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Stranger by Seeming (featuring SAMMUS) from the Artoffact Records compilation Misogyny is Not a Music Genre ♀

Books in holsters But the setting sucks I can’t fight the power Cuz they write books nobody reads For these white folks that they tryna please Recycle all the right quotes tryna cite blokes ain’t my cup of tea Eatin’ chex mix Feelin’ helpless I really miss my fuckin’ ex it’s Such a mindfuck Cuz we never talk Yet we still share a fuckin' Netflix

We're evolving fast Animals branching apart as the minutes pass But let's evolve faster, let's evolve faster Tail into rattler, wing upon antler

(Try that again) Slipping my way through the cracks And I hope you don't overreact when my body collapses I've been wandering hoping to find my own place on this planet I've been up in the middle of it, I've been up in the middle of it In the middle earth, I've been nothing but real with you I've been nothing but real with you Slipping my way through the cracks And I hope you don't overreact when my body collapses I've been wandering hoping to find my own place on this planet I've been up in the middle of it, I've been up in the middle of it In the middle earth, I've been nothing but real with you I've been nothing but real with you Till the dirt Is honesty overrated? How many times have I said the same The same thing in new ways? Start to think it's the way that my life's gonna be And I guess that's okay Wanted to be a grunge singer when I was child Grew up fast and wild Now the crow's feet are crawling all over my face Every time that I smile What you know about being decapitated While your body still rolls around aimlessly? Is there a way for me to face my infinite demons And maintain a sense of stability? Hustling for pennies like I was still 14 I ain't ready to grow up "Just wasn't made for these times" Realize I will never blow up and that's fine I'm not Cobain or Cornell or Layne I'm just floating inside my own lane Every word that I'm singing is plain Just hoping that someone out there can relate And there's times when I hate my brain Want to drive directly into trees Think of 6 million ways to stop breathing When my heart is pounding from the anxiety Every year it gets sadder and fatter Till the point that you realize none of it matters much For the minutes we have on this planet we're seeking love And that's more than enough Call it what you want Call it God, call it your freedom That connection between living beings is a powerful thing And that's real to us                   Slipping my way through the cracks, slipping my way through the cracks Slipping my way through the cracks, slipping my way through the cracks And I know she don't love me like that, I know she don't love me like that Not the game nor the lady, maybe neither of them gonna love me back, nah Slipping my way through the cracks, slipping my way through the cracks Slipping my way through the cracks, slipping my way through the cracks And I know she don't love me like that, I know she don't love me like that Not the game nor the lady, maybe neither of them gonna love me back, nah [Sammus] Yo I am a middle child It took me a little while To stop tryna get the approval of others It's better than living life in denial My worst fear's to be middling in my nightmares I'm a kid again And my teacher is asking my chosen career I deceive her 'cause that's what adults want to hear They like doctors, firefighters Not a future that's odd like it's Tyler's It's probably a sign I can't lie through my teeth I was missing my two front incisors But now I sink my canines into sound rhymes Like they steak knives Anxiety tried me, I've died, been revived So I'm trying to hold onto my eight lives And I cannot pretend I could handle it If I ended up in middle management Yeah, I have to be fucking with something I love If I'm burning both ends of my candle stick And even then I'm a little carp Busy giving birth to a great tale To my biggest fans I am Joan of Arc Walking middle earth in my chain mail, yeah                   Slipping my way through the cracks And I hope you don't overreact when my body collapses I've been wandering hoping to find my own place on this planet I've been up in the middle of it, I've been up in the middle of it In the middle earth, I've been nothing but real with you I've been nothing but real with you Slipping my way through the cracks And I hope you don't overreact when my body collapses I've been wandering hoping to find my own place on this planet I've been up in the middle of it, I've been up in the middle of it In the middle earth, I've been nothing but real with you I've been nothing but real with you Till the dirt

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SEEMING: Stranger (feat. S∆MMUS)

Join women and nonbinary artists at this weekend’s First Saturday in celebration of Women’s History Month. The evening kicks off with a curator tour of Out of Place: A Feminist Look at the Collection, followed by performances and appearances by Sammus, Naima Green, DJ Sabine Blaizin, Brown Girls Burlesque, Thelma, Ushamami, Belladonna*, Hanae Utamura, Christopher Unpezverde Núñez, and more. Check out the full lineup here!