Fantastic Negrito – The Duffler

Artist

Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz (born January 20, 1968), better known by his stage name Fantastic Negrito, is an American singer-songwriter whose music spans blues, R&B, and roots music.

His 2016 album The Last Days of Oakland won a Grammy award for Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 59th Grammy Awards. In 2019, his album Please Don't Be Dead won the same category for the 61st Grammy Awards.

Early life

Dphrepaulezz was born in western Massachusetts, the eighth of fifteen children. His father was a deeply religious Somali Muslim who, Dphrepaulezz recalls, had "a lot of rules" for his children. Dphrepaulezz and his family relocated to Oakland, California, when he was 12 years old.

He began selling drugs as a teenager in Oakland, telling the Guardian, "We were all selling drugs, man. We all carried pistols. There was a crack epidemic. [....] I was the kind of kid who would sell fake weed [...] . Sometimes I would use tea."

He became inspired to teach himself how to play music after listening to Prince's album Dirty Mind and hearing that Prince was a self-taught musician. He learned to play music by sneaking into music classrooms at the University of California Berkeley despite not being a student there.

Fantastic Negrito, pseudonimo di Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz (Oakland, 20 gennaio 1968), è un cantautore e chitarrista statunitense.

È un musicista blues, R&B e roots rock.

L'album The Last Days of Oakland del 2016 ha vinto un Grammy Award come miglior album blues contemporaneo nel 2018. L'anno successivo, nel 2019, l'album Please Don't Be Dead ha vinto lo stesso premio. The Duffler fa parte dell'album.

I don't got no money
And I don't got nobody
And I ain't got no place to live no more
'Cause she took everything

Welcome to my life
Welcome to my life

My friends tried to tell me
But now I'm so so sorry
And I blame all those things that are wrong with my life
On a conspiracy

Welcome to my life
I said I wanna welcome you into my life

I wanna come back home
It's so sad to be alone
Can I come back home?
Oh, I wanna come back home
It's so sad to be alone
I won't do it again, and again and again

Oooh, come on
Do it tomorrow
I'ma pay up
I'ma do it tomorrow, yeah
Well, tomo-mo-mo-mo-mo-mo-mo-morrow
Take a piece of my life
Oh, welcome to my life

Please do not come, please
And then, don't let them, let them change your mind

non ho soldi
E non ho nessuno
E non ho più un posto dove vivere
Perché ha preso tutto

Benvenuto nella mia vita
Benvenuto nella mia vita

I miei amici hanno provato a dirmelo
Ma ora mi dispiace così tanto
E do la colpa a tutte quelle cose che non vanno nella mia vita
su una cospirazione

Benvenuto nella mia vita
Ho detto che voglio darti il benvenuto nella mia vita

voglio tornare a casa
È così triste essere soli
Posso tornare a casa?
Oh, voglio tornare a casa
È così triste essere soli
Non lo farò più, e ancora e ancora

Oooh, dai
fallo domani
sto pagando
Lo farò domani, sì
Ebbene, domani-mo-mo-mo-mo-mo-mo-domani
Prendi un pezzo della mia vita
Oh, benvenuto nella mia vita

Per favore non venire, per favore
E poi, non lasciarli, lascia che cambino idea