"Afterlife" lyrics

"Afterlife"

[Erick the Architect {Meechy Darko}:]
Yeah, yeah
There's some things I can't help learnin'
At times, man, it make me feel selfish (Selfish)
At times, man, it make me real nervous (Nervous)
But that make me a real person (Person)
Anything sus', I'm allergic (Allergic)
I grew up in the hood, I deserve it (Deserve it)
Pay me for my name, tryna maintain
What a shame when the day ain't perfect
I'm a slave on the modern ship
NBA, NFL, not on politics
Got bored on 'em, got awards on 'em
Nowadays, they're treatin' music like tourism
What is pop, what is not? (What is not?)
What is different when you're not? {When you're not}
Still, I'm grippin' on the knot (On the knot)
Paranoid when I'm countin' every dollar
'Cause tomorrow ain't promised when you're black
Should I say anybody goin' through it like I did, skin color hybrid
One false move sendin' bullets through your cartilage
Twelve circle block with the steel round where I live
Buddy get in line for the slop
Gotta figure out to add time to the clock
Tick-tick-tock, t-t-tick-tick-tock
Load the MAC, brrt back when this shit finna drop, huh

[Zombie Juice (Meechy Darko):]
My, oh my
I'm just tryna catch the vibe (That vibe)
I'm just tryna live my life (That life)
All we know is sacrifice
My, oh my (Oh my)
I'm just tryna catch the vibe (That vibe)
I just wanna make it right (Make it right)
'Til we reach the afterlife
My, oh my (Oh my)
I'm just tryna catch the vibe (That vibe)
I'm just tryna live my life (My life)
All we know is sacrifice (Sacrifice)
My, oh my (Oh my)
I'm just tryna catch the vibe (That vibe)
I just wanna make it right (Make it right)
'Til we reach the afterlife

[Meechy Darko:]
Ironic how they wet you up when you drip too much
Acid, acid, say I trip too much
Talk a lot of shit, give lip too much
Exposure, showin' how I live too much
Heart on my sleeve, think I give too much
Outlaw, shootin' from the hip too much
Wild boy, never shuck and jive for money
High boy, meet me in the clouds or somethin'
Crowd roar, mosh pits, thousands rumble
About four, face facts, this our humble
If the world was mine, I would watch it crumble
Toxic mind, I get in lots of trouble
Bartender, please give me double
Gin on the rocks, I sin a lot
But that's okay, it Ben-o-fats
I swear I got more facts

[Zombie Juice (Meechy Darko):]
My, oh my
I'm just tryna catch the vibe (That vibe)
I'm just tryna live my life (That life)
All we know is sacrifice
My, oh my (Oh my)
I'm just tryna catch the vibe (That vibe)
I just wanna make it right (Make it right)
'Til we reach the afterlife
My, oh my (Oh my)
I'm just tryna catch the vibe (That vibe)
I'm just tryna live my life (My life)
All we know is sacrifice (Sacrifice)
My, oh my (Oh my)
I'm just tryna catch the vibe (That vibe)
I just wanna make it right (Make it right)
'Til we reach the afterlife


Writer(s): Demetri Simms, Erick Elliott, Antonio Lewis, James Blake Litherland
The X-ray-vision music video for this song, published on the 6th of August 2020, was directed by Arnaud Bresson. The video was filmed in Paris before the COVID-19 virus pandemic. Bresson explained, "Today, there is no technology that X-ray-films a living being without endangering it, so we worked hand in hand with a post-production company to develop a technical device that would allow us to achieve a similar effect. We used multi-camera tracking, recorded the positions and movements of our characters to extract and apply to our 3D compositions. It took four months of work to find the perfect style."
To promote this song, the band posted the following on a billboard in Denver which read, "Juice got stoned and rented this random billboard in the middle of Denver. It's the marketing strategy for our new song 'Afterlife' (Produced by James Blake). Video drops this Thursday, August 6th. (This is definitely going to work. Good work Juice.)"
The instrumental of "Afterlife" was produced by Erick the Architect and James Blake.
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