On the second song from McKinley Dixon’s 2025 album, “Magic, Alive”, we see the story of the album unfold. The song begins with the narrator and his cousin figuring out how to resurrect their friend. In the fourth and final verse, the resurrection happens. They’re amused and excited at first, but th...
[Verse 1: McKinley Dixon]
Caught lackin' once, now I'll never move again alone
Made a couple dollars from fists filled with rock and broken home
Y'all finna see, makin' it so all my loves ones known
Doin' it so that the gold could drape up on my collarbone
[Chorus: Anjimile & McKinley Dixon]
Can't make my peace
Can't make my peace
I'll give
I'll give
My soul
I'll give my soul, yeah
Okay, okay, okay, okay
To keep
[Verse 2: McKinley Dixon]
Sun been gettin' its revenge, feel the heat, you hear it buzzin'
How we raise him from the ground? Type shit discussin' with my cousin
Said I'll put that shit on everything, everything it wasn't
The sunlight gon' take us back one day (We hopin' that it doesn't)
Well, I mean, I guess if it don't kill you, make you harder
Bring 'em back just for my heart, shit, is seem like easy barter
Groovy nigga walkin' in, you can hear it in his saunter
Hear the melody, he don't walk, he do his lil' dance on water, boy
As the plot thickens, my niggas be clickin'
Hard bottoms, 3 a.m. on the floor in the kitchen
Dance of the dead, my heart and floor, you stuck?
I'll do anything, but let's not wake Ms. Jackson up
Let's get out of here
[Chorus: Anjimile & McKinley Dixon]
Can't make my peace (Can't make my peace)
I'll give (I'll give, yeah)
My soul (My soul)
To keep (To keep)
Can't find my place (Can't find my place)
I'll give (I'll give)
My soul (My soul)
Away
[Verse 3: Quelle Chris]
If it ain't today, then it's too late
You got no room for playin' cool, the school of give and take
Too many homies that we know no more, they passed away
Though time keep movin' for us, forwards feels like yesterday
My big bro told me, "Every song you make's a picture of forever, dog
And once you let it out and spread it 'round like aerosol
We speak your name up like you famous, bro, you never lost
You speakin' through us, we gon' boot up to whatever cost" (Woah), whatever cost
[Verse 4: McKinley Dixon]
Saw in awe the concrete cracked and birthed a new host
I seen him swing his hand, he cut down a whole light post
Was happy when I seen him, his dance a beautiful sight
Now I take a step back, seen him in a different light
Goddamn, what I done did? What have I promised him?
The chances are so slim, I can't have brought back kid
Laughin' now, mumbles, "Can't believe that I was finished"
Looks to me, says, "No time to waste, boy, let's get back in it, come on"
Sugar Water was written by McKinley Dixon & Quelle Chris & Anjimile & Sam Yamaha.
Sugar Water was produced by Sam Yamaha.
McKinley Dixon released Sugar Water on Wed Feb 19 2025.