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Don't Trip

by Aquakultre

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1.
Woo, ain't even gotta say too much man, I know you can feel this in your bones already 
 Now I need everybody to report to the dance floor, for a special presentation
 Ayo Chudi, talk to em 
I wake up feeling so much love for you, would you beg my pardon, yea If I had my way I would sex you up all day, baby don’t get me started
Cause I know sometimes you ain't got that time we need
 When and if we get some time alone tonight You know I really miss you 
I can wait I want you, I want you, I want you, I want you

 Baby I can't explain this feeling it must be magic
‘ Cause lady your love still switch my gears, its automatic 
 You finna give a minute to break me off, I had a vision 
 Of taking you up and down, I can’t shake this feeling that's inside 
 Yea, baby, you know exactly how to hear what’s on my mind 
 Ohhh, you know I really miss you It’s finally feeling like we’re on to something Hey, yea yea baby When we finally get sometime whoa, oh Shuby dooby doot dooden doo I can wait, I can wait for ya baby, I can wait for ya baby I can wait for ya baby, I can wait for ya baby, I can wait Ladies and gentlemen, Aquakultre Right, Chudi, I think we got another heater for real baby Let’s rock, let’s rock, come on, let’s rock, Zamani, let’s rock, yea what, you now rocking with the best of em I want you, I want you, I want you, I want you You now rocking with the best
2.
I said baby Take your time while your getting that low God dammit got me feeling right old The way you got me and my knees shaking Mistakenly I forgot you like dance baby The way you shake it yo you got me in a trance baby With the force had to get into a stance baby Got me harder than steel NEXT song on, that’s your jam I can tell Two stepping in my gangster lean Fucka acting too cool he get asked to leave I can tell your drink is down WAIT Let me check my bank account, fuck it Cause we having a good time But I might say what's on my mind I'm falling in love again, sugar honey ice tea Can’t help it when you looking at me Keep it coming cause you made it so sweet I’m falling in love again, sugar honey ice tea And it's the right recipe You got exactly what I need baby Bleached white t-shirt looking half dirty And I’m known to take it off ou I know you heard of me Ou, gone get ready for the face off Let me see you clap your hands fo’ it take off Ugh, right foot two stomps Let me see you bend your back make it THWOMP Two hops this time Got the dance floor looking like a hive WAIT, talk to me I consider this A mighty fine first time, that's considering That you ain’t got you a man please Would you lend your energy to my plants I’m falling in love again, sugar honey ice tea Can’t help it when you looking at me Keep it coming cause you made it so sweet I’m falling in love again, sugar honey ice tea And it's the right recipe You got exactly what I need baby 
You know you got what I need baby, come on rock Now give me that real sweet honey ice tea Ahaha, you know you got what I need baby Come on Come and rock with me, come and rock with me Come and rock with me Come and rock with me Sweet like milk and honey Sugar honey ice and tea Sweet like milk and honey Sugar honey ice and tea Sweet like milk and honey Said I like the way you taste, taste like milk and honey baby Sweet like milk and honey, sweet like milk and honey Said I like the way you taste, taste like milk and honey baby I like the way way way, I like the way way way
3.
Magic 04:29
When I was a little one Always wondered where what I had was given Must’ve been looking for something I even put my faith in that religion, ouuu But then I grew up Realized you shaped the way I forgave you I was just tryna make sense of it And I knew it wasn't your fault And the moment I let you know, I knew This must be some type of magic, yea Must be some type of magic baby Must be some type of magic I never knew what was Causing me to make such bad decisions But then I remembered The only way I could break this thing was to listen, to me I know it's been a long ass time I wonder if he knows I miss him Lost my mind Tryna figure out just what he's thinking Along my life It’s even harder to understand But the moment I met my dad I knew this must be some type of magic baby Yes it is Must be some type of magic baby Must be some type of magic Must be some type uh, must be some type of magic I really gotta thank you for all my brothers and my sisters Even though it took me a while I just knew we were related Anytime you wanna talk to me I'm here for you I wanna get to know you through and through Teach you things you never knew Make you better person too, I know this Must be some type of magic baby Must be some type of magic baby Must be some type of magic 
I never gave up on him
I never gave up on him
4.
What’s up, eh you know, I was just hoping uh, you know I could come over tonight? Maybe chill out? I got some records? Bet

 The record that I ordered came in
 Had to rain check the date with my friends
 Cause I just wanna listen alone

 Light up a sweet incense
 Equalized ready the bass a good mix 
I was chilling when you hit my phone 

You said you wanna make your way over (what you listen too?)
 That New Amerykah will expose ya (I can bring some records too)
 Just let me know when you a bit closer 
Soul and salvation
 Pick up a honey dry gin 
Don't be afraid baby it’s all good

 It’s all good

 Yea girl, he wants to come over, listen to some records and things
 Just really chill out, you know, oh shoot he's here

 Put down your phone you wont need it
 Because I got Miseducation Lauryn Hill
 And some greens that I brought from home 

I hope you like light meals yea 
I got the new ish on wax and new needles 
Put on some Soul and D'Angelo

 Ou child I knew that you liked Musiq 
But once i flipped dipped in the stash I went stupid 
You even got the OG Dilla samples 
I ain’t heard them quite like this
 Pour up a honey dry gin
 I ain't leaving till you say baby it's all good

 It’s all good If it’s alright with you, then it's all good with me If it's alright with you, then it's all good with me If it's alright with you, then it's okay with me, baby it's all good
5.
Don't trip, I will never let you slide outta my grip 
Even If I gotta prove it with my fist 
 You'd be the last to go, don't trip I can feel it my heart Feel it in my bones You can see it in my walk Hear it in my tone Something you won't find in politics Gotta get it from your mama What I'm talkin bout is love Something you won't find in commas When you’re shivering it will warm you up Fizzling like a soda pop If I could then I'll prolly roll it up When you hit it you’ll never wanna stop Something is changing in me Making me feel free My baby keep giving me your loving And I will guarantee I'll be right by your side through it all Don't trip, I will never let you slide outta my grip Even if I gotta prove it with my fist You'd be the last to go, don't trip Got me feeling so fine Thicker than red wine And it gets better with time Just wait till you open it up Although it looks it in movies It’s definitely not easy No you gotta remain strong Even through all the cussin and screaming Gotta be willing to fight for it, jabs and hooks Hit you right in the face you'll never find it books Make no mistake you'll never have to look It will reach out and find you I can't believe I thought I knew it all In the end I never had a clue In reality I was in the dark Until I found you, sing it with me now Don't trip, I will never let you slide outta my grip Even if I gotta prove it with my fist You'd be the last to go, don't trip Don’t trip Ouu nah nah nah nah nah naaah You ain’t gotta trip about nothing, don’t trip
6.
Just hold me close, and don't let go Ain't felt this alive in a minute We got something, I won't let go It’s a different type of vibe when I look in your eye Ouu, since the beginning
Been a different type of vibe since I looked in your eye I can't help it, and it feels right The way we look in the light That feeling hit different when you got records on We danced through the night like we don't got work in the morn Don't feel like we need to rush Can't wait to tell my sister that I’m falling in love Since the beginning Been a different type of vibe since I looked in your eye I can't help it, and it feels right The way we look in the light Look in the light We grown enough to know exactly what we want I knew that the future held you so close in my arms Don't feel like we need to rush Can't wait to wake up with you and take you out to lunch Just hold me close, and don't let go Ain't felt this alive in a minute We got something, I won't let go It’s a different type of vibe when I look in your eye Ouu, since the beginning Been a different type of vibe since I looked in your eye I can't help it, and it feels right The way we look in the light Look in the light
7.
We’re getting close Take your time Uh, hold it, wake up in the morning like Folgers Can really see us getting hella closer Wait till you see me by the stove top Cheffing up the bacon for the linguine N***** really hating cuz they ain't see me Cuz we in the crib eating Ben and Jerry’s Late night flicks pics by the Dratini Shout out to cousin for the quick hook And we hit it at the Same Damn Time Really had a n**** shook Not knowing that we'd lead to a thing that the city need Focus, I ain't never been so focused And you ain't never had such dopeness Let’s start the beginning with a closeness, closure
8.
You never know what you got till it's gone so Take that woman by the hand let’s, go Let it happen I grabbed your hand tonight cause I'm just tryna see you Up and laughing Two stepping with a little bit of slide Let em know what's tappin The only woman that I Wanna dance with tonight is you Oh, come on, you got feets so get up and use em You got feets so get up and use em The DJ know what’s up (hey) Cause he already know it’s your song (hey) And I ain't tryna waste no more time I need to know if you’re Alright to have a dance with me You got feets so get up and use em It feels right, seeing you happy yea With every step we take together, it’s so relaxing yea DJ keep spinning that soul I wanna let my Momma know That when we move, just like we do And keep that groove, that let’s the DJ The DJ know what’s up (yea, yea, yea, yea) Cause he already know it’s your song (he already know it’s your song baby) And I ain't tryna waste no more time (no more time to be wasted) I need to know if you’re Alright to have a dance with me You got feets so get up and use em And I can see that we working a sweat But I know your knees ain’t killing ya yet All I know is that beat that I feel in my chest Is all we need right now She got the lead so I’m sorry I dont see nobody else in the party Get out your seat, don't wanna say it again My baby you got feets, so get up and move em The DJ know what’s up Cause he already know it’s your song (hey yea) And I ain't tryna waste no more time (ah haaa) I need to know if you’re Alright to have a dance with me You got feets so get up and use em (you gotta get up and dance, whoa, so get) The most beautifullest thing in this world Is two steppin’ with the most beautifullest girl Way she make me feel when she spinnin’ to The Spinners Or the way she smiles to Curtis Mayfields’ “We Are Winners” I fill with joy, and I ain’t talkin bout Paris When she dancin to “Queen and a Lady'' by Beres I know it’s a good day when I play Phonte Or when I hear “Before I Let Go'' by Frankie & Maze See a party ain't a party without granny or my mommy
 So when Marvin says you “Got to Give It Up”, you better do it DJ drop the beat on the one, ain't nothin’ to it “Three Times a Lady”, Lionel already knew it You know my uncle on the decks, gotta give respect And when you dip your ma dukes, better protect the neck You gave me a heart beat, and that beat still bump But this joint right here? The DJ know what’s up The DJ knows what’s up
Cause he already knows your song And I ain't tryna waste no time I wanna know if | I gotta know if ya Alright to have a dance with me Generational love, generational love You better get up and dance, one time I won't say it again You know that you got Come and get it with Lance, for your mama, I ain't talking your hands You know that you got Ahh haaaa, hit the dance floor with us What you got Tell em cousin, cuz they ain't listen to me You got feet so, get on up and use em
9.
She got the suwoo on her bag Natural born killer Not your average type uh rag to riches Now come on, she a bone chiller She knows, how to rope em in Got me beggin and a pleading just to get her on the team Cuz I, got jobs, and got plenty Just let me know whatever you need, and imma bring it to ya Hit woman, with plans to get rich Got yourself in a tight sitch Come on , get you a hit woman You don't need another fix Hit woman, with plans to get rich Got yourself in a tight sitch Come on, get you a hit woman She the realest that it gets I like a woman with a back bone, ouu she got body Fee fi fo fum, the earf quake Dat ass'll leaving em shook like a giant And She like to get in between the sheets But don’t call her out her name, NAH The last brother, found out, the hard way, they never asked of em Cuz they know that my sugah baby’s a Hit woman, with plans to get rich Got yourself in a tight sitch, for sho get you A hit woman, you won’t need another Hit woman, with plans to get rich Got yourself in a tight sitch Come on, get you a hit She the realest that it gets, hit woman I just need you in my life baby Ohh you a hit woman I just need you in my life Baby, don’t leave me alone yea And I just want, heyyyy Please don’t hurt me baby Please don’t hurt me baby Cause you a hit woman Ahhhh haaaa, baby I need you Baby I want ya, oh baby I need ya Please don’t hurt me baby, hitwoman
10.
Watch out, just got the paint job (paint job) Don't get saltier than a lamb chop (lamb chop) I know you feel it so get out of your seat, uh come on (ohhhh, you got feet) Ancestral make ya spine tingle (spine tingle) Big ol booty it make ya eye linger (eye linger) I laugh because you rollin wit me, ah, ha haha We bout to smash it up (tell somebody bout it cuz) I don't think they Black as us (they aint Black) Tell my baby to back it up Matter fact you talking shit but can you back it up Smash it up I don't think they Black as us Tell my baby to back it up Matter fact you talkin shit but can you back it up We got the Africvillean Funk CFL player now run it back You about to give me a heart attack George Dixon’ll knock a brother back Richard Preston’ll reawaken and come hutting for that (now look it up) Nah, stop playing with me
No matter your skin color just enjoy the beat
Who that brother that just destroyed the feast
Keep it movin I’ll have ya sweating to the Florida keys
 Now clap your hands with me

 We got the Africvillean Funk

 We got the Africvillean Funk (whoa you got feet)
 We got the Africvillean Funk

 Hey come on, we got The Africvillean Funk nah
11.
Just put 50 in the gas tank
 Top down feel the breeze upon my Black face
 And I’m bout to pull up to that spot banging
 Just a quick visit no I can't stay

 My baby said she’d meet me downtown
 Stepping know I had to bring the gators out
 Sweet like honey bring the flavors out 
Suit glisten looking like a danish now

 Uh, lemony fresh looking that clean
 Baby told me that she ready for that vaccine
 Said she really getting sick of all these young men
 Acting like they ready for her but they lacking

 Ohh, they acting way too childish
 Me I got credit we can take it to the island
 Put the down payment on the crib if you desire it
 Baby so dope she my number one supplier
 Ou, yes it is

 Baby I'm for real, I'm about to show you how I feel
 Keep a ring on you show you that it's real
 And we can show the city what it is lady 
I’m for real, bout to show the city how I feel
 Cook it up chef Hemmings with the meal Keep you close to me, you know what it is baby 
I’m for real

 You could never be me and that's on your best days
 Your idea fresh is a white tee and some fresh jays
 Let’s say, I’m cruising the city on the expressway
 See a shorty bad to the bone without a x-ray
 Hop in let’s converse, G’s and a Birkin god bless your purse
 Dressed to kill somebody catch the hearse
 Look he’s dressed to impress, I address the earth
 Born with the burden of greatness, well I guess I’m cursed
 Birthdays ain't the first days, spoiled her like she was in the first grade, and she got the worst grades
 I’m the don of this Adonis with an honest grip 
Now they all taken back in astonishment
 You got something to say? Well then spit it out
 You tryna find somebody that you can live with? 
I’m tryna find somebody I can't live without 
Thought that your life would be magic but you got this trick

 My baby she the best, lil mama don’t play with it
 Someone I can hang with, no flex I ain't never felt this fresh, in a minute so
 Baby I'm for real, I'm about to show you how I feel
 Keep a ring on you show you that it's real
 And we can show the city what it is lady
 I’m for real, bout to show the city how I feel
 Cook it up chef Hemmings with the meal
 Keep you close to me, you know what it is baby I’m for real
12.
Baby I analyze If you don't keep me waiting And let me be impatient I’ll need a dentist Maybe I'll strategize I see that there’s a line up Let me know when their time’s up So sweet, cuz it’s Just like caramel I just gotta have it Link me when you're down And I'll come through and grab it Is it a fantasy How I see you with me Can't explain how I got you all to myself now Tell me where to go Just wanna take it slow Cause the way I feel about you Plus I heard that it Taste like caramel And I just gotta have it I wanna get you back up, I wanna get you back up Link me when you're down and i'll come through and grab it I wanna pick you back up, I wanna pick you back up To my people in the front
All my people in the back Where my people on my right?
Everybody to the left (HEY HEY HEY)
Left, Right Taste like caramel (taste like caramel, ou) And I just gotta have it Link me when you're down (link it up, link it up) And I’ll come through and grab it I wanna pick you back up, I wanna pick you back up Come with me, and you’ll be in a candy fantasy Beyond your wildest dreams No hidden clauses, or schemes Watch yourself, don’t wanna fall into the chocolate stream It’s a world so sweet, your dentist’ll scream DJ Chidow with the dark chocolate groove And Aquakultre’s voice keeps it peanut butter smooth And you can never blunder with the Caramel Boy Wonder ain’t no other who can sweeten your day like me Taste like caramel I just gotta have it Link me when you’re down (link it up, link it up) I'll come through and grab it I wanna pick you back up, I wanna pick you back up Hey Ho Clap your hands everybody, and dance to the beat V-A-D-A-Double L no Cool J, but ladies love me Number one with the mic ain't a Emcee above me Aquakultre on the groove, DJ Chidow with the moves We got you bouncin more than a 10 pack of pixie sticks Hey, Ho
13.

about

Listening to Aquakultre’s DON'T TRIP is like stepping into a Halifax house party in full swing. Throughout 12 jam-packed songs, CBC Searchlight award-winning rapper and neo-soul songwriter Lance Sampson is joined by over 20 guests from locations spanning the globe. This roll call includes New Jersey hip-hop hero Ransom, South African R&B singer Amarafleur, Toronto based R&B and pop artist Tafari Anthony, and Halifax’s Zamani Miller, daughter of Delvina Bernard from legendary a capella group Four The Moment.

Despite its massive guest list, DON’T TRIP is a deeply personal project. The album was originally conceptualised as a five-song EP based on the first three weeks of a budding relationship with his partner Julia, when they barely left her bedroom. Eating ice cream and pizza, drinking wine, and listening to Lauryn Hill records was the start of a passionate love affair. Yet after reaching out to musicians he admired, DON’T TRIP expanded into the most ambitious project of Aquakultre’s career.

Initially, Sampson envisioned the album’s sound as a tribute to every era of R&B. “I Can Wait”, featuring Chudi Harris, Zamani Miller, and underground Halifax rapper Nixx, is his homage to the classic mid-2000s rumpshaker sound reminiscent of Next’s “Too Close.” Elsewhere, the lush retro vibes of “Magic” reckon with Sampson’s upbringing from an absentee father. Continuing the family affair, Phoenix Pagliacci and O’Sound’s voices flow through the horn-propelled boogie funk of “You Got Feets”, with lyrics about a grandmother busting out her best moves. The album wraps up like a brown paper bag in Sampson’s closing collaboration with New Jack Swing duo DJ Chidow and Vadell Gabriel, bringing those house party vibes back in full effect.

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released July 22, 2022

This album and its songs are very collaborative and wouldn't have been made possible without the contribution of all these beautiful artists.

Produced & Written by Lance Sampson, unless stated otherwise

Mastered by Francisco Lopes at Ocean Floor Recording

Photography by Meghan Tansey Whitton
Models: Roddrecce & Lika

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Aquakultre Halifax, Nova Scotia

Lance Sampson aka Aquakultre traces roots through his childhood home in Halifax’s Uniacke Square community to his ancestors in Africville, through the United States and ultimately to Nigeria; His music and lyrics are a poignant reflection of this truth, the story of his personal evolution, and his place in community as an African-Nova Scotian.

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