The first track of it's kind on the album, one of the shorter tracks with a turntable outro tacked to the end. The rap portion was a deep experiment in tribal styles by Noguano and Loopolo, and Wéye rose to the occasion with prowess.
The outro serves as the first time on the album to clear your thoughts, or take a smoke break, before jumpin' right back in
lyrics
Indigo Elephant
Take all the leaves from my family tree
Rolling up all the abnormalities is sweet
Greeting my ancestry, swimming in Zambezi
Rowing, I'm rowing the boat, flow like the stream of the most
H2O, loading up all of my quotes in a barrel of chrome
Aiming straight at our dome
Lowkey feel it deep in your soul
Show me all the secrets you know
Hold me, you should never let go
I don't feel lonely when I am alone
Slowly, I've been playing my role
Holy is the wisdom of Solomon
Ask me where I came from, I'll tell you that I am David's son
Six-pointed star on my back, my grandma met Jesus
He told her relax in Mexico, they were in Mexico
He wasn't a real one so let it go
I'm tired of all of this rigmarole
I'll probably be chased by the Interpol
I tried to tell them that I'm indigo
Sometimes they hold me like a stripper pole
Oh, I fell down the hole with Alice
Wondering if I'mma land in the carriage of chalice in hands
Challenging with demand, feelin' so spic-n-span
Wack MCs kick the can, kiss my ass
These rappers can not grasp, I live in the present, the future
The past at last, I don't need no atlas
I know this world like the back of my hand, fam
Used to be jelly but now I jam
You donut understand, sending you messages, this ain't spam
I go ham you don't want beef, y'all niggas gas so I'm callin' you queef
I'm takin' shots and you smilin' like "Cheese"
Please, I wanna see all of your teeth
Good grief, I only sow what I reap
You saw my cards you would weep
Read 'em and weep, dusty ass niggas I sweep
Cheapshots is cheapshots at sheeps
Don't give a fuck about tweets on the streets
Don't know defeat when I'm ballin' in cleats
Ball on a sac and my bread is whole wheat
All of my homies is eatin'
Don't give a fuck about tweets in the streets
Don't know defeat when I'm ballin' in cleats
Ball on attack and my bread is whole wheat
All of my homies is eatin'
Don't give a fuck about tweets on the streets
Don't know defeat when I'm ballin' in cleats
Ball on a stack and my bread is whole wheat
All of my homies is eatin', yuh
Noguano
credits
from Vague Vanguard,
released April 20, 2020
Rhymes: Wéye
Production, mixing, and mastering: Noguano
Zambian rapper and producer Abstract Sekai fuses golden era hip-hop with ambient sound design and a heady cosmic philosophy. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 17, 2023
