Little Simz – Introvert (Official Video)

“Introvert” is taken from my new album ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’. Listen/buy now: https://littlesimz.ffm.to/simbi.oyd

Music produced by Inflo

Director: Salomon Ligthelm
Production Company: PRETTYBIRD UK
MD/Exec Producer: Juliette Larthe
Exec Producer: Chris Murdoch
Producer: MrMr
Production Manager: Lucy Bradley
Production Assistant: Ella Knight
DOP: Joel Honeywell
1st AD: Joshua Loftin
1st AC: Hopi Demattio
2nd AC: Kairo Jones
Steadicam: Richard Lewis
Camera Trainee: Trey Joèl Robinson
Grip: Viz Sopjani
Gaffer: Yan Murawski
Spark: Serkan Cetin
Spark: Yuri
Production Designer: Laura Little
Art Department Assistant: Chris Dent
Stylist: Luci Ellis
Stylist Assistant: Natalie Asare
Stylist Assistant: Elizabeth Beh
Artists Hair Stylist: Chantelle Fuller
Hair & Makeup Artist: Nibras
Hair Assistant: Diana Francis
Make Up Assistant: Sandra Hadi
Choreographer: Kloe Dean
SFX Supervisor: Nigel Cripps
Runner: Daisy Smith
Runner: Lucia Ritucci
Runner: Apolo Wilson
Production Runner: Tyshan Dwyer
BTS: Tamiym Cader
Artists Assistant: Tilla Arcé
Medic/Covid Supervisor: Richard Hayward
Action Vehicle Driver: Brent-James Pinder
Minibus Driver: Roger Rose
Camera Car Driver: Grump Transport
Casting: Lane Casting

Develop & Processing: Cinelab London
Editor: Elise Butt
Edit Producer: Polly Kemp
Colourist: Simon Bourne
Color Producer: Chris Anthony

Dancers
Chantelle Dawe
Cherilyn Albert
Claire Hough
Dani Harris-Walters
India Bowen
Koby Turner
Lewis Bramble
Stefano A Addae

Cast
Fady Elsayed
Amber Lowe
Georgia Neath
Ayomide Plufidipe
Narisha Nawson
Samuel King
James Mace
Charlie Shaw
Adam Hafez
Glody Kinkiani
Jabari Ngozi
Warrick Simon
Antony Francis
Hannah Kumah
Janelle Kumah
Cullen Kumah

Label: AWAL
Commissioners: Bianca Bhagat & Cheyenne Miller

Camera supplied by MCX Films
Lighting supplied by SHL Lighting

Thanks to Chris & Nikki Snode
Cinelab & Aarti Mahtani
With thanks to @Timberland

Lyrics

The kingdoms on fire
The blood of a young messiah
I see sinners in a church
I see sinners in a church
Sometimes I might be introvert
There’s a war inside
I hear battle cries
Mothers burying sons
Young boys playing with guns
The devils a liar
Fulfil your wildest desires
Now I don’t wanna be the one to doctor this
But if you can’t feel pain then you can’t feel the opposite
The fight between the ying and yang is a fight you’ll never win
I studying humans that makes me an anthropologist
I’m not into politics
But I know it’s darks times
Parts of the world still living in apartheid
But if I don’t take this winners flight
That’s career suicide
Though I should’ve been a friend when your grandma died
I see the illness eat my aunt laying in her bed
I see her soul rising as her body gets closer to death

Find a way I’ll find a way
The worlds not over
I will make it don’t you cry
In God we trust
Cos we’re not alone

I need a licence to feel
Internal wounds and I’m not tryna be healed
I sabotage what we are trying to build
Cos of feelings I keep inside but it’s time to reveal
I hate the thought of just being a burden
I hate that these conversations are surfaced
Simz the artist or Simbi the person
To you smiling but really hurting
I dedicate my life and gave my heart over 20 something years left wondering how I even feel
Or was it was even worth it
I bottle up and then spill it verses
One day I’m wordless next day I’m a wordsmith
Close to success but to happiness I’m the furthest
At night I wonder if my tears will dry on their own
Hoping I will fulfil Amy’s purpose
Angel said don’t let you ego be a disturbance
Inner demon said mother fucker you earned this
Like they strip you of everything your deserving
Realise there is a prison is us
We are conditioned as fuck
Man It’s like they can’t sleep till our spirit is crushed
How much fighting must we do we been fearless enough
All we see is broken homes here and poverty
Corrupt government officials lies and atrocities
How they talking on what threatening the economy
Knocking down communities to re up on properties
I’m directly effected It does more than just bother me
Look beyond the surface don’t just see what you wanna see
My speech ain’t involuntary
Project with intention straight from my lungs
I’m a black woman and I’m proud one
We walk in blind faith not knowing the outcome
But as long as we unified then we’ve already won

Find a way I’ll find a way
The worlds not over
I will make it don’t you cry
In God we trust
Cos we’re not alone

And so it begins
The base is an amalgamation of everything
Rules are not to be played by rebels
The story of never ending
Your introversion led you here
Intuition protected you along the away
Feelings allowed you to be well balanced
And perspective gave you forsight
The top of the mountain is nothing without the climb
Only the strong will survive
Only the strong will survive
Alone but not lonely
Your truth unveils with time
As you embark on a journey
Of what it takes to be a woman

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