Saba & No ID - head.rap (feat. Madison McFerrin, Ogi, and Jordan Ward)

“head.rap”
From the Private Collection of Saba & No ID
Feat. Madison McFerrin, Ogi, and Jordan Ward

Directed and Edited by: Ian Lipton and Saba
Produced by: Krista Worby, Cristela Rodriguez, and Jamal Hood
DP: Elijah Guess
Casting: Jamal Hood and Aye’lesha Gibson
Production Managers: Olivia Wolf and Cat McCabe
Production Coordinator: Matthew Price
Post Production Coordinator: Gabriel Freeman
Color: Clark Bishop, III and Nick Lindell-Wright @ETHOS Studio
1st ACs: Gary Walker and Lyle Mouton
Gaffer: Hiram Borges
Key Grip: Kev Garrard
Electric: Nasser Akkari
Grip: Keith Shattle
PA: Jhaylen Cherry and Malik Young
Movement Director: Tanji Harper
Wardrobe for Saba, Ogi and Jordan Ward: Rosalinda Ruiz and MALU
Production Company: KW Productions

Starring:
Saba
Madison McFerrin
Ogi
Jordan Ward

Cast:
Frsh Waters
Jamal Hood
Jordan Miller
Kyla Eveillard
Aye’lesha Gibson
Muni Jordan
Snacks Pivot
Tru
Keenon Rush
NAHCreate
Keenon Rush
Mia Kennedi
Paulette McWilliams
Jay Wood
Chops
Jamila Woods
Ben Moskow
Josie Melton
Kyla Eveillard
Joseph Chilliams

Dancers:
Levi Carroll
Seye Seye
Xae
Alan Freitag
Love

Special Thanks:
Tanji Harper and the Happiness Club, Mr. Jackson and Innovations High School, Wolf Studios, and The John Walt Foundation

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"head.rap"
From the Private Collection of Saba & No ID
Feat. Madison McFerrin, Ogi, and Jordan Ward
Produced by: No ID
Additional production by: Saba and Daoud
Recording Engineer: Tru
Mix Engineer: Jimmy Douglass
Mastered by: Joe LaPorta for Sterling Sound Studios

Lyrics:
Intro - Madison McFerrin
I ain’t got the time
To lose
On you

Verse 1 - Saba
Visits to county, we all fine
Seen my homie cut his dreads this time
I was growing my hair but I never considered trying
Locking it up, you know turn a root to devine
Saw free form slimkid3, Pharcyde
For the first time in the Runnin’ video
I thought what I’d look like
In an alternate light
Getting off into detail this all about my
Loc journey
Took the bus on Diversey
Hoping that I don’t die the day’s bright and early
She looked at me like
She love the nappy boy
Fro pressed down like a tabloid
Searching for a avenue
Ways to reflect my current attitude
Views of the world
I’m Malik to my grandma who
Used to braid my hair
But i had to cut em at the school
And it was Black ran
I’m just a Black man
Looking for good days
Good steak, lap dance
I’ll play the game but I won’t tap dance
Now you might see me out in a headwrap
Fitted but I didn’t get it on Fairfax
I’ll show you where i’m at like AirTags
I deserve a subtle flex and a rare brag
‘cause I’m the one who put the dreads in the care hat
Cut 'em and immediately grew my hair back
(That’s when they started letting me fly without a random search)

Hook - Ogi
From the moment I get up outta bed
Must protect what comes from my head
I don’t care what nobody said
Keep growing your garden

Hook - Jordan Ward
You keep growing your garden
Waves and winds, they harden it
I don’t even know what sparked it
Inspiration spark
Young dreadful n*ggas finna start shit

Verse 2 - Saba
Rinse the relaxers out of nappy afros
And breaking plastics from
Scratching scalps with rat combs
Curl patterns that fight back and that grow
So wild that you can’t put a fucking cap on
Momma scratching my dandruff we back home
Still tender headed boy you are not that grown
Them neck braids helped you build backbone
Everybody flamed yo ass
You either laughed or
Just hope one day the style catch on
Shorty my goals more than what you can brag on
When it add up won’t be an app on that phone
Need guap like a cheese head Brett Favre
Oh, you seen a weed head's got dreadlocks
Oh, you seen a couple savages too
Couple lil babies who done start they journey anew
I'm rooting for you we can start at the root
I’m who they told you i was it’s all true
The journey so far had to tell mine
I just asked my shorty for a hair tie
(And the mufucka broke before I even got to wrap my shit)

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