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Heartbroken Immigrant

by Kanani

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1.
Fly Away 03:20
My whole life has been a dream Am trying to find where i belong I got a feeling am alone Got hopes of being post Malone I don’t know where this thing will go But to everybody doubting me man am shitting on you From the moment i was born i was taught to be me I’ll admit it ain’t easy perseverance is key My skin is filled with melanin sun is shining on me Shinning bright like morning star all the blessings on me Wanted me a gynaecologist the grades were low Now i rather play with hooks ain’t no clits no more Teacher made me feel abnormal Made me feel the dumbest student in the category Every subject was an L man fuck normal feel the weight of the curriculum don’t drop that shit Go Thru it I felt the weight of depression i almost hung my gut Don’t be a D Kanani man your life done changed You done made it out of shit-holes your dreams re-arranged Now represent immigrants All the shit you be hearing all the pressure to fit it All the violence they air that shit affects us all Its like they give you freedom but they trying to fuck up your life. Claim the gangs in the city are black Now the kid in the city could it really be him Everywhere on the train eyes are on him Am staring at the skyline Melbourne ready for me I could’ve left as a mule Akonya told me play by the rules Suicidal thoughts Put the energy on the LP got addicted like cocaine My sister says i smell success like a K-9 Kill ma sins lock them up good job Kanani Like an expectant appreciate congratulations from those that done swallow show the proof of the cream Yeah am independent but i thank the lord for this cream Thank the lord for the cream Wherever you wanna go Where you wanna go Where you wanna go Where you wanna go Fly away Wherever you wanna go Where you wanna go Where you wanna go Where you wanna go Fly away Wherever you wanna go Where you wanna go Where you wanna go Where you wanna go Fly away Wherever you wanna go Where you wanna go Where you wanna go Where you wanna go Fly away Chase your dream Wherever you wanna go Where you wanna go Fly away
2.
Stuck 03:39
Recognise that you ain’t moving forward and you Stuck in a place Stuck in your past Stuck in your words Stuck in your dreams Stuck in a moment and only you know where you are Recognise that you ain’t moving forward and you Stuck in a place Stuck in your past Stuck in your words Stuck in your dreams Stuck in a moment and only you know where you are Rapping and rapping and making my way Vanilla vanilla cream on the top Damn my surrounding is freezing better get popping thats my mind set. Everything goals i see it as gold I think am in my 20s I got dreams dreams But don’t know how to approach ‘em I got Fear fear fear am scared of failure Am scared of letting go Am scared of getting older Am scared of everything that comes with responsibility Am scared of competition tend to get more anxiety Hopping and hopping to make it to top Everything moving at speeds of sounds I Never waste no time i told myself i got the talent Nobody can tell me nothing I roll the dice and let the odds place yeah i play like cold play Only Jahova can stop me blessed me back when i was young Singing and rapping in church i watched the congregation cheer King in the booth and am feeling like this is what mama prepared me for Get progressive ignore what’s stuck and let it go Recognise that you ain’t moving forward and you Stuck in a place Stuck in your past Stuck in your words Stuck in your dreams Stuck in a moment and only you know where you are Every time a purchase at the store I get those mini heartbeats Every time my card is swiped I pray it won’t be declined Apart of me will never learn Am spending every penny i make to feed the pride I be dealing with ma shadows my finance is a disease It ruins ma relationships thats why they all decease My skin is black Am scared of po po My creative ego won’t be silent I don’t know who i can trust Everything could fall apart Family crowded by rats Think i need ‘phetamine to feel alright Just an addiction but I’ll be alright Hold down the circle that’s loyal so far Hope in the future that been on my mind Morph into something that’s loyal to me Get of demons clinging on me Go back to Africa just for the voodoo Push on the button just for the vroom Feel like Apollo am on ran-devour How do you land when you stack in a past How do you learn when you stack in a wav How do you think when you stuck in the mind Who do you blame when its all of your fault Living your life like a puppet You gotta be kidding Don’t wait to be told what to do I feel my mind criticising ma demons Thats disreputable body lazy I see change inevitable getting comfortable eating vegetables getting comfortable Let me rap Soon as we make some money we spend it on bling and bitches thats how shit go It gotta be more than hoes It gotta be more than weed It gotta be more than ice It gotta be more than wheels It gotta be more than greed It gotta be more of love It gotta be more than luck It gotta be more of hustle It gotta be more than bars It gotta be more connection Recognise that you ain’t moving forward and you Stuck in a place Stuck in your past Stuck in your words Stuck in your dreams Stuck in a moment and only you know where you are Recognise that you ain’t moving forward and you Stuck in a place Stuck in your past Stuck in your words Stuck in your dreams Stuck in a moment and only you know where you are aah
3.
Stereotypes 03:27
Stuck in a stereotype feeling inferiorized How could i feel loved when am always paranoid Every girl that has loved me has loved me for stereotypes Am lost in a place petty it’s basic its called paranoia Am scared oh Holding down a girl am scared of f**king up I always mess it up am scared of being in love I never expect to be loved this shit here turned me to monster Am a killer a love killer with a couple of Tequila and henny then we get so wasted in fenty Drinking with hoes no mercy Ama douchebag-a-king i just cut to the chase My shit is woke I’ll prolly go loco No logos no H&M, Gucci or Prada I speak to generations foreign and local two billion rappers they all want the cake Respect the hustle that’s family affair If this love we got outweighs the pain Tell me do we stay afloat If this time we waste negates progress Tell me do we stay afloat Cause we here today But we gone tomorrow If this is how we sway Then i hate this weather Am weak with her trust i done got me convicted When she talking I can’t comprehend She like boy you be crazy i know you be cheating I can’t share your dick with a hoe She can’t let a lie slide she knows how my eyes blink I target the weak ones the “Desperate for love” types The “Easy to lose” ones am going to hell man I can’t wife a model man i don’t want divorce man She’s f**ked me about a hundred times Am addicted to pulling out She ready to grow but am still a kid Love is a beautiful trilogy Babe don’t waste all of your energy on me No more defence man i need to grow All her friends baby daddies are Negros Crawling into oblivion Most of my friends chameleons Work hard enough make a million Grown but a kid on commitments I be faking the smiles whoa Splitting the bills whoa Skipping the meals whoa Saving for studio Fighting to get on the radio Dating expensive whoa Time is the money and i got none Got a lot to invest in i came here with nothing am shifting to the fast lane How ‘bout we quit playing How ‘bout we spit flames How ‘bout we quit blames Hammer these nails make ‘em fit right Yeah If this love we got outweighs the pain Tell me do we stay afloat If this time we waste negates progress Tell me do we stay afloat Cause we here today But we gone tomorrow If this is how we sway Then i hate this weather
4.
Lucky 03:09
Aah I feel lucky I feel lucky man Yeah yeah yeah Whoa I feel lucky I feel lucky I feel lucky Lucky I feel lucky I feel lucky I feel lucky today I feel lucky I feel lucky today Going hard man I won’t stop Ton of C4 rakata rah Got your girl in my drop top Type of sh!t that make you insecure aye Hustle get mama a new crib aye Hustle make the bank know my name aye Hustle make your girl know my name aye Hustle make her dream come true Ferrari am dreaming my brothers are realest We all going to get the dollars We all gonna go hard together We all going to die together We’ll never go broke facts We never gonna break the code Whoa Its a bro bro Check the flow flow We got loyalty Are you mad bro I feel lucky I feel lucky I feel lucky Lucky I feel lucky I feel lucky I feel lucky today I feel lucky I feel lucky today I feel lucky With the accent am killing these rappers are dead Starting from Melbourne am running to Perth Don’t tell me about Sydney am coming for y’all Get on my menu i smoke you alive Me and my brothers are starving walahi Am looking for money and sushi Viola Am loyal and humble just got off salah Yeah listen I feel like I might need paracetamol I get headache when am faded No I don’t fuck with fakes I don’t gotta a deal bitch I move like free range I started with freestyle Spitting is a outrage I deliver like fad-Ex Spread it like reddit One take never edit Make you bop bop then i leave you with a headache Wake you up up when you sleeping on my melodies I got the buzz to control all your memories I gotta them dreams to control all your money aye ay Don’t be resisting cause that shit insured All my peers are flexing on me I focus on goals I play like Pogba Tip on the tea they be picking on me Want me exported am waiting to see Am waiting on Christmas have bacon for break Whoa I feel lucky man Ayayaya yeah I woke up in Australia man I feel lucky yeah I feel lucky whoa woke up lucky Am never going to stop I assure you If you pay for the LP that’s insurance I be getting to it like a bee on a flower Having sex with a girl in a Lexus Wake up in the morning feeling Lucky Lucky Lucky When the cops don’t stop me I feel Lucky Lucky When I get a new check I feel Lucky Lucky Whoa check I feel Lucky Lucky Am just a dude I make music to survive I done contemplated suicide then i survived Nothing can kill my vibe get up and dance You don’t want to be that dude Who’s on the low when the music is loud We getting high We getting lit We getting everything that comes with luck I feel lucky aye I feel lucky I feel lucky whoa Lucky aye I feel lucky I feel lucky I feel lucky today I feel lucky I feel lucky today I feel lucky
5.
Yeah (Tell me you love it) Tell me you love it Tell me you love it Tell me you love it If you’re a fan Tell me you stream it Tell me you buy it Tell me you like it yeah Tell me your love won’t fade away My mind is oblique and the pocket Monique My skin is surrounded with darkness I dare you to mess with my madness Took a pill oh my god am addicted Talked to God and he said that The stars will eventually align Who could’ve known man look what I became Writing these stories will make me go crazy Am talking rejection the industry fucked No regrets when the minds on the dream Holding on tight but am scared oh Bumps on the rail make the train shake Mama like boy you need prayers oh I See my audience as church but i need more of the church in my heart now Tell me you love it Tell me you love it Tell me you love it If you’re a fan Tell me you stream it Tell me you buy it Tell me you like it yeah Tell me your love won’t fade away My mind came from a deep pit (yeah) Pen clear call me sharpie Gone through many papers i jot even on the airplane hungry for the paper My mind strong and my arm strong heading to the moon and it’s feeling like a dream ‘cause the flight long Grown thrown all my demons and the joy since i flew the paper planes as a kid Damn my life plain Mama told me if you wanna be a rapper got to create a name create a lane create some loyal followers to follow along if they’re loyal then you’re going to blow up If i blow up then get me a Hublot I be like hey I think am enjoying this sh!t Regardless enjoy the trip Tell me you love it Tell me you love it Tell me you love it If you’re a fan Tell me you stream it Tell me you buy it Tell me you like it yeah Tell me your love won’t fade away Tell me you love it Tell me you love it Tell me you love it If you’re a fan Tell me you stream it Tell me you buy it Tell me you like it yeah Tell me your love won’t fade away Tell me you love it Tell me you buy it Tell me your love won’t fade away
6.
Stronga 03:33
If you don’t fall you don’t get stronga Got to hold on little longer If you don’t fall you don’t get stronga Got to hold on little longer It’ll take me a while but I’ll build me a lane Take sacrifice am ready for that Face bigger challenge but not leave me lame Hope when i die you remember my name All of this shit will be gone in a blink Only the memories’ all that is left I been on pressure to better myself Started to focus on things that I trust If it don’t matter am not involved My family broke I got to get gold Rapping and rapping expecting a boo I can not quit am dreaming a bull All of this shit Is getting divorced All insecurities All of the past All of the fake friends Yeah Its hard to survive am at war with the wolves ah I been offended am done with these bros ah Expecting no favours expecting no leverage ah i been on my own I started the grind Am learning along Yeah If you don’t fall you don’t get stronga Got to hold on little longer If you don’t fall you don’t get stronga Got to hold on little longer If you don’t fall you don’t get Stronga Stronga Gotta hold on little Longer Longer I done came out the den then i smiled I done fuck up my relationships am grown I don’t hang with the fakes I confess I done been in the dirt but am clean Even if I don’t make it man am living in my dream I’ll admit it I done made it I done made it I done made it I done made it Aye I feel like Moses feel i was chosen Focus on dollars getting more hoes and am flossing Don’t get offended am flexing Got to make time for the bag zip it and tack it away Got to make time for the craft drop it and make something new I can’t spend more than a rack if I can’t double it back This sh!t is deeper than rap got to be down for the count Am doubting the process am looking for hope where did you go Am waiting impatiently waiting to glow ready to go Am floating on Jupiter waiting for no one to bring me the boat The process is slow, i feel like Noah building the boat If you don’t fall you don’t get stronga Got to hold on little longer If you don’t fall you don’t get stronga Got to hold on little longer If you don’t fall you don’t get Stronga Stronga Gotta hold on little Longer Longer
7.
Hmmmm Yeah My little rose Oh how you glimmer In red and pink But sharply thorny I know its spring So go ahead and flourish ‘Cause am aware am aware am aware Someone else might pluck you I know there people that plucked your petals and left you in pain You ran off to dating sites hoping to ease your pain Afraid about the motive if we don’t dance to this beat Ah love is in vain I know these days dark i done some things that Left you in plain A shade of the colour that blinded me Matter of fact it’s the pain that’d blinded me There’s shade on a summer day Please take my summary here is my resumé There’s a light out the tunnel ay Please let’s just be friends get rid of the fuckery Life is just an activity Love is the water keep hydrated Keep the focus on the road Let my hand rest on your thighs When red lights simulate your rods I’ll be the green light Just hope i don’t do you dirty Am scared to turn you feral ‘Cause love is what is life Left behind all my regrets When we argue and don’t forget That ish prolly be fatal Ah You know the mutuel With you i feel immortal You’re the major am the freshman I’ll treat you like a queen I’ll take around the world and take you to my town My little rose Oh how you glimmer In red and pink But sharply thorny I know its spring Go ahead and flourish ‘Cause am aware am aware am aware Someone else might pluck you My Little rose Oh how you

about

Moved to Australia from East Africa in 2017. A song about how “Lucky” i am to be alive in Australia couldn’t be better for an album lead single. Main Genre is Hiphop incorporating break beat soul vocal layering with new skool trap vibes while still respecting my church choir roots. It’s hard to progress when you’re “Stuck” on something that isn’t working. On this song frustrations with childhood dreams as an adult are expressed coupled with other conflicting loyalties.
“Every girl that has loved me, has loved me for stereotypes” so I find it hard to “Trust”. They say no man is an island but on the song “Stronga”, “I’ve been on my own, i started the grind am learning along” only got so many supportive friends as most watch every move and giggle when things get tough. “Fly away” is sang and rapped about challenges of being black as an immigrant. With what is aired on TV across Melbourne, whether you’re a refugee or just an immigrant “That sh*t affects us all” if you’re black. Am not loyal and neither am i perfect, it’s evident in how i blink. “She can’t let a lie slide she knows how my eyes blink” on the song “Stereotypes”. Coming into a different culture excited to try interracial relationships, i can only commit to one for so long. I acknowledge everyone that supports me on the song “I Hope You Buy It”. This LP is an attempt to try different sounds in the soul/rap music sub-genre and as with every attempt “My Little Rose” makes sure the album isn’t running out of style.

credits

released February 21, 2020

Daniel Kanani (Production, Songwriting),
Nic Buchanan (Production, Mix and Mastering),
Lucid Soundz (Producer),
Kenneth English (Producer),
Lowkey (Producer)
Pronto,
Aro Jackson,
PDUB The Producer,
Airavata (Producer)
NK Music (Producer)

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Kanani Melbourne, Australia

Welcome to the village. Let the chief himself show you around.

He will share with you stories about his life in Melbourne, Australia where he migrated with family back in 2017.
My attempts at professional music composition started in 2019. However, the chief has always had a soft spot and ear for all music genres, [Some may say music is his passion].

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