Lyrics
The ConEd bill is folded by the foutou, steam is rising thin.
Tuesday, 8:47, you ain't said a word since you walked in.
Saw my black book on the counter, felt the temperature start sinking.
Your knuckles white around your spoon, I can hear just what you're thinking.
Every thread you brought from Bouaké, you wove it into me.
A good-son fabric, strong degree, a perfect tapestry.
But I got this other pattern, got this ink under my nails.
This silence is a language that I know and always fails.
[Chorus]
Baba, this quiet you stitching is killing me slow.
Is my mask on too tight or is your pattern all you know?
Baba, the words are a knot in the back of my throat.
I'm your ghost in this kitchen, your son in the coat.
[Verse 2]
'Adama, eat,' Maman said, but the sound was low and hollow.
You want a bridge to your new world, but a path you cannot follow?
This ain't the babble of the block, this a modern griot's duty.
Documenting all the beauty and the absolute brutality.
You see a frayed edge, a mistake, a life about to tear.
I see a story in the warp, a king's robe I can wear.
You gave me your name, your bloodline, but the rhythm is my own.
This ain't disrespect, it's just the only harvest I have grown.
[Bridge]
(Beat cuts out for one second, then slams back in, faster, more distorted)
Your silence screaming 'Engineer'...
Your silence screaming 'What did we do this for?'...
[Outro]
Ayo...
The spoon scrapes the bowl.
About GRIOT GHOST
Born Adama Koné to Ivorian immigrants, GRIOT GHOST was raised between the rich aromas of his mother's kitchen in Canarsie and the hard-edged reality of the Brooklyn streets. He was translating bills for his parents by age nine, but hiding his rhyme books from a father who dreamed of him becoming an engineer. Now, he funds his studio time by stocking supermarket shelves overnight, turning the…
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