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Solitaire feat. Fab El, Judah Wright & Good​.​Information

from Soul Merchant by Arlo Maverick

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This is a song about the suicides of Fab El’s cousin Ryan and my cousin Gavin. Their deaths took both of our families by surprise. It was the first time suicide had impacted either of our families.

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VERSE 1 - ARLO MAVERICK
Christmas will never be the same
Many will judge, but cous
They'll never know your pain
These realities would never touch my family
We argue, but we're happy
So that gravity of agony
Ain't something that we talk about
Until the day policemen walk inside your house
And say the unthinkable
The unfixable
Will forever live with you
As your left with the visuals
Tears and screaming
Wake me if I'm dreaming
Is this a joke?
Where's Gavin, can I see him?
Tell me he’s okay
Or tell me that he’s hurt
Don’t tell me that he’s dead
I don’t wanna hear those words
I was with him yesterday
So you gotta be mistaken
He did what?
There’s no way this makes sense
It’s not possible
You’re at the wrong house
… you’re at the wrong house

CHORUS - FAB EL
I told myself
This ain’t true
I’m sure it’s someone else
This ain’t you
But now it’s all just a lot of tears
And for your soul I recite a prayer
I was there but just not aware
You was alone playing solitaire

VERSE 2 - FAB EL
Demons in his ear, I seen him in despair
Tryna reach him, speaking to him
It’s like he ain’t even there
Life ain’t really fair
When you fighting to live it
He got caught up in the dark
And his light was dimming
I remember life as children
So simple and quite forgiving
No other feeling like my cousin coming to visit
Spending nights as children
Nintendo games till the morning lights
Was filling our eyes
We Double Dragons tryn’a fight villains
It’s ironic how life comes together
As we got older shoulder to shoulder
We fight when we got jumped together
Now as teens we smoking and drinking
To socialize overtime it just went over the limit
Cause now he’s doing dope
His souls missing
Socially distant
I didn’t know how low he was sinking
But his auras different
He took his own life so the pain would end
And trust me I ain’t been the same since

CHORUS - FAB EL
I told myself
This ain’t true
I’m sure it’s someone else
This ain’t you
But now it’s all just a lot of tears
And for your soul I recite a prayer
I was there but just not aware
You was alone playing solitaire

VERSE 3 - ARLO MAVERICK
Dead on arrival
Jackie's pain would give me life
Poor and naked
Urcella's faith would save you twice
Question the meaning
But something’s will never know
This facade is for pain that I will never show
You were hurting
In hindsight the signs were there
Were there times when you questioned if somebody cared?
Were there previous tries we never knew about
How could you get to the point that you would do without?

VERSE 3 - FAB EL
You see I knew you as the type to try to duke it out
And keep fighting when you lose the round
I knew you’re style and I knew your doubts
I guess your life was your truest bout
Still never thought that you would choose the route
That you chose to walk
Had me frozen in the dark
To lose somebody close to my heart
I know the cards you was dealt
Dealing with war but not in pairs
You was alone playing solitaire

CHORUS - FAB EL
I told myself
This ain’t true
I’m sure it’s someone else
This ain’t you
But now it’s all just a lot of tears
And for your soul I recite a prayer
I was there but just not aware
You was alone playing solitaire

OUTRO - JUDAH WRIGHT
Okay, Okay
You’ll be
Okay, Okay
Okay, Okay
We’ll be
Okay, Okay

credits

from Soul Merchant, released July 9, 2021
Solitaire featuring Fab El, Judah Wright & Good.Information
Written by M. Wilson, F. Mayers
Produced by Good.Information (Connell Stinnissen, Andre Affleck, Oyinbiboye Onanuga & Lukas Kuru)
Skit Voice Overs by Caleb Wright, Judah Wright, Sean Wright, Fabian Mayers, Imani Mayers and Kelly Mayers
Skit Produced & Mixed by Cameron Browne
Mixed & Mastered by Atreus XO

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Arlo Maverick Edmonton, Alberta

Arlo Maverick is a hip-hop MC whose sound explores Jazz, Electro, and Soul yet identifies itself as hip-hop through fusing nuances of hip-hop’s golden era and Jazz theory. Lyrically Arlo Maverick’s music is a poetic narration of everyday life experiences. For Maverick it is as much about moving his audience physically as it is about moving them emotionally. ... more

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