​driving scenes

Lyrics

[Verse 1: KAMAUU] I watched Queen & Slim, I only liked the driving scenes I don't like watching black folks slaughtered, it triggers trauma Even in black movies, still can't survive the scenes I only liked the driving scenes Where I'm from, people don't survive the scenes, they never leave Ain't no adventure movies, all drama and comedy, and horror eventually Caged birds don't sing, they scream Like banshees tangled in branches When what you thought was home starts taking advantage I only liked the driving scenes When I was young, traveling was my father's dream We stargazed, wanderlusted horizons From a different vantage What if we could vanish in vibrancies privately On a different canvas, what is black? What if we could abandon the fallacies of following Those we thought were empowering all the while were devouring What of all the agony of stagnancy, the malady? Would it pacify these things? (Things) Would it patch a lot seams? (Seams) Would it petrify these dreams (Dreams) And make them stone so they never die and we forever [Chorus: KAMAUU] Drive Seems like, like we ain't never gon' arrive Seems like, like we just in it for the ride Seems like, like we been ready for a while Where do we go from here? Everything flows from here [Verse 2: KAMAUU] My grandmother took my father for drives just for the drive My father wrote stories and wrote us in as explorers At the age of twenty-nine I travelled the world more times than most of mine I survived the scenes I come from hope makers and mold breakers and old faithfuls We all sacred, my whole table, we all favored My ancestors, they dance festive for my investments They vicariously enjoy my world tours We tore holes in supposed roles and disposed Rode out of a closed fist with fists closed I ride 'til rims fold with thin soles Ten toes, all my tribe down for the [Chorus: KAMAUU] Drive Seems like, like we ain't never gon' arrive Seems like, like we just in it for the ride Seems like, like we been ready for a while Where do we go from here? Everything flows from here [Bridge: Cocoa Sarai & KAMAUU] Where do we go from (Drive, ooh, ooh) Oh, can we drive? Oh (Drive, ooh, ooh) Got a long way to go (Drive, ooh, ooh) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh (Drive, ooh, ooh) [Outro: KAMAUU] I'm just reversing some transatlantic curses I'm just regurgitating what ain't of service I'm just refurbishing a sense of urgency I'm just repurposing my purpose When I date these days, I think about the emergence Of the updated version, of my person I just wanna be a superhero like my dad I just want our future brighter than out past (Drive, ooh, ooh) (I'm ready for the drive, ooh, ooh) (I'm ready for the drive, ooh, ooh) (I'm ready for the drive, ooh, ooh)