Noname drops “oblivion” with Ayoni & Common (+Lyrics)

Noname unveils the new Berg-produced “oblivion” song featuring Ayoni & Common from the project Sundial.

Over the next month, we’ll hear the final hip-hop and R&B albums of summer 2023 before transitioning into the industry heavy-hitters, who tend to share major projects in the last quarter of the year. This weekend continued the trend of artists both new and old showing out on singles and LPs. Those who stand out in the latter category are Trippie Redd (A Love Letter To You 5) and Noname (Sundial).

Noname didn’t come quietly with her latest project, bringing on collaborators like Atoni, $ilkMoney, billy woods, and Jimetta. She received no shortage of backlash for her decision to work with Jay Electronica on “balloons,” which also features Eryn Allen Kane. Elsewhere on Sundial, the 31-year-old threw shade at huge names like Jay-Z, Beyonce, Kendrick Lamar, and Rihanna, earning her plenty of attention in the media. We’ve already reported on that drama, but today (August 13), we’re spotlighting Sundial‘s closing song, “oblivion” featuring Common and Ayoni.

“Sacrificial lambs, scam the church / The whole world berserk, the product is a perk,” the Chicago native begins over production by Berg. While Noname’s work here is impressive, it’s her collaborator’s verse as “oblivion” comes to an end that has us pressing the replay button consistently. “I’m a pallbearer to this fake ni**a era / Gamblin’ life so that I could get better,” the multivalent reflects in the latter half of his turn contribution. “My metaphysics ain’t for the Metaverse / It’s red alerts, I touch where the ghetto hurts.”

Noname – oblivion (ft. Ayoni & Common) (prod. Berg)

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11 August 2023
1 Song, 2 minutes
℗ 2023 Noname, Inc under exclusive license to AWAL Recordings America, Inc.

Lyrics

[Intro]
Into oblivion

[Verse 1: Noname]
Sacrificial lambs scam the church
The whole world berserk, the product is a perk
Cirque du Soleil, monkey see, monkey do
Clown on the avenue, clown in the stu’
No navel, no nipple, no nose, no neck
No body to name me a claim, I’m the best
When the world blow up, that’s it, same beginning
Redemptive lap around the sun, spinning into oblivion

[Chorus: Noname]
When the world blow up, that’s it
Spinning into oblivion
Motherfucker, I don’t care, I’ma talk my shit
Into oblivion
When the world blow up, that’s it
Spinning into oblivion
Motherfucker, I don’t care, I’ma talk my shit
Yo

[Post-Chorus: Ayoni]
Please spin me ’round and ’round
Please leave me in the lost and found
I found I’m bound, I’m tethered to
The life I knew, forever blue
Please spin me ’round and ’round
Please leave me in the lost and found
I found I’m bound, I’m tethered to
The life I knew, forever blue

[Verse 2: Noname]
Easily offended, I need a minute
Sorry, opinionated Atari niggas play too much
I’m that bitch, you sound like cat piss on popcorn
Eat the popcorn, this is Tubi, nigga
Low budget, whole summer ready to go dummy for me
They ain’t fuckin’ with me, but I’m fuckin’ with me
I’m that girl invented the whole world
Any verse, a Black god made me a Black god
Ooh, it hurt, don’t it?
How she rap good? She ain’t work on it
Twerk on it, don’t need no picture, don’t need no purse on her
I’m that bitch, I’m that bitch, I told you that
Say amen, bless your food, this holy rap
Eat up, homie, the beef only for supper
I keep some on the market, I keep some in a muzzle
‘Cause I know a lot of these bitches like to bite
Couldn’t write they raps to save they l—

[Chorus: Noname]
When the world blow up, that’s it
Spinning into oblivion
Motherfucker, I don’t care, I’ma talk my shit
Into oblivion
When the world blow up, that’s it
Spinning into oblivion
Motherfucker, I don’t care, I’ma talk my shit
Yo

[Post-Chorus: Ayoni]
Please spin me ’round and ’round
Please leave me in the lost and found
I found I’m bound, I’m tethered to
The life I knew, forever blue
Please spin me ’round and ’round
Please leave me in the lost and found
I found I’m bound, I’m tethered to
The life I knew, forever blue

[Verse 3: Common]
Oblivion hit me when, cold-blooded amphibian
Son of Gideon through the city when
I blow psalms ’til the world blow up
Who can compare to? I’m my own Noah
You a shepherd named KeKe in the palm of her hand
The world be free, it was all in the plan
The falls and rise, laws and lies
On some silo shit, is it all disguise?
I’m a pallbearer to this fake nigga era
Gamblin’ life so that I could get better
My metaphysics ain’t for the Metaverse
It’s red alerts, I touch where the ghetto hurts
A rebel purse she gotta carry
Qualities of a woman that I would marry
Sweet mother of Elohim
Into oblivion, we gon’ dream