Dounia talks about her time in NYC and how that’s her home, but she makes many criticisms of how she must live there.
With these critiques, she would rather not speak up and continue to live low-key than attempt to stand out.
[Intro]
East coast hidin', hotel hoppin', there's no stoppin us now
F train ridin', perfect timin', I'm just closin' my mouth
'Cause when I talk-talk-talk, I just fuck-fuck-fuck it up
Yeah, I overthink, I'm so over slippin' up
[Verse 1]
Envisioned you and I lightin' up sometime
Pack a bowl for the soul on the greener side
By the grapevine, fucking with what ain't mine
But it's fun, but I'm havin' fun
If you want dramatics then I surely ain't the one
I ain't the one
Let us stay in BK where the waves are calm
That Coney Island charm
We're just sunset sittin' while I'm paintin' you a vision
You ain't a homie if you fuckin' with the villain
I stay hush, let my tallies add up
And then I'm dippin', and then I'm dippin'
[Chorus]
'Cause when I talk-talk-talk, I just fuck-fuck-fuck it up
Yeah, I overthink, I'm so over slippin' up
Yeah, when I talk-talk-talk, I just fuck-fuck-fuck it up
Yeah, I overthink, I'm so over slippin' up
[Verse 2]
I'm over words overflowin' like they're restless
I bit my tongue all along, but it's endless
Overthinking like I don't work in the mornin'
Reality so fun, dreamin' kinda borin'
I got a list of criticism I'm ignoring
Ain't too concerned with conforming, fitting in is foreign
To a woman like me
Barely a woman, 19
Pretty lies, pretty lights
White picket fence, beauty nothing but disguise
Flowers in my hair but I rip 'em out at night
Oceanic wet dreams with the love we can't find
We confined to a good time, we confined to a one-night
To a fuck, but I won't wife
To a like, but I won't try
[Chorus]
Yeah, when I talk-talk-talk, I just fuck-fuck-fuck it up
Yeah, I overthink, I'm so over slippin' up
East Coast Hiding was written by Dounia.
East Coast Hiding was produced by MikeBlud & Donato Beats.
Dounia released East Coast Hiding on Mon Jan 09 2017.
I think the chorus popped in my head first. And then I filled in the rest of the situation that triggered that initial thought.
My love of new york and how it can still act as an escape and hiding place even if you live here.
I really liked the beat and just freestyled in the terrible apartment I was living in at the time. I was out all the time because I did not like being home. Glad it inspired this song though.