We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Rethinking Sensual Pleasure [A Mixtape]

by Baba Ali

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.
    Purchasable with gift card

      name your price

     

1.
2.
I feel your Thorn pierce my tongue Uh-huh, uh-huh This Love My veins throbbing to your touch Uh-huh, uh-huh This Love You drove a stake through my lungs Uh-huh, uh-huh This Love I’ll drink you ’til I can’t stand up Uh-huh, uh-huh This Love Chorus: You and I We’re An Island, in the Dust Black and Blue Fireball Watch the Ice melt, around us Dig your teeth into my soul Uh-Huh, uh-huh This Love Brush aside my control Uh-huh, uh-huh This Love Chorus: You and I We’re An Island, in the Dust Black and Blue Fireball Watch the Ice melt, around us I feel your Love pierce my brain Uh-huh, Uh-huh This Pain Flush these tears down the drain Never, never again Chorus: You and I We’re An Island, in the Dust Black and Blue Fireball Watch the Ice melt, around us
3.
Hooky 02:31
Dry times and hard luck I count ‘em all one by one I can’t stand the sun I’m a vampire, flesh in the Mud You look like, you like a little trouble an antidote to your boredom the need to feel all real important Flashlight’s on you Chorus: Looky looky little cookie you ain't so hard Once you get a little soggy you’ll just be crumbs Looky Looky little cookie you ain’t so tough When those snakes take a bite outta you All the things that money can buy Won’t stop these vultures from taking your eyes We’re looking for someone to try And the pickings thin, you better travel light Chorus: Looky looky little cookie you ain't so hard Once you get a little soggy you’ll just be crumbs Looky Looky little cookie you ain’t so tough When those snakes take a bite outta you Don’t test your marbles if the crack like pavement These hounds hunt for their own entertainment you’re a fish out the bowl Go back to your glass homes Chorus: Looky looky little cookie you ain't so hard Once you get a little soggy you’ll just be crumbs Looky Looky little cookie you ain’t so tough When those snakes take a bite outta you
4.
Door #9 03:15
Pick up the fruit and peel back its fuzzy skin submerge into the hot bath Simmer the mind, within Confront that two headed serpent Wrapped up in a double helix Tell ‘Em you ain't afraid to die I’m just passing through on my way to ! Chorus: Door 9, what’s behind Door 9, open my mind up To Door 9 Naked running through endless Gardens Bumble bees and strange trees Why did it take so long to get here? We’ve been holding up time to find Chorus: Door 9, what’s behind Door 9, open my mind up To Door 9 Now lay me down on a bed of sadness Back to the mundane I wish I could home there forever Never-ending time behind DOOR 9
5.
Oh My 01:49
Worm under your nail Silver shotgun shells Another toy in the mail Huffing down chemtrails Could you crack my bell? Would you fill my well? Little white blood cell How’s your intel? Chorus; Oh my, Oh my Oh my, Oh my Oh my, Oh my Oh my, Libidio Oh my, Oh my Oh my, Oh my ! A digit, a ticket, a number in line Throw my payslip in the dirt I’m sure I’ll be fine Tit-tat, can’t believe she did that Tat-too’d it on her face, free-fall from grace Huh Chorus; Oh my, Oh my Oh my, Oh my Oh my, Oh my Oh my, Libidio Oh my, Oh my Oh my, Oh my Pull me on a leash Wash my mouth out with bleach Rotten nectarine Smelling like chlorine Chorus; Oh my, Oh my Oh my, Oh my Oh my, Oh my Oh my, Libidio Oh my, Oh my Oh my, Oh my
6.
Bonsai! 02:38
Paper-cuts on your lip-stick Strawberry nimbus clouds floating to your lungs Bubble-gum Yum-Yum brown sugar hash I’m diving head-first into fresh-cut grass Could you turn it up louder, til’ I feel it in my chest No rear-view switching lanes, high on the hedge Stickier than that blue tack under your shoe So loud you could smell it from here to the moon Chorus: Hey Namaste! Do what yo’ momma say I don’t got to preach, you know you got to get your greens Hey Namaste! Do what yo’ momma say better get yo’ greens, baby Vitameenz and Nu-trees Coco Puff, Roll-ups Bass rattling the bunk What’s for lunch? more skunk Fog in your cerebrum Backseat tinted love Hello yellow up above Lowriding with the doves Crystals shining in the sun Third Eye! Open up! Let us in we got the fluff More lettuce, chop it up Bonsai! trim the buds Windshield wiping up the smog On my could, floating off Drifting through a thousand thoughts All at once Chorus: Hey Namaste! Do what yo’ momma say I don’t got to preach, you know you got to get your greens Hey Namaste! Do what yo’ momma say better get yo’ greens, baby Vitameenz and Nu-trees Nu-trees and vitameenz Raw green, it’s all you need Nu-trees and vitameenz Call your local pharmacy

7.
Itching for a flavor Can’t Resist Your Nature Still Waiting for A Savior High Wire in a Blazer Chorus: Iso-Late Cut It off, OK Blown Up On the Front Page Flexing In a Mouse Cage Washing out that Last Stain It Never Really goes Away ! ChoRus: Iso-Late Cut It Off, OK Disconnected Touch And Run Out Of Love When You Hear That Crunch It Weighs Too Much Don’t Mean To Fuss But Ain’t This Enough? Chorus: Iso-Late Cut It Off, OK Bridge: All These Wires Tripped And Crossed Where Does One End? The Other Starts Missed Connections And Signal Drops Isolate That Feeling And Send It Up Chorus: Iso-Late Cut It Off, OK
8.
10-99 04:25
Throw me an anchor, 'cos I'm floatin; Floating out too far (far), No words, no words For this vague feeling Back paddling through the months, that drifted by That old time killing, caught up to us now Chorus: Cos’ This Life, won’t wait for me no, no no This Life, don’t stop for no one, no no Under my covers, that’s where I That’s where I feel sound (sound) On the outside, it’s all too loud (loud) No words, No words For this vague feeling Just scrolling through, I’m staring at the ceiling ! Chorus: Cos’ This Life, won’t wait for me no, no no This Life, don’t stop for no one, no no Where is the anchor? ‘Cos I’m floatin’ I see your patience is slipping (slide) No words, no words Of particular interest And I might, I might be a non-believer but I still feel, I feel this presence Chorus: Cos’ This Life, won’t wait for me no, no no This Life, don’t stop for no one, no no!
9.
Grim Chin 04:31
Rusty chips and a half dead fish, is the dish of the day Screw that face counter-clockwise, Or you’ll catch a kiss from the rain I told brother, that’s not our mother And I told sister, we don’t share the same mister Now they’re mad that I spoiled the party They share the same birthday Chorus: And now we all feel a bit grey, grey This way It’s all gone a bit grey It’s here again We all feel a bit gray, grey Today Mind your wig, and tuck your chin the Spoiled milk’s hittin’ the fan No one’s clean in the mensch machine Everyone out for themselves We used to be lovers now we can’t look at each other Dissonant chairs don’t sit next to another Digging trenches in the sand Too bad we share the same friends Chorus: And now we all feel a bit grey, grey This way It’s all gone a bit grey It’s here again We all feel a bit gray, grey Today (Tony or tony bridge) All your interactions turn grey it’s like your saving for another day Open up and you’ll find your quiet eye, you’ve got a private eye... Vodka and envy kept the bridesmaid steady sipping straight from her flask Too drunk to notice, the best man’s nervous Sweat dripping down his neck Our dear bride’s still crying on the toilet She caught the best man with her groom in the closet I was looking forward to that cake The wedding planner still wants his cheque Chorus: And now we all feel a bit grey, grey This way It’s all gone a bit grey It’s here again We all feel a bit gray, grey Today

10.
Helium Sky Burns And nowhere to turn Alone, Together Stood on hollow ground Our fortress tumbles down Alone, Together Metallic to the taste We coldly Embrace Alone, Together Knees heavy shake At the eyes of our fate Alone, Together I stretched my mind to its limit To catch your holy spirit! Alone, Together And this potion I drink Deeper still I sink Alone, together Alone, Together

about

"Rethinking Sensual Pleasure" is a new collection of songs from post-funk singer-songwriter Baba Ali. The mixtape was written and recorded with his guitarist while locked down in America, after scheduled shows from March to April were cancelled.

Baba Ali describes the mixtape as "an exploration of the human sensations of desire, escapism, angst and disruption".

A portion of sales proceeds will be donated to the NYC based organization, Afrotectopia.
www.afrotectopia.org/about

credits

released June 19, 2020

Written, recorded, mixed and mastered by:
Baba Ali “vocals, keys, drums”
+ Nik Balchin “guitars”
March - May 2020

Artwork and Layout by Joseph Grahame

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Baba Ali London, UK

contact / help

Contact Baba Ali

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Baba Ali, you may also like: