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Looking at You

by Lollise

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    Two favorites from the debut EP, Open Window and Afronaut now available on 45 with a beautiful full-color sleeve and labels, lovingly re-mastered for vinyl by Jessica Thompson.

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1.
Another Lie 04:04
We are, we are the generation We are, we are the concept We hold, we hold the basin No need to be frantic The louder the song, the more we live on Ai tšukutša ai tšukutša Won’t you move on, sing along Ai tšukutša ai tšukutša Ai tšukutša ai tšukutša Ai tšukutša ai tšukutša Ai tšukutša ai tšukutša Ai tšukutša ai tšukutša Jive to the footwork Bring a dish, do be late Don’t sweat it, we’ll be there We’ll cool your head, don’t stay mad We getting there Bring yourself a layer You don’t have to major This you can’t delay You get in the way Bring yourself a layer You don’t have to major This you can’t delay You get in the way You want another lie You want another lie You want another lie You want another lie You want another lie You want another lie You want another lie You want another lie You want another lie Ai tšukutša ai tšukutša Ai tšukutša ai tšukutša Ai tšukutša ai tšukutša Ai tšukutša ai tšukutša Ai tšukutša ai tšukutša Ai tšukutša ai tšukutša Ai tšukutša ai tšukutša Ai tšukutša ai tšukutša Without, without the tension Come here to be grateful Letting go of mentions We are all insightful The louder the song, the more we live on Ai tšukutša ai tšukutša Won’t you move on, sing along Ai tšukutša ai tšukutša Watch your footstep Open door, just get in Hold this here, this baby runs Don’t stand there, that grave is mine See up there, the sun is up We will get another day You can leave but What’s the use you can’t hide You’ll retreat and fly your white scarf up high You can leave but What’s the use you can’t hide You can leave but Bring yourself a layer You don’t have to major This you can't delay You get in the way Bring yourself a layer You don’t have to major This you can’t delay You get in the way You want another lie You want another lie You want another lie You want another lie You want another lie You want another lie You want another lie You want another lie You want another lie Ai tšukutša ai tšukutša Ai tšukutša ai tšukutša Ai tšukutša ai tšukutša Ai tšukutša ai tšukutša Ai tšukutša ai tšukutša Ai tšukutša ai tšukutša Ai tšukutša ai tšukutša Ai tšukutša ai tšukutša
2.
Open Window 04:05
I see how you are in my radar The flashing came into my sensor I see how you are in my radar The flashing came into my sensor The way you gon' do me Gon' make me go crazy I imagine the love will be so amazing I imagine the love will be so amazing I imagine the love will be so amazing Unless you hide the way you entered The path you left is still scented Even though you never meant it How long can I go mental Oh, you are the only reason Why I hold this open window Oh, you are the only reason Why I hold this open window Hold this open window Hold this open window I hold this open window Hold this open window
3.
You get to say what you wanna say You get to to play with it all day I am the toad you get to mold Wearing high heels and long hair I am the road I am the sea I’m the car passing You’re looking at me I am the road I am the sea I’m the car passing You’re looking at me You’re looking at me Looking at me I’m the car passing You’re looking at me You’re looking at me Looking at me I’m the car passing You’re looking at me Eyu ayewo ayewo aye Eyu ayewo ayewo aye Eyu ayewo ayewo aye Eyu ayewo ayewo aye This is your road, it’s all paved I have to pay to get laid Give you some children so they bear your name I could be anyone, we’re all the same I am the road I am the sea Discard my body when I am old I am the road I am the sea Discard my body when I am old You’re looking at me Looking at me I’m the car passing You’re looking at me You’re looking at me Looking at me I’m the car passing You’re looking at me Eyu ayewo ayewo aye Eyu ayewo ayewo aye Eyu ayewo ayewo aye Eyu ayewo ayewo aye I’ll be the hag with boobs that sag I will toss them and score and brag Play on my guitar woo all the mens Smoke on my cigar, sleep with your friends I am, I am who I am, I am I am, I am who I am, I am I am, I am who I am, I am I am, I am who I am I am the sign linked to the moon I’m the car passing I’m looking at you I am the sign linked to the moon I’m the car passing I’m looking at you I’m looking at you Looking at you I’m the car passing I’m looking at you I’m looking at you Looking at you I’m the car passing I’m looking at you
4.
Afronaut 04:50
I came, I saw, I left your ass behind I came, I saw, I left your ass behind I came, I saw, I left your ass behind I came, I saw, I left your ass behind I come from Planet Africa I heard your distress from Ka Mayday I can’t move I can’t see Mayday I can’t open the hood of my spaceship platter My spaceship platter This ain't the time for you to pick a fight with me I came to save you all from this here fantasy Oh your sign, I heard your mayday cry Oh chil', this here too big for you Don’t come for me I own this galaxy Not yours, don’t be another tragedy Not yours, don’t be another tragedy I came, I saw, I left your ass behind I came, I saw, I left your ass behind I came, I saw, I left your ass behind I came, I saw, I left your ass behind Rekere ke rekere Rekere ke rekere Rekere ke rekere Rekere ke rekere Rekere Insist on calling me a backward sapien My song and dance can rescue you from this here ruin Oh, your mind, you need to clean your mind Oh chil', I am too big for you Don’t come for me, I own this galaxy Not yours don’t be another tragedy Not yours don’t be another tragedy Not yours don’t be another tragedy Not yours don’t be another tragedy I came, I saw I came, I saw I came, I saw I left your ass behind I came, I saw, I left your ass behind I came, I saw, I left your ass behind I came, I saw, I left your ass behind I came, I saw, I left your ass
5.
Alien Love 05:26
My mind saw you from afar I perceived your energy I come to give you this potion To ease your synergy Come and breath my air You will rise above the curse You will rise above the curse You will rise above the curse Look at me, I come to serve you I can give you everything I can show you what you really want My alien love Alien love, alien love Alien love, alien love, alien Alien love Alien love, alien love Alien love, alien love, alien Alien love Just let me give you some of this This special, this crypt This rare alien love Just let me give you some of this This special, this crypt This rare alien love Just let me give you some of this This special, this crypt This rare alien love Just let me give you some of this This special, this crypt This rare alien love Give me blood Give me blood I came to Planet Africa I heard you in the news This war, that famine My kind we have solutions Step into my lair For my answer give me blood For my answer give me blood For my answer give me blood Look at me I come to serve you I can give you everything I can show you what you really want My alien love (On a spaceship platter) Look at me I come to serve you I can give you everything I can show you what you really want My alien love Alien love, alien love Alien love, alien love, alien Alien love Alien love, alien love Alien love, alien love, alien Alien love (I come to give you) Alien love, alien love Alien love, alien love, alien Alien love (On a spaceship platter) Alien love, alien love Alien love, alien love, alien (I come to serve you) Alien love (On a spaceship platter) Just let me give you some of this This special, this crypt This rare alien love Just let me give you some of this This special, this crypt This rare alien love Just let me give you some of this This special, this crypt This rare alien love Just let me give you some of this This special, this crypt This rare alien love This special, this crypt This rare alien love This special, this crypt This rare alien love Give me blood Give me blood Give me blood Give me blood
6.
It Goes On 06:16

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Lollise is a musician, visual artist and fashion designer from Botswana, currently living in NYC. After many years of recording and touring with Akoya Afrobeat, Underground System and the FELA! Band, she has shifted focus to her original music. Her debut release - Looking At You - was created in collaboration with Morgan Greenstreet from March to May 2020, during the height of the first coronavirus outbreak in NYC. The EP explores themes of colonialism, racism, love and humility, reimagined in an interplanetary multiverse with Planet Africa at the center. The music is accompanied by self-directed music videos resplendent with colorful bricolage. With her keen aesthetic imagination, Lollise transforms her limited surroundings into dreamscapes ripe with possibility.

“This EP is our response to personal and collective uncertainty and loss. Creativity has been a life-giving force for us, a path to follow and a portal to hope and imagination as we face the daily realities of personal loss, economic devastation, political negligence and an increasingly uncertain future.”

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released December 4, 2020

All songs by Lollise Mbi and Morgan Greenstreet
Produced, engineered and mixed by Morgan Greenstreet
Additional production on Afronaut by Dima Kay
Additional musicians:
Noah Dreiblatt - Flute and saxophones, horn arrangements
Carter Yasutake - Trumpet

Mastering by Alter Echo
Artwork by Lollise Mbi
Photograph by Attis Clopton

Thank you Dima Kay, Noah Dreiblatt, Ted Riederer at Never Records, the Stoop Summit, Mme Mma Irene Mbi, the Greenstreets and everyone who has supported and encouraged us.

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Lollise is a musician, visual artist and fashion designer from Botswana, currently living in NYC. Using sound, color and movement, Lollise tells stories of real and imagined worlds, multidimensional and nuanced, historical and futuristic.

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