“All My Friends” tackles the negative effects of the millennial party lifestyle. Alcohol, MDMA and Xanax, all see mentions in a song about avoiding the real pain of breaking up with someone.
With its booming chorus, stand-out vocal performance from Tinashe and insightful verse from Chance The Rappe...
[Intro: Tinashe]
Uh-huh, hoo
[Verse 1: Tinashe]
We open with the vultures, kissing the cannibals
Sure, I get lonely, when I'm the only
Only human in the heaving heat of the animals
Bitter, brown salt, stinging on my tongue, ah
Heart will not waver, heart will not wait its turn
It will beat, it will burn, burn
Burn your love into the ground with the lips of another
Do you get lonely? Sure, I get lonely sometimes
[Chorus: Tinashe & Snakehips]
All my friends are wasted
And I hate this club
Man, I drink too much
Another Friday night I've wasted
My eyes are black and red
I'm crawling back to your bed
[Verse 2: Chance the Rapper]
I hate the bar (IGH!)
Pharmacy addict, hear the Wall Street traffic
Took the car (IGH!)
We reinvent the wheel just to fall asleep at it—skrrrt!
Crash on the floor, catch the z-z-z's (Hunh)
Popping the polar opposite of NZT (Hunh)
Hip-hop and the propaganda say they name-brand (Name-brand)
But I done seen how the *censored* did my main man (Main man)
The nights we won't remember are the nights we won't remember (IGH!)
I'll be gone 'til November, all my city call for Simba (IGH!)
Dreams are made for cages, nigga, lions are for real
Nigga, dying is for real, niggas dying off of pills (Woo!)
Nigga, fridays are for chill and I escaped the treachery
I just had to rest-in-peace the recipe
The rest of us are prayin' that the sand will leave a tan
If you're up right now, hope you hear what I'm saying
Hope you hear what I'm saying
[Chorus: Tinashe & Snakehips]
All my friends are wasted
And I hate this club
Man, I drink too much
Another Friday night I've wasted
My eyes are black and red (Woo!)
I'm crawling back to your bed
[Bridge: Tinashe]
Do you get lonely? Sure, I get lonely, some nights
When the angels on my shoulder slumber and I'm stuck here
With the vultures, hissing and circling
You didn't call me (Call me, call me, call me)
[Pre-Chorus: Tinashe & Chance the Rapper]
Ooh, I'm crawling, crawling
Crawling back to you (IGH!)
[Chorus: Tinashe & Snakehips, Chance the Rapper, & All]
All my friends are wasted (All my friends are wasted)
And I hate this club
Man, I drink too much (Too much, I drink too much)
Another Friday night I've wasted
My eyes are black and red
I'm crawling back to your bed
All my friends are wasted (All my friends are wasted)
And I hate this club
Man, I drink too much
Another Friday night I've wasted
My eyes are black and red
I'm crawling back to your bed
[Click here to learn more about the making of "All My Friends."]
All My Friends was written by Chance the Rapper & Cass Lowe & Oliver Dickinson.
Snakehips released All My Friends on Wed Oct 21 2015.
In an interview with the Official Charts Company, Snakehips member Ollie Lee explained the song:
It’s not about one specific story, I suppose it’s really just about years of bad nights out… living in London!"
When asked about how the collaboration came about, Lee continued, “I have no idea to be h...