How To Live by Abiyah published on 2023-08-15T03:09:08Z A brooding yet comforting experimental number about how the folks we’ve loved and cared about who have left this world taught us how to live through how they lived. Specifically, this song was written about Abiyah’s longtime friend and legendary avant-garde NYC beatboxer Kid Lucky, who passed in October 2020 from cancer. Backing vocals by Abiyah and Beth Harris. Lyrics: feed me your meaningless now shows impact the killing from your mouth withhold the kisses you miss my pointed slant and decline the heat inside now cold i might be coming ‘round the bend hands fold gold not the only precious metal of sin let’s begin in the place where innocence belies the sensitive i will remember how to live i will remember how you lived i will remember how to live i will remember how you lived …and how you gave and you go high and you go be fly land in the silence of the street flip tracks above and underneath and your heartbeat beat beat beat beat beat boxed them out and beat beat beat beat beat boxed them in <but you know that> picking up the pieces ain’t so easy when your broken back is sleepless <but you know that> picking up the pieces ain’t so easy when your broken back is sleepless and you get slept on and on and on until you’re go-o-wone but not forgotten where you stood your presence known in neighborhood and subway always know which way you want to go and you hold the light and we can’t decide which part of us just died when your voice left the mic and you gave us life but you gave us life find time it’s a fine time to rewind your soul is getting light and i can’t find my sight lost in your memory <and you gotta> find time to remind <and you gotta> just how you felt inside <and you gotta> when you first went away if you’re okay then i’m okay <you taught me> how to live <through> how you lived and how you gave how you gave how you gave <you taught me> how to live <through> how you lived and how you gave and how you gave life. From the full-length album Strangers Love Me (released December 8, 2023). Production and instrumentation by Eugenius (Phillip Smith). Words, vocals, and vocal arrangements by Abiyah (A. Rawers). Mastering by Michael J. Collins @ Filthy Broke Recordings. Recorded by Todd Uttley @ Fuzzy Eyed Studio. Album cover art by Derek Toebbe. Album cover and label design and layout by Steve Weinstein. Album pressing by Solid Merch. © 2023 Abiyah (Angela Rawers). All Rights Reserved. Genre Experimental