach In the open window beside of my seat Then he noticed the knife now he’s frightened of me/ (man screams) You said you loved me but you lied cause you’re weak You did things I won’t try and repeat Now I’m watching you die and you bleed at the side of the street and there’s blood on the backside of my feet/ man this guy was unique, but he’s a gaslighter a freak and a viper that speaks Snake that chats lies to the police Now your literally dying for me I best drive from the scene/ body bag him like I did when we were battling and drag him in the woods so we can both hide in the trees bury him like he buried our love down in the deep done the deed now I’m finally free/ I take your breath away don’t I babe, you should have been nicer to me Cause I ain’t got the time for your beef still waiting for the pain but all I can feel inside is relief Now he can’t criticise my beliefs/ Law of attraction (ha) you’ll attract flies on the Heath It’s a campsite your beneath And he won’t be identified by his teeth Cause I pulled them all out they caught fire now I’ve signed my release/ Kicking back ripping tracks in a Volvo Look at that flipping back like I’m Voldo Drinking Jack spitting raps I’m an old pro Killing that it’s a fact problem solved though/ I’m Kicking back ripping tracks in a Volvo Look at that flipping back like I’m Voldo Drinking Jack spitting raps I’m an old pro Killing that it’s a fact problem solved though I got that drive, Drive To Succeed
6.	Come And See ft. Rubiix 03:37	lyrics	buy track
Intro(Girls chat) Oi I’m gonna fuck this beat up... b hold me back! Nah I’m just joking no ones holding me back (you remember that track?) V1 ) Yo, my minds illicit I’m rhyming wicked in Bible districts Some lines explicitly violent towards my rival misfits I’m quite terrific no writers gimmicks defy my limits Because I find no limits proper lyrics stop it innit/ I’ll make you choke like you took a double shot of spirits, They say I’m woke and the rest are fucking soporific, I’ll take a joke rip off your ear just to make it clear it’s My view you don’t have to adhere but you’ve got to hear it/ They stop in fear like the doctors here with a six inch hypodermic inferring that you ain’t got no years to drop a tear, I guess I’m so advanced it’s frightening they’re in caves chucking spears while I’m a nuclear device within a rifles skin (gunshot: “cheers!”) Don’t need Germaine Greer to explain we’re not to blame here they’ve made their hate clear never getting that we’re the same peers! But it ain’t weird to me that double standards exist cause man this world has been pissed since we claimed a career/ Hook I’m so sick off of the beat (you know this) I’m so quick upon my feet (you noticed) I know this, you wanna see (let's showcase) So.... COME WITH ME COME AND SEE COME WITH ME COME AND SEE JHEEZ!! Rubiix verse Hook They never knew the depths that we'd gone to They never flew to heights that we soared They never grew inside and got strong so They'll never choose the path that we chose All you can do is watch as we prosper All you can do is see our success All you can do is mourn what you lost or Stop with the hate and wish us the best! Hook
7.	Running Around 04:44	lyrics	buy track
I’m still running around, gunning them down, building up bricks in the house We’re talking Lego not drugs, never been thugged, except when I switch up my mouth Good looking out Got a lot of friends in the blocks so to them I’ll be giving a shout Repping my crowd, that’s how we are Stepping too proud it ain’t never allowed Let me hit em with the real talk, please lord This life’s up and down like a see saw It’s tough but not impossible like cutting a steak with a steel fork Where we walk I see flaws Imagine this life could have been yours But when you catch sight of the police force Accelerate quicker than G force Why bruv? Cause we poor They sent my mates off to the sea shore The council don’t wanna rent cheap floors and the rich only wanted to eat more Well fuck that take a step back Nepotism I get that Work your way up to the top in this world or your stuck in the system till death and Get drunk get fucked up Absolout Vodka and that stuff Wasted can’t fake it But success I just wanted to taste it Don't follow follow follow other people... Don't follow follow follow other people. Not everyone has been created equal Don't follow follow follow other people. London NW3 till the day I die Living in a Lego building block they complain and cry Can’t I have the material things there's no way to buy Scraping by paying my way in life aiming high/ People round here hustle hard only to survive People ten minutes up the hill jet away and fly aeroplanes in skies I’m explaining why The class systems given us different schools of thought combined They can lock you up but they never can arrest your mind Freedom in a city where your watched nearly all the time Make your own luck network lots or get left behind The division between rich and poors grown wide that’s how it’s designed, Shit it’s time For me to make a living off this music or I’m trapped in a prison on the grind underground like the jubilee line, but listen truly it's fine, cause I Don't follow follow follow other people... Don't follow follow follow other people. Not everyone has been created equal Don't follow follow follow other people.
8.	The Art of Falling 05:22	info	buy track
9.	Saints And Whiskey feat. Rukas 05:08	lyrics	buy track
Hi my names Dekay.... and I’m an alcoholic (“Hi Dekay”) This is a cry for help, I don’t want to drink anymore but seem unable to stop, Trapped in a self fulfilling prophecy I’ve created a cult Downed a 70cl bottle of Jack till I drank myself under the table and dropped not the greatest result/ Can’t let the bottle go, whiskey dreams are high throttle Am I afraid of losing my bottle I bottle things up then I pour them over myself literally drowning in sorrow It’s like climbing a mountain that’s hollow Why can’t I stop/ Liquidating my assets cause I’m buying premium liquor Feeling disfigured because of what I’m feeding my liver Skin peels like a sticker, rolls of fat appear on my figure I need to be quicker to recognise and deal with the triggers/ It’s the drinking alone that reveals I’m in need of a vicar I’m breaking down call the AA have me reading their scriptures Just take it one day at a time and believe in that inner Voice that’s telling me I’m strong enough to deal with this bitter/ Aftertaste of broken dreams betrayal screams I’m done with this sinner It’s coming to get ya, succumb to it quicker If I could stop at one with my dinner I’d be on to a winner! Been fifteen years and alcohol is becoming a fixture, Pour me a shot of bourbon and use rum as a mixer Excuse me Mr Daniels well I guess someone must drink ya But finally I’ve begun to begin the Long process of not killing myself now my 4 year old sons in the picture/ I’m hanging on the very edge of sanity All the memories inside have damaged me Only way I know to take the pain away Wish that I could hold on through my day today Rukas verse Hook The systematic abuse of the poor I can’t take it no more The broken dreams washed ashore, ravaged by cannibal jaws The changing space in the mirror reveals a face I abhor Don’t be complacent it’s war against my own nature I’m torn/ Racing the dawn like a vampire I’ll crumble in dust This life is pain give me a vodka cause I’m hungry with lust, I’ve fucked up on stage till I’m stumbling but They’ve never seen my real potential cause I always show up Drunken as Fuck (whoa oh)/ I will not let this illness beat me, never defeat me I’m putting this out so you know when you see me The fact is that I’m probably going to drink again mate believe me But at least now it’s in the open you can say take it easy
10.	Space Estate 05:38	lyrics	buy track
They’re not from the spaceship maybe they’re not from my home According to this other place we’ve never been alone (Zaza, za zizizi za za...) 20 foot tower blocks with a purple tinge They remind me of rocks with a serpents skin And if time hasn’t stopped it’s no earthly thing As I watch shadow clocks flapping circle wings/ The three moons have just curved the rim Of the horizon- their red sun burns a disturbing grin I see the flowers resurfacing Nocturnal plants that only come out for lunar worshipping/ All our research isn’t worth a thing In comparison with this there’s no words to bring Any explanation for the world I’m inserted in My nerves are just murdering:/ The brutalist massive beauty of this place I’m determining Sky the colour of bourbon dims Temperature surges thin It seems deserted, grim Until the shadows come closer I swear that I heard them sing/ They’re not from the spaceship maybe they’re not from my home According to this other place we’ve never been alone Is that all it takes i heard them say... Nothings the same... This whole place man it’s pure and mystic The loosest whizz kid couldn’t look this futuristic I pick up a rock glistening And examine it closely like police when they do ballistics/ Man this is cool holistic Not humanistic But I’d choose to live this I think they’ve nailed it like crucifixes I’m an unusual misfit roam around with these new logistics/ A small group of shadow figures approach me levitating bemused by unusual physics, I wish the others in my crew could witness This is amazing astounding astonishing lucid sickness/ The shadows don’t do simplistic Hope my outstretched hand is construed as altruistic Cause no massacre ensued so I’m optimistic I’ll learn from this visit then return to my business/ They’re not from the spaceship maybe they’re not from my home According to this other place we’ve never been alone They’re not from the spaceship maybe they’re not from my home According to this other place we’ve never been alone "Translating...." We are a sentient race of the Shadow lands on planet Stone, It’s good to know we are not alone Welcome to our home We communicate through mental images translated right into this typerphone/ We can connect to you psychically Allowing us to observe everything that your mind can see We’re tapping into your memory And noting down everything we observe in there mentally/ This data is confusing; We see your species have not learned to control your emotions yet That must be difficult slaves to chemically induced turmoil write it down so we don’t forget How shocking! Look they’ve wiped out or enslaved nearly all the other species on their planet Only the deepest parts of their oceans are free And why do they poison their crops and sell the rich humans organic?/ Why do they use substances purchased with plastic money When they have natural DMT in their actual bodies? You better ask somebody Ah, they haven’t accessed that part of their brain yet They only use a small percent that explains it/ How disturbing that a small minority of their race keeps most resources in one place This is a savage system and a disgrace Look how the hierarchy keeps them debased/ The weather looks nice though, Ahh their sun is much younger than our own they have time so Maybe they’ll evolve before they destroy themselves and self implode I would like to visit before their sun explodes But at the moment they are way too uncivilised oh/ There are good things though Look at the delicate balance between good and evil Look at the resilience of people Look at the creativity and the potential foreseeable Still I wouldn’t like to go there I’d rather live under the frozen surface of Europa! Haha Let us leave now it was good getting closer Good luck young alien friend return in peace to your boulder I hope you learn before you get much older And your planet gets colder.
11.	My Sister feat. Mayah Camara 04:58	lyrics	buy track
My sister don’t say goodbye, I wish I could make it right But that’s just the way of life I’m sorry that we lost touch, many years have come between us Should have been that voice believe it But it weren’t my choice to leave just Understand it’s what I needed Freedom to express my feelings Building my own family but Never stopped thinking of you You have my surname and I’ve seen there’s some of my familiar features In your face they’re buried deep cause We are both from the same crew/ Our fathers still with you but me I’m dead to him Even though I had respect for him he thought I disrespected him But I’m still his next of kin And I got rejected in/ The hardest time of my life but that’s why I became super strong and accepted things I’m glad we reconnected in Social media Instant insta messaging You look so grown up last time I seen you you were just a kid now you’re as fly as I was back then When you’re ready come and find me bring our little brother we’ll try again Baba thinks that I have sinned But he did the exact same thing Did you know we have another brother and sister since before he met your mum back then They were twins he kept a secret spoke to our sister online and I don’t think she wants to meet up let’s hope one day we’ll be fine cause/ My sister don’t say goodbye, I wish I could make it right But that’s just the way of life I love my mother so much, She’s messed up but don’t we all Gave drinking up will never budge Dealt with enough still standing tall/ Thank god for you and my four brothers I’m so proud of us No one can touch us Been through some stuff achieved so much You’re all grown up I feel choked up with emotion/ My brothers well I’m so impressed You all excel and your the best Uncles my son could ever get I know you’ve seen my times of stress But we’re a team and I am blessed To have a family so exceptional: We’re on point like a decimal/ This is my testimonial I’ve watched you all grow from small When your at uni I phone you all We all come from these Lithos stony walls Though I know I’m not a role model/ I do try hard my heart, is now stronger than Bruce in die hard We had nothing to lose so why not Pull up ourselves by our boots and try plot/ my God I do feel bad for the loss of the other side but I’m happy that we’re here in fact I know our mum has succeeded at Raising us five kids four are academic geniuses and one of them can really rap Without you lot life would be so crap Can’t please everyone It’s deep but that’s The price in life I willingly paid but never forget that I’m here when you need me back/ - Mayah's bridge - (Dekay) How can some fathers create life and then leave so easily Severed-keeping free they’re forever leaving the Consequence on children’s shoulders and it never needs to be X2 Seen it frequently That’s just deep to me
12.	More Than I Am feat. Faye Hamilton 05:12	lyrics	buy track
I’m stronger now, than I was before Strong enough that I can do much more Without you I’m stronger now than I was before Strong enough that I can do it alone Without you This is my favourite memory, I’ll take myself there when my life gets tough When no one else cares and I’m fighting on the side that’s rough When that horizon isn’t bright enough, I remember a hot summers day when barbecues were lighting up/ A rainbow struck the sky, casting ultra violet light on us The sky was clear and blue above the blocks the world was slightly brushed With golden rays of heat, to the street from every side it rushed And he contained the lightning buzz that frightening stuff each time we touched/ Balcony windows wide the music played and reggae dealt the vibes One of those endless moments when I knew how much I felt alive We danced until the night familiar faces to myself arrived We needed nothing else to fly that happiness was self contrived/ I’ll tell you why, it’s all in your mind heaven and hell combined Our memories that dwell enshrined Are sometimes of the helpful kind I’m going through a stressful time There’s people that I’ve left behind Addiction that suggests I’m fine But only if I press rewind/ Hook I’m going clean, no more booze for me keen as I choose to be Had to admit I really had a problem to be truly free I’ve died unusually while still alive somewhat unsuitably And all the while I thought that I used it but it was using me Those drug filled days eventually caught up and shut me down Cause I’ve abused my temple and what goes around came back around My minds so hungry it’s a cannibal that must be drowned In litres of slow poison, it’s a monarch with a rusty crown But now it’s revolution I don’t need you I won’t suffer now Suffering suffocating somehow debating how to cut it out Like addiction was written on paper deep in my brain to cut around I’m screaming and calling for saviours but I don’t make a single fucking sound So how do I deal with my tendencies? Let me withdraw to my memories Humans are full of resilience and that’s the brilliance of living desperately Set me free you ain’t getting me Now I can live independently So each time that I fail I try and prevail this ain’t the end of me Sometimes I feel like I could be so much more than I am, more than I am, more than I am Sometimes I feel like I could be so much more than I am No morality no respect forever listen Expect my visions too different for all their set traditions Selected wisdom imprisoned in all their clever prisons Been fed submission It’s the same deadly repetition/ Hello Britain I’m telling ya let’s rebel the systems Full of traps like a rat infested flat that’s never lived in And television is full of this heedless hedonism So I’m about to switch it on like an electrician/ Have people terrified like its audio terrorism Mellow spittings never been my style more like a head collision, Dead your missions get them to the morgue it’s extradition My low blows’ll bring you down like pessimism/ Down down down, I got them extra symptoms Me leaving music would be like Homer left the Simpsons I Got my own morality but no respect I’ll rinse them The sharp edge of my tongue, will sever limbs from victims/ Hook I’ve seen it all my life and now I need to tell you properly Realise that homeless persons you without your property Real life and talents priceless and can shine through poverty so Tell me how we’re equal when the rich create the policies/ The kids need education that don’t stifle their speech And old people in this nation freeze and die in their sleep Like all of us here on this planet I’m just trying to keep My head above the icy water that’s enticingly deep/ Lifes a bit peak like it’s shit creek I’m unfit weak fight and get beat Twice in six weeks tired of this street While the kids eat Rice and split peas/ Day and night I need money so I can get meat Steaks and salad, some pies or mixed greens All I can affords pasta rice or chips please Desperation ain’t nice bruv it reeks!/ Its a reality tv challenge to manage these streets And mend the mental damaged family tree We’re rebuilt from the same atoms I just happened to be Born into certain circular patterns what matters is I’m actually free/

about

Saints And Whiskey is the eleventh album from underground rapper Dekay.
Based on a journey over a year which encompasses relationships, addiction, willpower and ultimately redemption, this is a no holds barred look into one of the UK's most talented minds.
With a range of issues covered from politics to exoplanets, Saints And Whiskey has something to resonate with everyone.

This album is available to buy worldwide on all major platforms.
Show your support by writing a review and using #saintsandwhiskey to keep the movement going!

REVIEW BY SCOTT BLEVINS;

I’ll start off this review by saying that I was introduced to Dekay through her battle-raps and participation in “Don’t Flop” during the height of its popularity. I always felt like she was underrated and her bars impressed me to no end.

I found out later that she had put out several albums and I picked them up and listened to all of them. I enjoyed them a lot and it was interesting to see how her style has changed over the years.

Needless to say, I was very much looking forward to this album. It didn’t disappoint and I feel like it is the natural evolution of her artistry and several of her new songs have a place in her top tracks of all time.

If I had to narrow it down, the two stand-out tracks for me are definitely “Running Around” and “Gaslighter.” Both of these tracks resonated with me on a personal level and were very enjoyable to listen to despite the heavy subject matter.

Like past tracks such as “Love,” Dekay isn’t shy about putting her personal life into her art. Though you cannot hope to know a person simply from listening to a few of their songs, you really do feel like you are getting a window into some of their innermost thoughts.

I don’t feel like I fit the typical demographic of her fan base. I am from the US, and I’m a mid-30’s male. There are definitely tracks that give a feminine perspective which is something that the rap space benefits from immensely.

Overall I loved this album and would recommend it to past, current, and future fans of Dekay.

credits

released July 1, 2019

All lyrics written by Dekay (excluding the guest appearances on 'Come And See' 'Saints And Whiskey' and 'My Sister' where the featured artists wrote their own verses)
All rights reserved Copyright Dekay 2019

All tracks produced mixed and mastered by Matt Catlow at Endell Street Studio (excluding 'Saints And Whiskey' which was produced by Matt Catlow and Dekay)

www.facebook.com/matcatmusic

www.endellstreetstudio.com

A special thank you to esteemed artist Fabian Perez for allowing me to use his beautiful painting La Peu Belle as the front cover.
All Copyrights of the image reserved to Fabian Perez.

Individual track art by Courtney Knowles.

Shout out to Diana Esguerra for her graphic design work which gave our angel wings!

Thank you to Courtney for providing each track with bespoke pieces of single art - I love them!

Thank you to Rubiix, Rukas, Mayah Camara and Faye Hamilton - I've known all of you for at least the last decade and you are all incredibly skilled and outrageously under rated - I'm lucky to have such talented friends!

Thank you to everyone who came to the infamous Saints And Whiskey gig - I think we shut down most of Camden High Street that day.

Thank you to every fan I have, because without someone to listen to my work, what would the point of it all really be eh!

And thank you to the best producer I've ever worked with, Matt Catlow, for investing so much time and effort into creating this outstanding piece of work with me, and for making such banging beats.

Cheers everyone.