Last year he wrote the fluid and weird ‘Baby Grey’ after being asked by the Tate to write a musical response to the stream-of-consciousness spoken-word Turner Prize entry by Tris Vonna Michell.
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It's like...
She's just a black and white drawing
But black and white gets boring
Verse 1-
Lady Luna, lazy is the love
Crazy thinking maybe is enough
Tough another bluff, blaming it on us
Its a shame way we stray
Had us flaming into dust
Was it lust? Or was it lust, no
Baby Blue but blushed like a flushed rose
Another night
Sussed as the bus slows
Cutthroat, crushed into must as the lust grows
She must know my possession of pain
The second guessing while she was stressing the strains
Seen the rain in the bubble
The baby busting her brain
Can't cocoon from the womb
But willing away the same
It was strange
The way we change with the wind
Never thinking bout the danger of sin
My little bubba broke, blaming the sin
The range from the day they claim shame in his skin
Chorus-
She's just a black and white drawing
But black and white gets boring (3x)
She's just a black and white drawing
Uh-uh its black and white
Verse 2-
She said, "Ben, we need to have a talk
Your house is loud can we step out and have a walk?"
I pour some thought
She got me thinking that I'm caught
I know I ain't done nothin' lately, but it's shady
So I stalk a couple steps behind
Got me bugging 'bout the better times
Mother's stressing 'cause we left another mess at mine
But mine is hers and I ain't thinkin' 'bout the worst
I feel an urge and pull her to the curb and ask who's next in line
She starts to smile
Saying, "Kiss me, Ben it's been awhile."
Its been a week, I hit her cheek
Maybe I'm in denial, but she won't let me speak
I need to breathe but still she holds me deep, and I can feel her weeps
And now we leave before I start to rile
Another mile, still I'm asking her "What's wrong?"
She won't respond till I ask her, "What's going on?
Is it wrong?"
She turns to look and says she needs it gone
My baby in her belly
But she said she'd keep it strong
Chorus 3x-
She's just a black and white drawing
Uh its Black and White
Baby Grey was written by Loyle Carner.
Loyle Carner released Baby Grey on Wed Jan 01 2014.