Stripe 3 EP

Tracklisting
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- 1 / Loopholes For The Brave
Verse 1
I’m ready for all types of scenarios
The glowing, flowing, growing oratory yo
Back then it was all about the Babygro
Time will change the status quoMy people where you at? Oh!
If life gives you lemons, make a rum and coke
Find a nice somebody and just elope
Jump all over the terrain like antelopesOr deer, my dear this is no joke
That other stuff had the tendency to choke
Kill ‘em with the lyrical overdose
It never was about the centrefoldThey don’t even attempt to break the mould
Brothers and sisters, continue the revolt
The revolution has been foretold
While they all act remote-controlledChorus
Komla and Jim Tycho
The tiger, the shadowVerse 2
Remain standing for Komla the Great
Instigate new plans to formulate
Articulate prose and poetry to annihilate
Pack a heavy right-handed jab, heavyweightNeutralise the acid, sodium bicarbonate
And that’s the way this brother vibrates
You can carry on sofa-sitting, vegetate
And keep ignoring the use-by-dateMake sure your evidence is always up to date
Y’all, make a mistake and he’s a ball-ache
Man understand this is give and take
If I’d a known you were coming, I’d a baked a fat cake with corn flakesRetake the remake for Pete’s sake
This Ghanaian MC, don’t underrate
Or underestimate
The pidgin and Ewe flow which often resonatesChorus
Komla and Jim Tycho
The tiger, the shadowVerse 3
Resonates with the numerate brethren who like to keep it straight
And narrow, we will dominate
The landscape, it’s all about procreate
They perpetrate and precipitate the stalemateThe damage they cause I couldn’t estimate
Or overstate, it’s so easy to palpate
I don’t wanna continue to pontificate
But I have to penetrate your mind stateAnd let Tycho orchestrate
This musical marinade on which I narrate (narration!)
And lacerate with the sharp wit, irrigate
Some of them just wanna intimidateAnd that negativity they propagate
Undesirable vibe they radiate
And yet the audience continue to rate
That second-rate stuff they put on your plate Aww mate!Chorus
Komla and Jim Tycho
The tiger, the shadow - 2 / Hot Kenkey
Verse 1
These hands were made for hot kenkey
Nothing quite like kenkey for breakfast
Little bigger than a jacket potato
Muesli for breakfast? No, gimme kenkeyThis one be dapper shirt and tie
Or tie and dye, this flow one of a kind
92 fashion, linen, Adwoa Yankey
Take this buy some agatha for your pikinAboski trouser dey come back
Full circle cha, don’t take life play chacha
It hot so burger wear knicker
Nkatee burger, nyebro, he be feeling brotherPalmwine Highlife, Jama, Borborbor
I go ride my bike all the way to Odorkor
Kaneshie market, Spacecar or trotro
This Wray and Nephew dey like KasaprekoChorus
These hands were made for hot kenkey
Hot kenkey
Ho-ho-hot kenkeyVerse 2
Robert Mensah goalkeeper number one
Deka, baako, ekome, go back to the kalabule
To the old school, Joy Ride, Mugu Yaro
Ikebe Super, Trade Fair, Agya Koo NimoThen my sis dey rock pompijo
Chop some red-red or some omo-tuo
Sunday afternoon, meat me there
Be there or be square, chale play fairBroda, those were the days what?
You feel say I dey play?
Go crob haircut, sakora kose
Make my beans Bambara, Oga know sayWeytin koraa be Curly Wurly?
Chale make we go fry some kelewele
Wear boxers or you go get chilly willy
Silly Billy many thanks for all your charityBut we don’t always agree with that imagery
That constant portrayal of my people
That no be how wanna people dey oh
Oh!Chorus
These hands were made for hot kenkey
Hot kenkey
Ho-ho-hot kenkey - 3 / Fly Away
Chorus
Fly away, fly away, fly away, fly away, fly away
Fly away, fly away, fly away, fly awayVerse 1
Ay caramba, Cowabunga
It all falls down, game of Jenga
You’re under attack, an ambush of tigers
Too high to get over too low to get underLook, come hell or high water
Regenerate like a salamander
Do it for the thrill like a puffer fish dinner
Disappearing actLike Houdini in a Lamborghini
With the cunning foresight of third little piggy
Brick lyrics for nitpicking critics
Handpicked to inflict metaphysic opticsBreak
This is not rap anymore it’s a TED Talk
It’s all about the honeypot
Then the rapper took his shirt off, money shot
Grab your crotch and get the job botchedWarlord or warhorse
Scream so much he’s gone hoarse
Fly away to go where?
Anywhere but here, just take me thereChorus
Fly away, fly away, fly away, fly away, fly away
Fly away, fly away, fly away, fly awayVerse 2
Tiger Shadow logo on the back of the Kimono
Tiger Shadow logo on the back of the Kimono
Chale this is nice gimme more
Chale this is nice gimme more
Really though brother feel me flow
More funk than a billy goatQue sera sera
The type to blast Cutty Ranks on the Cutty Sark
Tigers from afar claustrophobic on Noah’s Ark
This is what I brought you from AccraKoala fingerprints
Same as human so what the heck do you think
They would do when they find out we are the same
Urban to suburban to savannah plainTiger Shadow logo on the back of the Kimono
Chale this is nice gimme more
Tiger Shadow logo on the back of the Kimono
Chale this is nice gimme more
Tiger Shadow logo on the back of the Kimono
Chale this is nice gimme more
Really though brother feel me flow
More funk than a billy goat
Credits
Stripe 3 EP was recorded in 2019 at The Nave in Leeds and was released in December 2019.
Produced by Jim Tycho & Matt Peel
Mixed & Mastered by Matt Peel
Guitars, Bass, Synths, Stylophone etc. - Jim Tycho
Vocals - Komla MC
Drums and Percussion by Alex Mercer
All Lyrics written by Komla MC
All Music written by Jim Tycho