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Saints And Whiskey feat. Rukas

from Saints And Whiskey by Dekay

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Man, I've drunk a lot of whiskey in my life. At times the realisation of just how much is actually scary. This track explains my feelings on alcohol addiction, offset perfectly by a perfect verse from Rukas who is the voice of alcohol... personified by a rather shady woman. In my mind, alcohol anthropormorphism brings to mind a man (maybe a bit like a younger Father Jack). This is a message I really needed to say out loud, for myself more than anyone else. As I say in the song, at the time I wrote this it was literally a cry for help. Nothing worse than feeling like you've lost control of your addiction.

lyrics

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

credits

from Saints And Whiskey, released July 1, 2019
Written by Dekay and Rukas

Produced by Matt Catlow

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Dekay is an underground rapper from London, England, who has been writing, battling and freestyling for the last twenty years.

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