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Patterns

by ASTU

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Superstar I see your face on mini screens And flashin memes Wouldn’t you think The light beams would keep you warm Everybody lookin at you And everybody wants to know Where do you go Can I follow Who do you know Who did your video Who do you owe Got any dough How do you grow Can I get some of ya glow Superstar It’s cold out here again In sunny california The son of california Can’t get warm You can be what you wanna Brighter shine than the moon You can be what you wanna Everybody’s lookin at you Neon lights in the sky Oh my Neon lights blind my eyes So bright Where do you go Can I follow Who do you know Who did your video Who do you owe Got any dough How do you grow Can I get some of ya glow Superstar
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Staycation with me I get everything on my own But my bed is empty Lay down your body I do everything all alone But I could use some company We been on the brink of love We been on the edge of us Shake shake it off Let’s break and fall Shake shake it off We’ll fuck and fake love I pray when I wake up I put in a good word for ya A good word My how the time lies when we’re together Your lips on my thighs This sure feel like forever Shake shake it off Let’s break and fall Shake shake it off We’ll fuck and fake love Oh let’s roll to the middle We’ll be safe in love Oh there ain’t nothin betta Than what we make of love Than what we take from us Staycation with me I’m on my own Lay down your body I’m all alone Everything everything I was too afraid for more child He put on the chains So I won’t leave him He was too afraid for more child So I run away So he won’t leave me He was too afraid for more child I put on the chains So he won’t leave me I was too afraid for more child So he runaway So I won’t leave him Ayy gone with ya go on Runaway Gone with ya gone Won’t ya stay Gone with ya go on Runaway Gone with ya gone with ya Only fools runaway Fools runaway
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Paperheart 02:25
I’ve got two faces One like the hand of God No one wants to see it But Ima hafta hafta set it off You love breakin hearts you You wield your power over me This soft heart go hard Ima make ya pay My paperheart gon cut ya I got a paperheart I tear so easy I got a paperheart I cut so fast You got a pen to paint your love upon me I’m like a canvas blank Your colors smash Smash You betta leave your old ways You betta give it up You betta find another way Baby I had enough You could be my lover My brother, my friend You choosin heartbreaker So you wanna play with paperhearts gon cut ya I got a paperheart I tear so easy I got a paperheart I cut so fast You got a pen to paint your love upon me I’m like a canvas blank Your colors smash Smash
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So Good 01:24
We fall from love But the pussy so good The pussy so good We far from love oh But the pussy so good The pussy so good We’ll never be enough
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Patterns 02:53
Seven different digits And everytime I call I’m the fool I’ll play the game I am the joker And you are my king I’ll entertain you Everytime it hurts so bad Still I come back Still I come back to you Still I come back Surely you’re the one There can’t be nobody else Wait till we break into stars in the sky (nobody else) Then you’ll be mine (nobody else) If you ever wanna come back If you ever wanna come back to me Come back to me (back to me)
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Roots 04:28
So what they lost a blue one A blue one again But the ashes been black And the red blazed on my skin Iron-pressed scarlet letter Now that shit burn from within So I pray to a white god Purify me Make me new again These systems are failin We fight Bless our souls Can a black rose grow from concrete I don’t know These systems are failin We fight Bless our souls Can a black rose grow from concrete I hope so I ain’t gonna put roots down again (all I do is pull up lately, all I do is pull up baby baby) All I do is pull up (all I do is pull up lately, all I do is pull up baby baby) I’m a fool if I think I can (all I do is pull up lately, all I do is pull up baby baby) Sister, dear brother Do you fear for your mother Do you fear one another Do you feel like the other We ain’t undercover We out here like fuck it These systems are failin We fight Bless our souls Can a black rose grow I ain’t gonna put roots down again (all I do is pull up lately, all I do is pull up baby baby) All I do is pull up (all I do is pull up lately, all I do is pull up baby baby) I’m a fool if I think I can (all I do is pull up lately, all I do is pull up baby baby) A rose is in bloom I’m so strong Yea, everyone tells me so But I keep it movin Why plant a seed If it won’t grow I ain’t gonna put roots down again (all I do is pull up lately, all I do is pull up baby baby) All I do is pull up (all I do is pull up lately, all I do is pull up baby baby) I’m a fool if I think I can (all I do is pull up lately, all I do is pull up baby baby)
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It’s been a long time since we felt it And my people we hungry We wanna take it back to love We gotta take it back to love

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ASTU, Eritrean R&B/soul singer-songwriter out of Oakland, CA, talks sex, love and all the complications that follow in her premiere EP, Patterns. Its modern pop influences are clear, as are its soul and r&b vibes. What’s old is new again. Honest, raw lyrics are carried by synth-filled rhythms and soulful melodies.
ASTU unabashedley captures the modern romance in all its vulnerability and volatility. Patterns is the attempt to dissect the stories her generation repeats and the lens they view love through, in hopes to break these hollow patterns that hold them back from it.

www.kqed.org/arts/13825157/how-astu-left-the-pulpit-and-found-herself-in-rb

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released February 23, 2018

Written by ASTU
Produced by Daoud Anthony
Co-produced by Chris Keys (Roots)
Recorded at AfterOurs Studios
Mixed/Mastered by Gabriel Shepard at 25th St Recording

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ASTU Oakland, California

Part retro soul, part nineties R&B pastiche, part New Wave-inspired synth-pop, ASTU’s music refuses to pledge allegiance to a single vibe. The Oakland-based songwriter has the ability to find an easy, irresistible groove & turn it into a unhurried banger. The depth and complexity of her buttery alto on Patterns, her debut project, has garnered critical acclaim from Afropunk, Earmilk, KQED & more. ... more

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