Growing up in Florida, Whitney was originally a guitar player for hardcore and doom metal bands.[3] Whitney moved to Los Angeles, California after starting his career as a rapper eventually finding success in the underground.
Eric Whitney was born 15 April 1991 in Lake Worth, Florida to parents from New York. Whitney grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida. As a teenager, he was in several bands and played the guitar which introduced him to music. He also played football whilst in High School, saying he was practically forced to by his father, who died when Whitney was seventeen.
Whitney was introduced to rap music when he was the guitarist in the hardcore punk band Nemesis and a bandmate introduced him to Memphis rap.
Whitney graduated from university after studying astrophysics and was eventually employed in a position earning $65,000 annually.In 2015, Whitney moved to Los Angeles, California due to his music not thriving in Southern Florida, giving up his employment at the same time. Meeting up with JGRXXN, Whitney joined his collective Schemaposse which included artists such as the now-deceased Lil Peep and Craig Xen.
In April 2016, Schemaposse disbanded leaving Whitney not associated with any group. Whitney eventually began to associate with the popular underground group $uicideboy$ and fellow Florida rapper Pouya. Pouya released the video for "1000 Rounds" with Ghostemane in April 2017.The video quickly went viral and as of May 2018, has nearly 9 million views.
In 2018 Whitney released his 10th album, "N / O / I / S / E" (No One Is Safe from Evil). The album has a very dark and aggressive style and it deals a lot with self-harm, self-mutilation, agoraphobia, and many other issues Ghostemane has dealt with personally. N / O / I / S / E was released by surprise on 10th October 2018, as it was supposed to drop on 17th October of the same year.
Rake
Ghostemane Lyrics
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I'm so sick of waking up, I just might fucking stop
I've got red on my fingertips and I'll stay cursed till I fucking drop
Every morning feel like hell again
Fucking everything up, I don't know where to begin
Paralyzed, heartache took a toll on me again
Then I found a pretty bitch with that ghost white skin
I need something to believe in again
I'm but a shell of myself with no head
I see it rolling away from me right into those (hands)
Fuck till my dick fall off, aye
Ate her till my face went numb
Hand around her throat, watch her pupils blacken
Then I'm back up in her soul till the cum flow go then her face go
Red
Aye, nails on my chest, blood flow
Shawty had me looking like a Freddy victim (like a Freddy victim)
One, two, three, go
Aye, Aye, Aye
Aye, Aye, Aye
Aye, Aye, Aye
Aye, Aye, Aye
Aye, Aye, Aye
One by one, you're all going down
I'll make you see
Traveling alone since birth and
I've never felt so liberated
Fuck
In “Rake,” Ghostemane describes his feelings of despair and his search for relief through escapism. He paints the picture of a man at his wits’ end, lying face down in a gutter, and pleading for release from his misery. He is disillusioned and dissatisfied with his existence, often stating that he may “just might fucking stop” and expressing hope to find something to “believe in again.” Ghostemane describes his search for a reprieve, where he finds it in girls with “ghost white skin” and in actions that cause him to feel numbness, such as “ate her till my face went numb” and “nails on my chest, blood flow.” He expresses a sense of liberation and a new sense of confidence as he proclaims that the people who have oppressed him will all “go down.”
Line by Line Meaning
Find me face down in a fucking gutter, throw me away
I am in a state of rock bottom and feel worthless, so much so that I wouldn't even mind getting thrown away.
I'm so sick of waking up, I just might fucking stop
I feel disgusted with my life to the point where I might not even want to live anymore.
I've got red on my fingertips and I'll stay cursed till I fucking drop
I have blood on my fingertips, which represents the mistakes I've made, and I'll keep being haunted by my past until my inevitable death.
Every morning feel like hell again
Every new day is a reminder of how terrible I feel, and I can't escape it.
Fucking everything up, I don't know where to begin
I am self-destructive and can't seem to find a way to break this cycle of destroying everything I touch.
Paralyzed, heartache took a toll on me again
Emotional pain has left me feeling helpless and stuck in place.
Then I found a pretty bitch with that ghost white skin
I found someone attractive who catches my attention, even if it's just a romanticized idea of them.
Casper annihilate me till I'm dead
I want to be destroyed and not exist anymore, much like the ghost Casper.
I need something to believe in again
I am lacking faith in anything and need some kind of hope to keep going.
I'm but a shell of myself with no head
I am empty and not myself, completely lost in my own thoughts.
I see it rolling away from me right into those (hands)
I am losing control and everything that I hold dear is slipping away from me.
Fuck till my dick fall off, aye
I am indulging in reckless sexual behavior, to the point of causing physical harm to myself.
Ate her till my face went numb
I am fulfilling my sexual desires to numb myself from feeling pain or anything else.
Hand around her throat, watch her pupils blacken
I get pleasure out of exerting power and control over others, even if it's just during sexual activity.
Then I'm back up in her soul till the cum flow go then her face go
I use sex as a way to escape reality temporarily and to ignore how unhappy I am.
Red
This one-word line is meant to emphasize the color of the blood spilled during the violent sexual activity in the previous lines.
Aye, nails on my chest, blood flow
I engage in self-harm to cope with emotional pain, and it's getting worse.
Shawty had me looking like a Freddy victim (like a Freddy victim)
The person I was with during the self-harm was almost too violent, and it left me feeling like a character from the horror franchise 'A Nightmare on Elm Street.'
One, two, three, go
This line is repeated six times to create a sense of rhythm, but it doesn't carry a particular meaning on its own.
Aye, Aye, Aye
Repeating these words multiple times adds emphasis, but there isn't a specific message conveyed.
One by one, you're all going down
I hold a grudge against everyone who's done me wrong, and I want to seek revenge on them.
I'll make you see
I am determined to make those who've hurt me in any way understand the pain they've caused.
Traveling alone since birth and
I've been isolated and alone since I was born, and I still feel that way, which contributes to my emotional turmoil.
I've never felt so liberated
All of these negative experiences, while overwhelming, at least provide me with a sense of freedom from societal norms and conventions.
Fuck
This final line is repeated once to finish the song with an angry outburst, a reflection of the overall tone of the song.
Writer(s): Eric Whitney
Contributed by Julian P. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@pretamane9646
then maybe you can also recognize these lyrics in the same way / feeling
"
never thought that i would be the one to make it out
many nights alone were goona blow my brains
looking up to buddha told me luck is all out
better to die that just living in dout.
"
it is in LakeShoreDrive/Swan MV, he did the same to join two track.
@Yonkipog
Hexada Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I was in the wrong place at the wrong time
Like a bit of road kill on the 95
Sick of wanting to cry, sick of wanting to die
Fuck that (No more!)
More to life than always tryna leave it behind
I guess I'm fucking up a lot, ayy
Find a bit of silver lining in a black cloud, sing aloud
I'm never gonna let the devil take me down, or get me down
Galileo (Find a way out)
Find a way out
Speaking up will get ya locked up like religion
Pillage everything about a woke-up mind, I'm 'bout to
Say a prayer (No one listens!)
Stay away, I
Got a bit of blasphemy in me, young blast from the past
Reminiscent Varg Vikernes on the wrong path like
[Bridge]
Nobody really give a motherfuck! (A motherfuck!)
What you say? Bitch, I'll cut your fucking tongue! (Fucking tongue!)
Nobody really give a motherfuck! (A motherfuck!)
What you say? Bitch, I'll cut your fucking tongue! (Fucking tongue)
[Verse 2]
(I never wanna know how it feels to be at the top alone)
Ayy
Hexada
Never gonna let up, and I'm running to the end of the tunnel, I swear to the sun
Someone said there was a light around there, I'm beginning to see a ray, I hope it's what I dreamed and wanted, I
Never been better
Seek your vendetta, by then I'll be gone
There's more to life than just being alone
Somebody told me it's okay to smile (Smile!)
Hexada
Never gonna let up and I'm running to the end of the tunnel, I swear to the sun
Someone said there was a light around there, I'm beginning to see a ray, I hope it's what I dreamed and wanted, I
Never been better
Seek your vendetta, by then I'll be gone
There's more to life than just being alone
Somebody told me it's okay to smile (Smile!)
[Outro]
Smile, somebody tell me it's okay to smile
There's more to life
Than saying goodbye, to, it
And everything, you, know
I wanted someone
anyonebeside me, so I wouldn't have to feel alone anymore@riconola9144
Ghostmane... The only rapper who attract a large group of metalheads and large group of rap fans under a video and not fight and don't see any "trash/wack" Comments
@groovygretch
Rico Nola he can literally fuse two genres together and make it work, I honestly never listened to this type of music until I heard Ghoste
@kawecksshenanigans8010
Rico Nola Both of these comments are so true. I love it!
@XxHxCRaverxX
TRASHGANG
@marko96
And they all become russian
@skullsouljah2836
@XxHxCRaverxX trxsh gxng
@Agoraphobia2day333
That drop hit me harder than my dad
@babyturtoasa5133
:)))
@khamzatchimaev5964
Almost as hard**
@grizzlymanverneteil4443
Bro your dad hits hard AF