"Place I Know" is a smooth, soulful boom-bap slapper courtesy of BlacKeys out of the UK, with Meghan Norah on backing vocals and Jon Rosner on the slick guitar. Notion pours his heart out, as he is known to do, breaking down his motivations, dreams, challenges, and fears.
lyrics
Verse 1 (Notion):
Uh, yeah listen this is young Bradley,
Old school, undercut and the pants sagging,
Overseas now, I do it for my daddy,
With my team, dude, we fiend the bigger baggy,
No time to argue, so please don’t bicker at me,
None of y’all follow through, that’s why y’all mad at me,
I rose up from the shit, climbing up the big mountain with the grip,
But when I slipped, I got right back on that bitch,
‘Coz gravity against me, it keeps holding me down,
So I’m just focusin’ on me now, the inner strength of the rebound, huh,
No distractions in my inner circle,
You know the closest to your heart can hurt you, that’s why I’m rollin’ purple,
Ugh, I’m missin’ all my family,
It’s leaves me on the verge of insanity,
I stays on track, ‘coz I plays off rap,
Infinite loops in my mind, all day write tracks,
Yo the Keys is Black, so the dream’s in tact,
Fam ‘round the whole globe, ready to make that crack,
In the session, comin off top, like a toupée,
Out the session and I’m smellin’ like a fuckin’ bouquet, now fold ya hands to pray, ay
Chorus (Notion and Meghan Norah):
And I don’t know if I’ll be satisfied, yeah,
Don’t know if I will get it right, yeah,
This is how I’m gonna spend my nights, yeah
Head down, mind takin’ flight
It’s the only other place I know,
It’s the only other place I know,
It’s the only other place I know,
It’s the only other place I know
And I don’t know if I’ll be satisfied, yeah,
Don’t know if I will get it right, yeah,
This is how I’m gonna spend my nights, yeah
Head down, mind takin’ flight
Verse 2 (Notion):
Uh, now ya hearin’ big Nosh,
A clear heart and clear coast, let’s go,
20-1-8 feelin’ so great,
Heart, soul, mind all in one place,
I’m aligned, and I take that as a sign,
I’m moving forward, never rewind, or ever decline, I gets better with time,
I got patience, so much stress, almost committed me as a patient,
Or found in cuffs at stations,
‘Coz everybody on different paths, runnin’ own races,
We all trying to make it to our spaceship,
And as a spirit I am faceless,
All lovin’ and no judging, I’m so rugged, I’m so thuggin’, the hoes love it,
I pray at night that I will find my A-alike, my favourite type,
Kiss on the cheek and say goodnight,
Jumping on that plane and take the flight,
Tonight let’s make it right,
We walking on the path to see the light, like, ay
Chorus (Notion and Meghan Norah):
And I don’t know if I’ll be satisfied, yeah,
Don’t know if I will get it right, yeah,
This is how I’m gonna spend my nights, yeah
Head down, mind takin’ flight
It’s the only other place I know,
It’s the only other place I know,
It’s the only other place I know,
It’s the only other place I know
And I don’t know if I’ll be satisfied, yeah,
Don’t know if I will get it right, yeah,
This is how I’m gonna spend my nights, yeah
Head down, mind takin’ flight
And I don’t know if I’ll be satisfied, yeah,
Don’t know if I will get it right, yeah,
This is how I’m gonna spend my nights, yeah
Head down, mind takin’ flight
credits
released October 8, 2021
Produced by BlacKeys
Mixed & Mastered by Notion at Illnote Studios, Toronto, Canada
Background vocals by Meghan Norah
Guitar by Jonathan Rosner
