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VOODOO ECONOMICS (WolfMan), the second single off of ÌFÉ's forthcoming sophomore album moves as a modern day funeral song, written as a lament for Adolf Wolfgang Siemon-Otero, a beloved friend and musician gunned down in the streets of San Juan Puerto Rico, the target of a drug trafficking dispute. The song, built around sacred Afro Cuban Bata rhythms and prayers plays a powerful procession, honoring those that have fallen while stirring up a cache of questions, principally among them, why do we want so badly to be rich? And what does right and wrong ultimately mean in a society that judges us more on our outcomes than our methods?
VOODOO ECONOMICS (WolfMan)
Written by Otura Mun
M.Underwood (ASCAP)
Publ Discos Ifá (ASCAP)
Performed by ÌFÉ
Recorded at ILÉ ÌFÉ // Santurce, PR
Mixed by Stuart Sikes, ATX
Mastered By Bob Macc, UK
Cover Design: Otura Mun
ÌFÉ is Otura Mun, Yarimir Cabán,
Beto Torrens, Pia Cabble,
Kike Serrano, and Enrique "Peru" Chavez
lyrics
VERSE ONE
It's a lot, It's a lot diablo Wolf man
Full clip, lick a shot, diablo Wolf man
Hundred pack, hit the block, diablo Wolf man
22 take a shot, diablo Wolf man
50 bands, make 'em rock diablo Wolf man
What's the cost, it's a lot diablo Wolf man
Back again, Back again diablo Wolf man
Mucho moguls, mi nuh know diablo Wolf man
Touch the ground, touch the soul diablo Wolf man
Dark arts, Valdamore diablo Wolf man
Zombie Eh, Zombie Oh diablo Wolf man
Azriel, Gargamel diablo Wolf man
Chupacabra, Babadook diablo Wolf man
Cops shot the kid, made ya look diablo Wolf man
CORO:
Voodoo Economics
Dinero We got it
Ibaye Bayen Tonu
(Repeat)
VERSE TWO
Diablo Wolf man, diablo Wolf man...
Catch a case, catch a flight diablo Wolf man
Get the call, get the sight diablo Wolf man
Diablo Wolf man, diablo Wolf man...
Pick a bone, pick a fight diablo Wolf man
Make 'em envy, it's a right diablo Wolf man
Kick back, mama's in the drop diablo Wolf man
Live long, maybe maybe not diablo Wolf man
Cut that, we could make a lot diablo Wolf man
Sex, some people pay for that diablo Wolf man
Zinc shack, shooters in the back diablo Wolf man
Take talk, never ever that diablo Wolf man
Six stacks, three up in the lac, diablo Wolf man
Rick shot Rita in the back, diablo Wolf man
Death, some people pay for that diablo Wolf man
Cock back, we could take it back diablo Wolf man
CORO:
Voodoo Economics
Dinero We got it
Ibaye Bayen Tonu
(Repeat)
Oro!
Egun!
(Repeat x 4)
Traditional Lucumí Prayer for Eggun (Spirits of the Dead)......
The electronic music moniker of New Orleans based African American producer and percussionist Otura Mun, ÌFÉ blends
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I produced this album with Puerto Rico based artist MIMA back in 2011. It was my first go at indie rock production and it's one of the works I'm most proud of. Incredible album from this artist! ÌFÉ
This was a record I recorded and produced back in 2009. It's the last project I made before starting work on ÌFÉ. Excited to see it finally go to vinyl! It's something of a classic in Puerto Rico. ÌFÉ
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