[Intro: Fat Freddy's Drop]
(On me)
I can't eat, I can't sleep
Because I know they'll be watching me
Descending on the breeze
Their shadows keep falling down on me (Yeah)
[Verse 1: Kings]
Blackbirds all around, see snakes in the grass
I'm surprised they ain't found me, yeah
Stay strong with your boundaries
Never know who infiltrate your surroundings
And I know how I'm sounding, cynical
But I'm to the point like a pinnacle
It's never what you say 'bout, how you say it, that's the principle
I'm invincible with like-minded individuals, so yeah
I remain transparent but that's just how we clear
Your enemy's bad habit's a friend and so bеware
I've been dealin' morе pragmatic than traumatic lately
But baby, my demons survived that raped me
And so will yours, not a matter of when
It's a matter of why, and all the madness begin
So will you sink or fly, relive a nightmare again
Or will you learn all the lessons so your story can end?
[Verse 2: Fat Freddy's Drop]
Where there was one before
Now there are many
And as the days go by
I see them multiply
I can't eat, I can't sleep
Because I know they'll be watching me
Descending on the breeze
Their shadows keep falling down on me
[Chorus: Fat Freddy's Drop]
On me
There's a blackbird
In my garden
Oh-oh-oh-ooh-oh oh oh oh-oh-oh!
There's a blackbird
In my garden
Oh-oh-oh-ooh-oh oh oh oh-oh-oh!
There's a blackbird
In my garden
Oh-oh-oh-ooh-oh oh oh oh-oh-oh! (Yeah)
[Verse 3; Kings]
Righteous
I stay on my righteous when I speak, it's hard to digest
Always branchin' out, but never bored of my own fight, 'cause
Testin' me too much might knock your conscious to a sidekick
Dreamin' 'bout my fly kick, I might just
Forget what I learned about my clarity
Rage out, take out my coins back from charity
Just so I can purchase a gun, 'scuse my profanity
At this point, who is an enemy or a fan of me?
They both in the line of fire
Anxiety-ridden, I need a lung for hire
Just to hold my breath, I feel like I got nothin' left
I give it all on the paper, every page, my chest
Every word my best, every verse I whipped
Just to celebrate success is only curses I kept
Sometimes it feels like I deserve this mess
But the mana that I hold never let me rest, uh
Yeah, yeah
[Chorus: Fat Freddy's Drop]
There's a blackbird
In my garden
Oh-oh-oh-ooh-oh oh oh oh-oh-oh!
There's a blackbird
In my garden
Oh-oh-oh-ooh-oh oh oh oh-oh-oh!
BLACKBIRD REMIX was written by DJ Fitchie & Dallas Tamaira & Ricky Ian Gordon & Joseph Lindsay & Kings (NZ).
BLACKBIRD REMIX was produced by Fat Freddy’s Drop.
Fat Freddy’s Drop released BLACKBIRD REMIX on Fri Jun 30 2023.
When I was approached to do a remix for Freddys, I had a bit of a pinch me moment. Based On A True Story was me and my friends' summer album for yonkkkks so I jumped at the opportunity.
— Kings, YouTube, 2023