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Throne

by TîMMY the FIRST

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Otago-based Zimbabwe-born rapper TîMMY the FIRST is making a striking statement with heartfelt protest track ‘THRONE.’ This single, born out of frustration with the international political climate, is as powerful as it is addictive.
Having developed his edgy and deeply personal style across his three years in the Dunedin music scene, TîMMY wrote his first pass of ‘THRONE’ as a frenzied response to racial injustices taking place around the world. “As I watched the protests and the intense energy of this movement,” TîMMY notes, “I couldn’t stop wondering; will this ever stop? Will anything ever change?"
In ‘THRONE,’ TîMMY pays tribute to generations of black activists whilst, at the same time, confronting his own relationship to the world around him. The single isn’t just a protest against injustice, but also a protest against inaction.

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THRONE (TîMMY the FIRST)

I'm tryna buy freedom how much it cost
I cannot handle another loss
They tell me this ain't like the holocaust
But justice a tool but the hammer dropped

Freedom how much it cost
We cannot handle another loss
They tell us this ain't like the holocaust
But justice a tool but the hammer dropped

Tell me when this life became a nightmare
Don't you know what's wrong or you just don't care

(Verse 1)
They say the sun came and died for our sin
Look at the sitch you be leaving us in
The outcome of darkness, it starts from within
They taking our temple they fill em with led

It's a royal rumble
All that you fought for just starts to crumble
My words under cover, the truth a novel
Out of the box but still in the bubble

We get so distracted by triple doubles
Now you seeing double
Like the arch we religiously run from trouble

No more looking back
Wondering why they dont think of that
They say they not capping but wearing hats

They say that the boat stay a float but facts
This friendship has sunk cannot bring it back
They say to move on and to live with that
But the friendship is dead cannot bring it back

(Hook)

I'm tryna buy freedom how much it cost
I cannot handle another loss
They tell me this ain't like the holocaust
But justice a tool but the hammer dropped

Freedom how much it cost
We cannot handle another loss
They tell us this ain't like the holocaust
But justice a tool but the hammer dropped

Tell me when this life became a nightmare
Don't you know what's wrong or you just don't care

(Verse 2)
Handizive
If you wanna take my place
I dont wanna be slave
But im sick of all the hunger and the pain

Handizive whats the aim
Handizive why they talking all this shit but never change

Tell me how bout now
We sitting on planes tryna find our ground
Am i losing the pace tryna find my sound
Fina find my out
Wanna wipe crown
I'mma speak on my piece on the mic right now

With the Wait up on my shoulders i thought couldn't manage
With the weight up on my soul now they tryna take advantage
I know that you thought I was weak because of silence
Brother who been telling you that beef is always violent

I'm hoping
Your eyes have been open
Coz most of the words that are said are not spoken
I'm coping but sometimes this world has me choking
Like Floki
I feel like im powerless

I'm tryna buy freedom how much it cost
I cannot handle another loss
They tell me this ain't like the holocaust
But justice a tool but the hammer dropped

Freedom how much it cost
We cannot handle another loss
They tell us this ain't like the holocaust
But justice a tool but the hammer dropped

Tell me when this life became a nightmare
Don't you know what's wrong or you just don't care

((T Kawhema / A Kunin)

credits

released December 3, 2021
Recorded andmixed at Bigpop Studios, Auckland
Produced by Abraham Kunin
Written by TîMMY and Abraham Kunin

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TîMMY the FIRST Dunedin, New Zealand

Spending much of his childhood living between Zimbabwe, Canada, the United States and New Zealand, TîMMY learned to connect with people through playing music.

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