The song “PainKillers,” written and performed by OBY, is on their debut EP “Becoming”.
The common theme that surrounds the EP is the relationship between “art” and the “artist.” This is depicted through non linear writing, seemingly random rants, music breaks and instrumentals, and story telling th...
[Verse 1: Isaiah]
So sit back, let's throw watches
Pack the poor pockets with stacks of "more honest"
Got mad plaque, I'm "O-Donist"
Teeth are rotten, all you do is sweet talk and I keep the promise
I reap the profits of practice
And you sleeping all in the mattress
The world is cold here's my jacket
So when I rap this it's a tactic
Like "That's it"
"That's all"
"We're through?"
"I hit em all"
"Till the next time we meet" That's a bad deal
And the way you drop feels is a mad skill
If the heart hurts go and pop and Advil
Yea I got the drive, I'm in a cab still
I'm in a cab still
[Chorus: Rocky]
You make me better
You make me better (x2)
Let's watch the time go by
Let's watch the time go by
[Music Break]
[Verse 2: Alma]
Stand up a new anthem
Bust and replant them
Trust and recant them
Your bad luck bought a new phantom
That wants to fix all your troubles with a few tantrums
But you're too handsome
Whatever comes out your lips
Is always eclipsed by the poise
I'm hit with a noise
That drowns out the voices telling me to jump ship
Like "that's it,"
And "that's it,"
See I'm not saying "no" to the disdain
But I'm not saying "go" I'm saying this pain
Is too much for a Tylenol
See I got the 'Who? What?' but the 'Why' is all
The 'why' is all
[Chorus: Rocky]
You make me better
You make me better (x2)
Let's watch the time go by
Let's watch the time go by
[Music Break]
[Outro: Isaiah]
And my world is frozen
Locked up together like our path was chosen
My devotion to you was not potent
My erosion was pre-conceived notions
And that night was a fairy tail
You let your hair down I tried and I still failed
You're making moves I'm in the dark like I need braille
Getting lost on this path I need a new trail
Painkillers was written by Alma Cook & Isaiah Oby.
Painkillers was produced by Isaiah Oby.
Oby [Band] released Painkillers on Sun Feb 14 2016.