Afta Hill returns with another explosive single in his Joker series. SAFAKASH (afta's production alter ego) cleverly samples Persian pop song "Az Tou Tanha Shodam" by Simin Ghanem. The original sample explores themes of loneliness as a potted flower. Afta, being Persian himself, cleverly plays on the word flower which is central to the sample, though he takes a varied approach. He talks about blooming as a person and details his personal life as he transitions to a fully-fledged musical juggernaut. Afta's infectious and simple melodic flows are second only to his clever punchlines and stream of consciousness writing style.
lyrics
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah)
Baby let me know if I start to lose control
Got about a dozen people praying money come and go
Hope my momma’s eyes are dry
Hope my brother’s proud of me
Never too much on my plate
If I’m trying to fill her tummy 
Dough stay rising, I tripled my prices
Yung Gemini, I doubled my enterprises
Kush got her smiling, dick got her willin’
Bad Faith 696 til we die bitch
I know I’m fucking her tonight
Cus together we’re alone
Make her cum and take her home
Flower flower flower flower baby
Blooming but my money never changed me
Yeah I stay grinding on the daily
Flower flower flower flower baby
Blooming but my money never changed me
Know I stay grinding on the daily
Put on for my faith, got the city going crazy
(Flower flower flower flower baby)
(Blooming but my money never changed me)
(Let’s go)
Don’t get too attached, baby if it burn and crash
Got the pedal to the medal with the roses on the dash
Sipping on her nectar flow Hannibal Lecter
Inter-coarse like a back breaking elective
Rolling with the pound, no stems no seeds
Clumsy jeweller on the track drop gems when I speak
See my wallet like my garden all flowers no weeds
If I spell check gross it’s with a certified certified G
I know I’m fucking her tonight
Cus together we’re alone
Make her cum and take her home
Flower flower flower flower baby
Blooming but my money never changed me
(It never changed me)
Put on for my faith got the city going crazy
Flower flower flower flower baby
(Blooming but my)
(Blooming but my)
(Blooming but my)
Blooming but my money never changed me
Yeah I stay grinding on the daily
Flower flower flower flower baby
Blooming but my money never changed me
Know I stay grinding on the daily
Put on for my faith, got the city going crazy
(Flower flower flower flower baby)
(Blooming but my money never changed me)
(Let’s go)
Flower flower flower flower baby
Blooming but my money never changed me
credits
from JOKER,
released March 25, 2020
Produced By: SAFAKASH
Written By: Afta Hill
Mixed By: Afta Hill
Mastered By: MixedByMailman
Sample: Simin Ghanem "Az Tou Tanha Shodam"
Cover By: Klauss Vogel
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