Song of the Day #20

You've probably not heard of Dessa unless you specifically look for female rappers, but she is definitely been one of my favorites the past the two years now. (Jean Grae, Nicki Minaj, Lauryn Hill being my personal top three.) And this track from A Badly Broken Code, is one of her best tracks. Lyrics are great, singing is nice, rapping is on point, and the beat behind it is insane. Love this track.

Dessa- "Matches to Paper Dolls" from A Badly Broken Code

"I changed the locks

But your key, your key's still working

Can't train a moth, I guess

Each beast gets her burden

So we circle this old flame

Too much at stake

But too late to change

My nerves are shot

My reserves are exhausted

It's a tired plot, but we bought it

Now we're lost

Bewteen love and cholera

Saccharine read...

Such a sentimental novel

Give you cavities

If it doesn't drive you to the bottle

As for me, I'll take another kerosene,

If you've got it something harder

Built like a moth you see

I still get chills when you talk to me

But the years pass by now

In twos and threes

These thrills ain't as cheap

As they used to be

If you're asking, I can't say no

Just one more chapter,

Our book won't close

And I know it's madness

To play these odds

It's like giving matches to paper,

To paper dolls

I know it's madness, I know

Tried sweet talk, tried dynamite

But I sleepwalk

Back to the battle site

Fight fire with fire

But the fire won't fight

We just fly these circles like tired kites

You flash some fang

And I bat my lashes

And we're back again,

Ne end to this game with matches

We've been lovers and strangers

And friends who get angry

Made mistakes and amends

And brief moments of magic

We forgive and forget

And give into attraction

This whole thing depends

On amnesia and magnets

I'd be leaving for good

I'd be looking for better

But I got this broken habit

I keep gluing back together

The fervor the fire the feathers

The fever defies measure

And good sense won't venture

Where the moth won't let it

If you're asking, I can't say no

Just one more chapter,

Our book won't close

And I know it's madness

To play these odds

It's like giving matches to paper,

To paper dolls"