Decipha: I'm born into trouble, stirring up nuisance, I was branded mischievous, my whole family knew it, pen and that pad give me that paper but never for music, rap sheet so long I'm mixing up Crimes of things I was accused/ you see I'ma notorious, criminal, swindler breaking the law, now they clapping and chantin they know that if I go down that mean all of us fall, I am Barabbas, check out my scars, I am Barabbas I bleed from the heart, hol up, I am barabbas ain't nothin is average a rebel stemming from my very deoxy-ribo- nucleic acid/ I am Barabbus (you said that already) I'm playing my cards, while he's letting me walk, I'm blazing the charts on account of him taking the fault//
Kareem: I am Barabbas, Lets get that established. You know my status and tactics I really don't see why your clapping. Someone tell me what happened, why would ya'll trade me, should it be ok with me? Is stupidity or bravery? Ya'll tripping I'm finna whip him like its slavery/ I don't care who the victim, I'm finna stick em like its penicillin/ Civilian or a pilgrim it don't really matter because I'm still a villain. Never fearing the sword but who is the Jesus? Who gave me my freedom, they say he's the Lord. Sure deaths my reward, but he took it and he didn't say word/ took a death that he didn't deserve, then he rose and third? Who would die for their enemies, paid the fine but he wasn't a friend to me, I was dying but because of him I'm living free people really blind if they don't even see
Songwriter and producer CRFT celebrates his spirituality and family on this thoughtful debut LP, featuring Blu, nobigdyl, and more. Bandcamp New & Notable May 10, 2022
The seven tracks on the debut from CRFT are breathtakingly beautiful, blending jazz, ambient music, and soul into a dreamy cohesive whole. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 3, 2022