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Album Telefone
- #1
YesterdayNoname
- #2Sunny Duet
Noname & theMIND
- #3Diddy Bop
Noname & Cam O’bi & Raury
- #4
All I NeedNoname & Xavier Omär
- #5Reality Check
Noname & Akenya & Eryn Allen Kane
- #6
Freedom InterludeNoname
- #7Casket Pretty
Noname
- #8Forever
Noname & Joseph Chilliams & Ravyn Lenae
- #9Bye Bye Baby
Noname
- #10Shadow Man
Noname & Phoelix & Smino & Saba
Casket Pretty by Noname
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The seventh track off Noname’s Telefone, “Casket Pretty” is a dark song about death in Chicago.
Noname speaks on police brutality in the wake of what she calls a “brutal” summer. She paints a picture of death, underpinned by injustice, fear, and a lack of protection and consideration by those who...
Casket Pretty Lyrics
[Hook]
All of my niggas is casket pretty
Ain't no one safe in this happy city
I hope you make it home
I hope to God that my tele' don't ring
Niggas is casket pretty
Ain't no one safe in this happy city
I hope you make it home
I hope to God that my tele' don't ring
[Verse]
I've been searching for God in the bottle he gave me
Ashes to Ashes, dearly departed, regarded as Holy
Don't hold me, don't hold me when niggas is dying and dying
And I'm afraid of the dark, blue and the white
Badges and pistols rejoice in the night
And we watch the news, and we see him die tonight
Tonight, the night, the night his baby said goodbye
Roses in the road, teddy bear outside, bullet there on the right
Where's love when you need it?
Too many babies in suits
Too many babies in suits
Dark before the dawn, ricochet the pawn
Bullet in the chest, you ain't mean no harm
Collecting your checkmate, I know you in love with the power
It's flowers at every occasion
I need me a medicine man
Somebody heal me, somebody take my hand
[Hook]
All of my niggas is casket pretty
Ain't no one safe in this happy city
I hope you make it home
I hope to God that my tele' don't ring
Niggas is casket pretty
Ain't no one safe in this happy city
I hope you make it home
I hope to God that my tele' don't ring
Casket Pretty Q&A
When did Noname release Casket Pretty?
Noname released Casket Pretty on Sun Jul 31 2016.
What did Noname say about "Casket Pretty"?
It’s definitely a culmination. This past summer especially has been very brutal to people of color around the world. But specifically in terms of police brutality, we’ve seen just an array of violence everywhere in the United States. I think seeing so much of that prompted the song, seeing how those...
What have collaborators Saba, Phoelix and Cam O'bi said about the song?
Phoelix: We super wanted her to use it and she was like, ‘I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know’… Her rap did exactly what it was supposed to do. The emotions in the music, she said exactly what that was.
Saba: We made that beat for Noname but I couldn’t tell if she was going to use it. When we...