“Cray” is the closing track on Imani Coppola’s twelfth album, Hypocrites. The lyrics find Coppola getting nostalgic, and also wondering what her future holds. The song bears a strong African influence, with simple percussion and Tribal chant-inspired vocals. She also includes references some of her...
[Intro]
One, two
One, two, three
One, two, three, four
[Verse 1]
I just wanna go back
To the way things were
When I just thought I was
But now I know I am
Cray
It was all so simple back then
Just wake up and pretend
Do it just because
Everybody else does
Yeah
[Verse 2]
I just wanna skip to the future to see
If it worked out for me
Did I get married?
Did I have a baby?
Cray
Did I move out of NYC?
Or am I at the park
Talking to myself?
Crazy pigeon lady
Yeah
[Bridge]
Long term, baby
We in this together
Fire away
Fire away
Cray
Fire away
[Verse 3]
I just wanna kick back
In a part of life
Where things get nice again
Right now they frighten me
Cray
I’m a million miles away
From where I ought to be
Where I thought I’d be
Never happened to me
Yeah
Cray
[Outro]
Long term, baby
We in this together
Fire away
Cray was written by Josh Valleau & Imani Coppola.
Cray was produced by Imani Coppola.
Imani Coppola released Cray on Fri Jul 21 2017.