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Criminal
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Folk
Criminal was released on March 28, 2025 by Dot Dash Recordings as a part of the album The Second High
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Release DateMarch 28, 2025
LabelDot Dash Recordings
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM76

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Liz Stringer
Liz Stringer
Vocals
Beni Giles
Beni Giles
Bass Guitar
James Larter
James Larter
Percussion, Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Liz Stringer
Liz Stringer
Composer, Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Beni Giles
Beni Giles
Producer, Mixing Engineer
Robert Wilks
Robert Wilks
Engineer
Dick Beetham
Dick Beetham
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

I’ve been hiding under edges since it drove me
To the concrete where I’d never been before
I am still here but I’m not living just existing, just surviving
Taught to never expect more
In the middle of a system that’s a failure
I’m a failure, system tells me every day
When you’re running with your fear you’re getting weaker but you’re acting braver
I’m not making choices here
They’re sending a message, though they keep it subliminal
I live in a city where too little is criminal
My existence is a mongrel sniffing round all their pedigrees
They’ll keep me at survival before they risk any legacy
I’m trying to stay out of the cold this winter
RAP is never pardoned in the sovereign south
And it sticks in my neck like a metal splinter
No one will help me get it out
Ancestry brought master servant to my country
And the masters built their gaols with their servants’ hands
Fat necks spilling over stiffened white starched collars
Consorting in the Member’s Stand
They’re sending a message, though they keep it subliminal
I live in a city where too little is criminal
My existence is a mongrel sniffing ‘round all their pedigrees
They’ll keep me at survival before they risk any legacies
And here on the rising panic there are conversations
If you can’t feed yourself, it’s your fault and your failures
We’re all playing cards being spat from above us
But don’t pretend you got what you got ‘cos you worked any harder
They’re sending a message, though they keep it subliminal
I live in a city where too little is criminal
My existence is an anchor on the yacht that they’re sailing
Their passage now relies on the rest of us failing
Written by: Liz Stringer
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