What is being said in this song?

June 7, 2018 8:15 AM

I'm trying to decipher a line in the song "Bloody Waters" by Ab-Soul, Anderson.Paak, and James Blake.

The song can be found here (and on Spotify): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP39jHtNDTA


I'm trying to decipher a line in the spoken word section at the end of the song that begins at 3:25. The line begins at 3:36 and is "But I've got to get away, I've got to get away _________"
All the lyrics I've found online say the line is "I've got to get away from it all" but it doesn't sound like that to me.

Any other ideas?

posted by unannihilated to Media & Arts (4 answers total)

I don't need you to change, I don't need you to change yourself
but I've got to get away, got to get away from that earth

(does that make any sense, though?)
posted by Don Pepino at 9:09 AM on June 7, 2018

I don't need you to change, I don't need you to change yourself
but I've got to get away, got to get away from my thoughts
posted by matrixclown at 9:41 AM on June 7, 2018

I hear this as:

I don't need you to change, I don't need you to change yourself
but I've got to get away, got to get away from this

...like he's emphasising the m on the end of from and adding in an uhm-type beat before finishing the line, like, "away frommm-uh this"
posted by terretu at 10:06 AM on June 7, 2018 [1 favorite]

I like Genius for figuring out song lyrics and meanings.
posted by ellieBOA at 11:44 AM on June 7, 2018