Nappy Nina - Prayer Posture (feat. JusMoni)
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🗓️ 7 March 2023
⏱️ 2 minutes
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Summary
Nappy Nina - "Prayer Posture (feat. JusMoni)" from the 2023 album Mourning Due on LucidHaus.
On her latest LP Mourning Due, Nappy Nina, as she puts it, "considers grief a currency and questions who is owed what." The Oakland-born/Brooklyn-based artist delivers vulnerable lyrics in her distinctive rapid-fire style, like a conversation with a friend who's had too many cups of coffee.
Mourning Due features a plethora of guests, including Moor Mother, Mavi, lojii, maassai, Cavalier, Stas Thee Boss, and on today's Song of the Day, JusMoni. The track is produced by Nina's frequent collaborator, Nelson Bandela. "Prayer Posture" explores the uncertainty of life. As Nina raps "Shit won't last on some quarter notes / I may laugh but I'm hoarding hope and reading my homies' horoscopes," JusMoni coos in a following line, "I feel like the worlds on fire / none of us know how to swim." It's a relatable emotion, that resonates throughout the whole reflective album.
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| 0:00.0 | I probably just give in, been a prayer posture, been sitting in, been paying homage to my |
| 0:15.3 | barricain protected by them, they heckle and win, I'm questioning it and enjoy the boat, |
| 0:18.9 | shit won't last on some quarter notes, I may laugh but I'm hoarded hope and reading |
| 0:22.1 | my homie's horoscopes, I probably just give in, been a prayer posture, been sitting |
| 0:26.1 | in, been paying homage to my barricain, protected by them, heckle and win, I'm questioning |
| 0:29.7 | it and enjoy the boat, shit won't last on some quarter notes, I may laugh but I'm hoarded |
| 0:33.4 | hope and reading my homie's horoscopes, I'm feeling kinda crazy now, trying to figure |
| 0:39.9 | out my friends, I feel like the world's on fire, none of us know how to swim, the |
| 0:48.3 | world's on fire, I feel like the world's on fire, none of us know how to swim, the |
| 1:13.0 | world's on fire, none of us know how to swim, the world's on fire, none of us know |
| 1:25.2 | how to swim, and I feel like the world's on fire, none of us know how to swim, |
| 1:38.7 | And readin' my homies horoscopes, I probably just give it |
| 1:41.2 | I'm gonna pray your vise has been sittin' up in pain |
| 1:43.7 | And I'm just a barbaric guy, I'm protectin' my way there |
| 1:45.6 | Heggly blind, I'm questionin' the names and join the broke |
| 1:47.9 | Shit, won't last us some quarter notes |
| 1:49.4 | I may laugh, but I'm more than hope |
| 1:50.7 | And readin' my homies horoscopes, ah |
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