Death Grips

Released: May 15, 2018

Songwriter: Zach Hill MC Ride

Producer: Zach Hill Andy Morin

[Verse 1]
Drop the curtains soaked in shadow, more shade
Black, black paint
Drip, freak, freak, seek, seek, so cold today
Black, black paint
Making sounds that don’t deserve us like blou
Black, black paint
Those are my Satanic urges right now
Right, right now

[Pre-Chorus]
I’m down for
Boom, boom boom
B-boom, boom, boom
Sic-sic-sic-sic
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

[Chorus]
I require privacy, I’m always thinking finally
Dreaming, feigning

[Verse 2]
Raised up over out my smoke, black paint
Black, black paint
I am gonna take your coat, say thanks
Black, black paint
Sick people felt light up your eyes somehow
Black, black paint
Those are my Satanic urges right now
Right, right now

[Pre-Chorus]
I’m down for
Boom, boom, boom
B-boom, boom, boom
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

[Chorus]
I require privacy, I’m always thinking finally
Dreaming, feigning, changing, cheating

[Bridge]
Boom, boom, b-boom, boom, b-boom, boom
Boom, boom, boom boom, boom, b-boom, boom
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
I don’t have enough power
I was staring right at her
H-hold, h-hold, h-hold
This statue, this statue
Black, black paint
Black, black paint
Black, black paint
Black, black paint
You think I could hold
This statue off the balcony
I think I’ll stay a while
I think I’ll stay a while
Spin the bottle

[Pre-Chorus]
Boom, boom, boom, b-boom, boom boom
Boom, boom, boom, b-boom, boom boom
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

[Chorus]
I require privacy, I’m always thinking finally
I require privacy, I’m always thinking finally
Dreaming, feigning
Changing, cheating

Death Grips is an experimental multi-genre group from Sacramento, CA, formed in 2010. Their music and live performances consist of vocals from Stefan “MC Ride” Burnett and production from Zach Hill and Andy Morin. On July 2nd, 2014, the band officially announced their disbanding via a note on their Facebook page. However, on October 21, 2015, they announced they ‘might make some more’ music together, and released a new album, Bottomless Pit in 2016. Their latest album, Year of the Snitch, was released in 2018.

The band’s music has been described as punk rock, hip-hop, noise, industrial, and electronic. Their sound ranges from minimalistic and trunk-rattling heaviness (such as on “No Love”), to rapping about dark subjects over heavily distorted samples (like on “I’ve Seen Footage”). They have also released two entirely instrumental albums, Fashion Week and Interview 2016, which feature abrasive and violent electronic beats and some guitars.

Frontman Stefan Burnett’s violent lyrics draw inspiration from a struggle both against himself and against the world at large, focusing on themes of individualism, paranoia, mental illness, drug use, occultism, and the emotionally degenerative nature of modern society.

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