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Eora-based artist and producer Big Skeez unveils his next chapter of new music, with latest offering ‘Go Back Home’ out via NLV Records.
A sonic pivot from the rousing ‘Work Don’t Stop’, ‘Go Back Home’ sees Big Skeez continue the narrative and openly reflect on his upbringing and current state of everyday life. Here, he shifts the gear into a different route of personal storytelling and draws listeners into his ongoing determination of returning to his African homeland.
Addressing the melancholy of his home in South Sudan most clearly with verses like “I lost touch with my people so I’m feeling off / I think I’m just giving up saying it’s my fault”, Big Skeez’s rare touch bends luxurious amapiano over raw basslines, and his art becomes as human as he is. Lifting his music into original territory, he reveals, “This song is about going back home to the motherland which is Africa. After so many years living abroad and growing up into a man, I've decided I need to go back home and meet my family.”
lyrics
Back home
Go back home
Go back home
To the mother land so I need a plan
I think it’s time to get away
I don’t really wanna stick around
Going back home I need a break
You know I gotta run it and hold it down
Go back home I got my reasons
You what I mean though huh
Go back home I love my people
Even though long time no see you
So imma stay and I ain’t coming back
Go back home to the mother land so I need a plan
I lost my touch with my people so I’m feeling off
So I pack my bags then I head back home
Go back home
Go back home
Go back home
Go back home
To the motherland so I need a plan
I think I’m just giving up saying it’s my fault
What is goin on what is goin on
So I turn up the music 75
What is goin on what is goin on
Witness today, god is with me
No not today like you don’t really know
Going back home, turn off no more phone
I see people waiting for me so I’m coming
Go back home to the mother land so I need a plan
I lost my touch with my people so I’m feeling off
So I pack my bags gonna head back home
Home
Go back home
Go back home
Go back home
To the motherland so I need a plan
Go back home
To the motherland so I need a plan
I lost my touch with my people so I’m feeling off
So I pack my bags gonna head back home
Go back home
Go back home
Go back home
To the motherland, so need a plan
credits
released July 5, 2023
Written by Big Skeez, Isaiah 22 & Swick
Produced by Isaiah 22
Ad. Prod & Mix by Swick
Mastered by Joker
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