“Mines was written over a facetime call while SIXPRESS was crafting the beat. He was like so determined to delete the beat but I had to stop him, the potential the shit had was crazy. I originally wrote the song just to talk about my community and the duality of living in the hood but being downtown...
[Chorus]
You
I'm high, I'm high
I'm high, blood leak from nose
And I, and I
And I just wanna know
And I, and I
And I just wanna know
My skies, my skies
My skies, they reach for you
I'm high, I'm high
I'm high, blood leak from nose
And I, and I
And I just wanna-
[Verse 1]
Three thou' on the Bronx park east
Sheep howl when the sun start peak
Flee down on the one yard leap
Yoruba and my son Yardy
Deep down on my corpse I'll breath
Sunlight and of course I'll see
Every course that the Lord might bring
Write that and record that ting
White girl? Don't recall that ting
Night yells from a chord it sings
And I, and I just want to know
My skies, my skies, my skies, they reach for you
I'm high, I'm high, I'm high
Blood leak from nose, and I, and I
[Chorus]
And I just wanna know
And I, and I
And I just wanna know
My skies, my skies
My skies, they reach for you
I'm high, I'm high
I'm high, blood leak from nose
And I, and I
And I just-
[Verse 2]
Straight off of Burke
Put my face in the dirt and I'm laced with the work
One with the world, steady chasing the earth
Chasing this bread, I been pacing for purse
So amazing it hurts, I hated Penn station
Then I figured that they hated me first
They disgusted, my black face is like rubbish
These Xans is black plaque in ya stomach
How the fuck you backtrace to nothing?
But fuck it, these niggas lack taste in they substance
And I, and I, and I
[Chorus]
And I just wanna know
My skies, my skies
My skies, they reach for you
I'm high, I'm high
I'm high, blood leak from nose
And I, and I
And I just wanna know
And I
And I just wanna-
mines was written by MIKE.
mines was produced by Adé Hakim.
In an interview with NYU Local, MIKE said
Mines is one of my favorite tracks I’ve made. It’s about a lot of things. Mines is weird as hell. It’s deep as fuck. I’m kind of talking about being black in New York City and not being able to do certain things because of my skin color and there isn’t much...