Struggler, by Genesis Owusu

Struggler

by Genesis Owusu

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Lyd Great tunes to dance to while I wait for the old man to stomp on me. Favorite track: The Old Man.

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1.	Leaving The Light 03:09	lyrics	buy track
Leaving the light Always thought I was living a lie Wasn't feeling it right Always thought I was living a lie Put my hand up on my heart, I beat my chest The chaos moving down and down, seep in my flesh The obstacles won't block my path, I see the test They can try and swat me down, boy, I'm the pest Only know what you see from the outside You can run, God laughs with his mouth wide I won't die on my knees, though my hands tied In the end, it's a roach versus a landslide Better run, there's a God And He's coming for me Better run, there's a God And He's coming for me Better run, there's a God And He's coming for me Better run, there's a God And He's coming for me Leaving the light Always thought I was living a lie Wasn't feeling it right Always thought I was living a lie Leaving the light Always thought I was living a lie Wasn't feeling it right Always thought I was living a lie The pest is always on the move, I ain't vanish Crush me with your holy hell, I feel no damage I can never stop my path, despite the panic The planet might be burning down Fuck it, I'll manage Green hills, I can see them smoking Big smile as the flames approaching I'm a beast, I can feel them poaching Stamp me down, but a roach keeps roaching Better run, there's a God And He's coming for me Better run, there's a God And He's coming for me Better run, there's a God And He's coming for me Better run, there's a God And He's coming for me Leaving the light I don't need a gun I can hurt you with my tongue And I'm trying not to burn out While I'm living in the sun I don't need a gun I can hurt you with my tongue And I'm trying not to burn out While I'm living in the sun Leaving the light Always thought I was living a lie Wasn't feeling it right Always thought I was living a lie Leaving the light Always thought I was living a lie Wasn't feeling it right Always thought I was living a lie
2.	The Roach 02:37	lyrics	buy track
Stay back No, I don't play that Like I'm not jaded Why you say that shit? Why you say that shit? Why you say that shit? Stay back No, I don't play that Like I'm not jaded Why you say that shit? Why you say that shit? Why you say that shit? I was trapped Trapped! Trapped in the black I'm a roach, don't knock me on my back Legs in the air, hope God don't attack Not tryna see my head on the plaque Always watched but never seen Said my skin was never clean Tried to turpentine me Only fit for the fiends Said the popes and the queens I'm the king of the unseen Stay back No, I don't play that Like I'm not jaded Why you say that shit? Why you say that shit? Why you say that shit? Stay back No, I don't play that Like I'm not jaded Why you say that shit? Why you say that shit? Why you say that shit? Feeling like Gregor Samsa A bug in the cog of a grey-walled cancer I'm tryna break free with a penciled stanza So are we human or are we dancer? I'ma waste a life tryna chase an answer A big-boy suit with a paid-for candour We all just comics tryna place a lander For the pests I'm the great commander (The roach, the roach) The roach! La la la, la la la, la la la, la la la, la la la la la La la la, la la la, la la la, la la la, la la la la la Fear the roach Love the roach Fear the roach Love the roach Fear the roach Love the roach Fear the roach Love the roach
3.	The Old Man 02:23	lyrics	buy track
Sometimes it feels like There's an old man Waiting in the sky Just to fuck my life up (I don't get it, I don't care about it) (I don't get it, I don't care about it) Tapping in the worst to get the best of me Tapping in the words to get the bread to me Waiting for the burning of the effigy The hate I can handle, but the love always suspect to mean You see the black and white, I see the lines between, the world's a checkered tee My niggas wanna check on me, I leave 'em on seen While I scream and I scream Till I'm hoarse, like a kettle mean Did the work to keep together now I cut the seam There's an old man Waiting in the sky Just to fuck my life up (I don't get it, I don't care about it) (I don't get it, I don't care about it) What's a roach to a God? Tryna find the drive but I got a slashed tyre Every day I wake up, boy, I'm battling Goliath Flowers in the fist, still can't avoid violence Tryna run from hell, I feel the warmth from the fire In my veins Yesterday's burnt but today's not the same Squash my leg, five more to my name Plan to leave more on this earth than a stain Run roach, run! (I don't get it, I don't care about it) (I don't get it, I don't care about it) There's an old man Waiting in the sky Just to fuck my life up (I don't get it, I don't care about it) (I don't get it, I don't care about it) Your master is a system Your master is a suit Your master is a dollar The chaos that ensues Your master is a system Your master is a suit Your master is a planet The chaos that ensues Your master is a system Your master is a suit Your master is absurdity God bless the truth God bless the truth God bless the truth God bless the truth God bless the truth
4.	See Ya There 04:38	lyrics	buy track
We've been running for ya Despite all the bullshit He put anvils on my shoulders Just to stop me from dancing Know what I'm talkin' 'bout Loose my shackles I'm rattled And battle worn We keep searching For purpose But was there one, babe? You're going to hell I'll see you there You're going to hell, baby I'll see you there You're going to hell I'll see you there And we could never do nothing 'bout it Can't catch my breath, I've been in orbit for hours I'll scorch the sun to dig my hand on the moon, yeah The man up there will hide in shade like a coward I'll keep on breathing till I see him there soon Loose my shackles I'm rattled And battle worn We keep searching For purpose But was there one, babe? You're going to hell I'll see you there You're going to hell, baby I'll see you there You're going to hell I'll see you there And we could never do nothing 'bout it And we could never do nothing 'bout it Walk it out Carve my way I could never know what you'll throw today Say, toss it out Beat my path I could never die, boy, I'm in my bag Say, walk it out Carve my way, yeah I could never know what you'll throw today Say, toss it out Beat my path I could never die, boy, I'm in my bag, yeah Never do nothing 'bout it And we could never do nothing 'bout it And we could never do nothing 'bout it Could we, baby?
5.	Freak Boy 02:27	lyrics	buy track
Cosmic dread, I got a fistful If ignorance is bliss then I'm tryna stay blissful I know you wanna I know you wanna I know you wanna I know you wanna Overboard, we got a man alive A fucker-free life, that's just something that I fantasise I know you wanna I know you wanna I know you wanna I know you wanna Don't wanna turn out just like you Hating everything that you do I hope I figure out a thing or two Don't wanna turn out just like you The world's a big place to move I hope I figure out a thing or two Roach, keep running! Keep running!) I'm a roach, I'm a freak boy (Freak boy) I saw the world burn, but I smile, this is freak joy I know you wanna I know you wanna I know you wanna I know you wanna It feels scary but you gotta get your head out the sand I know you freaky but you gotta keep your sh in your pants Unless you wanna (Ah) Unless you wanna (Ah) Unless you wanna (Ah) Unless you wanna (Ah) Don't wanna turn out just like you Hating everything that you do I hope I figure out a thing or two Don't wanna turn out just like you The world's a big place to move I hope I figure out a thing or two (Roach, keep running! Keep running) Roach, roach Why you hiding in your clothes? Roach, roach See the world is at your toes Roach, roach Why you hiding in your clothes? Roach, roach Keep running, keep running! Roach, roach Why you hiding in your clothes? Roach, roach See the world is at your toes Roach, roach Why you hiding in your clothes? Roach, roach Keep running, keep running
6.	Tied Up! 03:08	lyrics	buy track
Ah, ah, ah, ah I'm Caught! And I'm feeling tied up, tied up Tryna be a better man Caught! And I'm feeling fired up, fired up Hot than a ceiling fan I'm bleeding from my legs but it's alright today It's better out here than the hell where I stay I say, my feelings start to wobble when I stare at the doves I'm fighting through life, I have no boxing gloves I punch my way through hell, what other choice can I chose? The puppet strings tug from my head to my toes I said, the world is getting salty, that's the way that it goes It's Sodom and Gomorrah Vogue, strike a pose Caught! And I'm feeling tied up, tied up Tryna be a better man Caught! And I'm feeling fired up, fired up Hot than a ceiling fan Dance my way through demons Mama told me, "Give 'em hell!" Dancing in the darkness I'm the boy inside the well Grab, grab, grab, for any piece of my part Stab, stab, stab, there goes the beat of my heart Pump that thing right back 'Cause, damn, what else can I do? I can wait here for Godot or pick my legs up and move They only let me whimper when I'm crying to a groove It's a wild west Baby, life's a saloon Tick tock, let me see Tick tock, tick tock, set me free (Burn the clock, I'm tryna fight the time) Tick tock, tick tock, let me see (Burn the clock, I'm tryna fight the time) Tick tock (Time Ah, ah, ah, ah I'm) Caught! And I'm feeling tied up, tied up Tryna be a better man Caught! And I'm feeling fired up, fired up Hot than a ceiling fan Caught! And I'm feeling tied up, tied up Tryna be a better man Caught! And I'm feeling fired up, fired up Hot than a ceiling fan I'm the struggler Ain't no way to love ya I'm the struggler Ain't no way to love ya I'm the struggler Ain't no way to love ya I'm the struggler (I can't breathe, there's demons on my flesh) The struggler Ain't no way to love ya I'm the struggler Ain't no way to love ya I'm the struggler Ain't no way to love ya I'm the struggler
7.	That's Life (A Swamp) 05:25	lyrics	buy track
Pull my sins away, I know it ain't right Steal my lonely soul from out the daylight Pay me with my blood, my loving ain't free Bind me with your tongue, my sabretooth leash I said, baby, baby, baby, it's not about me I said, baby, baby, baby, it's not about me Weld me to the floor, I've seen enough sky Numb me, child, I love the flavour of lies Paint me, artisan, the colour of sleaze Puncture me with holes, the boy becomes breeze I said, baby, baby, baby, it's not about me I said, baby, baby, baby, it's not about me I said, baby, baby, baby, it's not about me I said, baby, baby, baby, it's not about me Watch out! Watch out! Put the love and the drugs in the bag Watch out! Watch out! Put the love and the drugs in the bag Watch out! Watch out! Put the love and the drugs in the bag (I can't tell you about me, watch out, watch out) Watch out! Watch out! Put the love and the drugs in the bag (Watch out!) My arms are tired from carrying the weight of your shit Tryna travel light, but the baggage round your waist is a bit Oh oh oh yeah My arms are tired from carrying the weight of your shit Tryna travel light, but the baggage round your waist is a bit Said who are you but everything absurdity and chaos brings That's you, you Oh, that's you You bury me with all your doubt A stream of hate comes out your mouth That's you, yeah Oh, that's you My arms are tired from carrying the weight of your shit Tryna travel light, but the baggage round your waist is a bit Oh oh oh yeah My arms are tired from carrying the weight of your shit Tryna travel light, but the baggage round your waist is a bit Oh oh oh yeah Oh oh oh yeah Oh oh oh yeah Oh oh oh yeah
8.	Balthazar 02:59	lyrics	buy track
I won't wait my turn The way I live is the way I'll burnt What's the point when we all end up in the urn? Shit, the point's whatever I discern, that alright? It wasn't for my alchemy You'd burn me through You don't like my alchemy Well I love you too Melt the floor Melt the floor I'm the pride before the fall Balthazar Balthazar Get the roaches out the door In one day we go blind I can see where you're at In one day we go deaf I can see where you're at In one day we go dumb, we can die, can be born We can fly, fall in love, waste aside, be the one Baby all in one day And yet we choose to wait Why? Melt the floor Melt the floor I'm the pride before the fall Balthazar Balthazar Get the roaches out the door Melt the floor Melt the floor I'm the pride before the fall Balthazar Balthazar Get the roaches out the door It wasn't for my alchemy You'd burn me through You don't like my alchemy Well I love you too Melt the floor Melt the floor I'm the pride before the fall Balthazar Balthazar Get the roaches out the door Melt the floor Melt the floor I'm the pride before the fall Balthazar Balthazar Get the roaches out the door Fight time Fight time (I can fight the world but I can't) Fight time Fight time (I can fight the world but I can't) Fight time Fight time (I can fight the world but I can't) Fight time Fight time, fight time Fight time, fight time
9.	Stay Blessed 02:56	lyrics	buy track
Come and kiss me I'm a bastard I'm a roach that a god is coming after Just a vessel for a natural disaster A demise is running, better run faster If you feel me now, then the filthy crowd got a brand new crown coming through Now we fill the ground, if you kill me now, you gon' deal with roach number two Hey! Stay blessed, stay blessed You're killing me dead My flesh be charcoal Stay blessed, stay blessed I done been a damn pest Now watch me sparkle Stay blessed, stay blessed You're killing me dead My flesh be charcoal Stay blessed, stay blessed I done been a damn pest now Hey No guide, no knowing When you're going through hell, you just keep going Your reality is showing Hold a cross, I don't plan to be a martyr for no one I'm a muck and that's okay This world absurd till we pass away This globe don't hinge on morality You here, I'm here, didn't earn this mortality Stay blessed, stay blessed You're killing me dead My flesh be charcoal Stay blessed, stay blessed I done been a damn pest Now watch me sparkle Stay blessed, stay blessed You're killing me dead My flesh be charcoal Stay blessed, stay blessed I done been a damn pest now Hey (Where to go? I can't see I don't know I don't see) Where to go? I can't see I don't know I don't see Where to go? I can't see I don't know I don't see Where to go Stay blessed, stay blessed You're killing me dead My flesh be charcoal Stay blessed, stay blessed I done been a damn pest Now watch me sparkle Stay blessed, stay blessed You're killing me dead My flesh be charcoal Stay blessed, stay blessed I done been a damn pest now Hey Stay blessed, stay blessed Stay blessed, stay blessed Stay blessed, stay blessed Stay blessed, stay blessed
10.	What Comes Will Come 03:50	lyrics	buy track
Make some noise for your momma's favourite agitator I ain't say none, 'less I'm speaking for the paper The great debator, my life feel like an elevator I'm going down, if you walk with me then you walk with Satan A wise man once said, nah he didn't say none Now I got paid some, I waffle like a fuckin' baker To survive, got me feeling like a fuckin' faker Tippy-toeing through a hell, not tryna meet my maker You ever see the sun? You ever walk my way? I never felt at home Nah, never in this place I never saw the sun I never walked this way It never was my home Nah, never, not this place Busy making new trauma so I got something to rap about Self-inflicted stabbing doubt Baby, what's that about? So, acting like I don't know And of course I blame my boots for the faults of my toe Living life in a daze, I don't know where-where I'm going I get back to the airport like "Honey, I'm home!" Boy, I bathe in sin, and still I cast the first stone Satan saw me again and said, "Nigga, get gone!" You ever see the sun? You ever walk my way? I never felt at home Nah, never in this place I never saw the sun I never walked this way It never was my home Nah, never, not this place Peter Pipe I'm Peter Piper Peter Pipe I'm Peter Piper I'm Peter Pipe I'm Peter Piper It's hot, yeah It's hot, yeah Peter Pipe I'm Peter Piper I'm Peter Pipe I'm Peter Piper I'm Peter Pipe I'm Peter Piper It's hot, yeah Hell is hot, yeah I suffered at my least What comes will come to me What comes will come to me What comes will come to me I suffered at my least What comes will come to me What comes will come to me I can feel your everything I can feel your everything What comes will come to me I suffered at my least What comes will come to me What comes will come to me What comes will come to me I can feel your, I can feel your everything I can feel your, I can feel your everything Yeah I can feel your everything What comes will come to me, yeah
11.	Stuck To The Fan 04:15		buy track

about

Struggler is the second studio album by Australian rapper Genesis Owusu.

The album will be supported with a world tour, across North America, Europe and Australia between October and December 2023

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released August 18, 2023

Kofi Owusu-Ansah
vocals, writer

Jason Evigan
producer, writer, recording engineer

Ben Silverstein
writer

Jeff 'Gitty' Gitelman
backing vocals

Mikey Freeman
producer, writer

Psymun
producer

Simon Christensen
writer

Andrew Klippel
producer, writer

Michael DiFrancesco
writer

Jono Ma
writer

Hamish Stuart
writer

Jonti Danilewitz
writer

KYE
backing vocals

Blush and Steinj
backing vocals

Henry Was
producer, programming

Sol Was
producer, writer

Dave Hammer
producer, programming

Kirin J Callinan
writer

Julian Sudek
writer

Jackson Rau
producer, writer

Valley Girl
producer, lead vocals

Kyle Shearer
writer

Nate Campany
writer

Pat Morrissey
producer, writer

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