Dead by Quinton Barnes

July 1, 2022: Quinton Barnes (he/him) is a Kitchener-born singer, rapper, producer, and songwriter whose music has been featured in publications like Bandcamp, Exclaim, Xtra, God is in the TV, and Dominionated. His self-produced and eclectic sound brings together elements of R&B, pop, soul, electronica & hip-hop into an original convention-defying, and singular style.

Dead is the lead single from his upcoming album 'For the Love of Drugs' out on Grimalkin Records the fall of 2022!

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The artist receives 75% of digital proceeds and Grimalkin receives 25% to help us sustain our work.

lyrics

Dead

Damn, these niggas mad

No they could never be where I’m at

I be checking these niggas, they throw it back

Goddamn

I’m a five star nigga with the tempo

Came to fuck up this bitch with a new flow

Got a feeling I deserve something more

Cause ain’t nothing working here at all, yeah

I got voices in my head telling me I’m better off dead

And I been ignoring for a while but maybe I should listen up instead, yeah

I’m liable to lose my mind at any time; don’t look at me crazy

Your nigga he calling me name

Guarantee you won’t see him again like

Damn, these niggas mad

No they could never be where I’m at

I be hating these niggas, they hate me back

Goddamn

I’m a five star nigga with the tempo

Came to fuck up this bitch with a new flow

Got a feeling I done earned something more

Cause ain’t nothing working here at all, yeah

I got voices in my head telling me I’m better off dead

And I been ignoring for a while but maybe I should lose myself instead, yeah

I’m liable to lose my mind at any time;stop treating me crazy

Your nigga he calling me name

Guarantee you won’t see him again like

I’m a dumb looking nigga in the right light

Push a nigga to the brink, now he wanna fight

Swear to God Imma end my life tonight

I don’t think y’all get it

I’m sending a message, I count all my blessings

I’m highly respected, I’m overprotected

I been way too selfish, I’m living too reckless

I still wanna end it, yeah

I been living too reckless, yeah

I think I’m gon end it, yeah

I been living to reckless, yeah

But we love it though, like

Damn, these niggas mad

No they could never be where I’m at

I be hating these niggas, they hate me back

Goddamn

I’m a five star nigga with the tempo

Came to fuck up this bitch with a new flow

Got a feeling I done earned something more

Cause ain’t nothing working here at all, yeah

I got voices in my head telling me I’m better off dead

And I been ignoring for a while but maybe I should kill myself instead, yeah

I’m liable to lose my mind at any time; don’t look at me crazy

Your nigga he calling me name

Guarantee you won’t see him again like, damn

We love it though

Yeah

Y’all hear that?

Damn, these niggas mad

No they could never be where I’m at

I be hating these niggas, they hate me back

Goddamn

I’m a five star nigga with the tempo

Came to fuck up this bitch with a new flow

Got a feeling I done earned something more

Cause ain’t nothing working here at all, yeah

I got voices in my head telling me I’m better off dead

And I been ignoring for a while but maybe I should kill myself instead, yeah

I’m liable to lose my mind at any time; stop looking me crazy

Your nigga he calling me name

Guarantee you won’t see him again like, damn

You ain’t gon see him again

What you gon do?

Damn

credits

released July 1, 2022

Written, produced, and performed by

Quinton Barnes

Mixing and mastering by Quinton

Barnes.

Huge thanks to Tia Julien, Leslie Ken Chu, and Jesse Locke at New Feeling for this review: newfeeling.ca/2022/07/20/group-chat-quinton-barnes-wallgrin/