Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Masego released his third album, Fix Your Face, last week, and it’s his most personal and insightful project to date.
Across the album, the star looks inward to better understand his life, his career, his relationships and more, leaning into his groovy sound combining jazz, R&B, hip-hop and trap genres to create something uniquely his own. With features from Buju Banton, Keyshia Cole, Leon Thomas, Musiq Soulchild and more, the album shows him approaching life with confidence and strength, no matter what it throws at him. To celebrate, we’ve collected 50 of his all-time best lyrics for use as Instagram captions below.
For hating on your wireless earbuds:
“Miss my white wired headphones.”
-“Sounds Like…”
For missing simpler times:
“Wasn’t worried ’bout a deal, just a backboard.”
-“Sounds Like…”
For when you can’t help pulling a certain face:
“You better fix your face.”
-“Sounds Like…”
For knowing it’s obsession, not love:
“Limerence. The push, the pull, the dissonance.”
-“Limerance”
For thinking material things will help you find yourself:
“Display everything I want to say. Sell me every single dream today.”
-“QVC”
For knowing that emotion is actually strength:
“If I cry, and if I break, will you mistake me for a weaker man?”
-“Someone”
For needing to be seen and understood:
“Treat me like I’m human.”
-“Someone”
For recognizing someone’s perfection:
“Came through beauty, brains and talent. I’m a fan of greatness.”
-“Wonderwoman”
For meeting someone who brings out the best in you:
“You know how this goes, connection can give you superpowers.”
-“Go”
For just needing a moment to feel everything:
“Can I breathe? Can I live? Can I grieve? Get a min’?”
-“Breathe”
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For when really knowing someone is about experience:
“I ain’t got no book for you to read, film for you to see.”
-“Breathe”
For being more than you appear:
“Way beneath the scars, I got more heart than you believe.”
-“Breathe”
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For craving a firm commitment:
“Sign, please. Sign on the dotted line.”
-“Dotted Line”
For when your heart is fully shattered:
“Take me to the hospital. I’m losing blood for real.”
-“Gone”
For trying to leave overthinking in the past:
“Misery loves some company, no thanks. Don’t complicate it.”
-“Overthinking”
For not spending a lot of time in the real world:
“I’m just fine, but I’m too busy getting lost in my mind.”
-“Symone”
For when real life feels like an anime fantasy:
“My life is an anime, young Miyazaki.”
-“Black Anime”
For working hard for what you have:
“You don’t work, you don’t eat. If you wanna be broke, stay asleep.”
-“Black Anime”
For when making music is the only option:
“Somebody put me in the studio, ’cause I never had a plan B.”
-“Sax Fifth Avenue”
For not being sure if it’s true love or a fling:
“15 minutes of fame or 15 minutes away from findin’ love in a waveform. Is you someone to wait for?”
-“What You Wanna Try”
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For a relationship without depth:
“My baby shallow, she afraid of water.”
-“Afraid of Water”
For the #TBT pic from when you were young and full of wonder:
“I remember Sundays afternoon time when the world was something large and strange.”
-“Remembering Sundays”
For shrinking away from the big, wide world:
“I need a small town. Don’t know where to live now.”
-“Remembering Sundays”
For knowing you’re meant for fame and fortune:
“Backstage is where I truly am.”
-“Remembering Sundays”
For second-guessing the trends:
“Tell me who the taste makers, who push the needle? Who push the culture? Who got the people?”
-“Who Cares Anyway”
For being made into something you’re not:
“They wanna put me with those other guys. They wanna see me in my darkest light.”
-“Who Cares Anyway”
For knowing fame is overrated:
“I don’t see the point of bеing famous.”
-“Who Cares Anyway”
For wondering if they’re truly there for you:
“If I try to reach out, tell me, baby, would you take my call?”
-“Bye Bye My Love”
For never being sure which side will come out:
“I’m so Gemini, Gemini. Who you tryna see tonight, see tonight?”
-“Two Sides (I’m So Gemini”
For your OOTD:
“I think I’m in style.”
-“In Style”
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For demanding certainty:
“Make myself a note, I cannot live life on maybes.”
-“Eternal Sunshine (Fire)”
For traveling to discover yourself:
“Got my passport. I’ve been searching, I’ve been working.”
-“Passport”
For unplugging to really live in the moment:
“Turn off my phone ’cause I’m new here.”
-“Passport”
For when you can’t get someone out of your mind:
“I haven’t met her, but she on me heavy, on my cerebellum.”
-“Mystery Lady”
For encountering a new muse:
“Am I overzealous? But I know the feeling, and I’m never wrong. Swear that I’ve been gifted with a song and a medley.”
-“Mystery Lady”
For going to any lengths to see someone:
“I can catch a red-eye, then be by your side.”
-“Bliss Abroad”
For the one who outshines your wildest dreams:
“You exceed my expectation, beyond imagination.”
-“Bliss Abroad”
For showing off all the places you’ve been:
“Boy, I’m well-traveled, you don’t know nothin’.”
-“Well Traveled”
For the one who never falters:
“Eyes on her every single day, week, year. Everyone wondering how she does it with no fear.”
-“Tadow”
For grabbing a scoop of your favorite Thanksgiving side:
“Question—can I get to the yams?”
-“Yamz”
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For getting infatuated:
“She don’t play. Yeah, she my type.”
-“Girls That Dance”
For appreciating being entirely present:
“She gon’ dance. Ain’t gon’ touch her phone. She gon’ live this moment.”
-“Girls That Dance”
For being a multi-hyphenate:
“Everything’s every damn thing, I do everything, yeah.”
-“I Do Everything!”
For refusing to let someone else judge your skill:
“Kicked outta class ’cause they hatin’ on me. Never let a man put a grade on me.”
-“I Do Everything!”
For distancing yourself for a while:
“I been taking long, I been writing songs, I’ve been feeling gone.”
-“Prone”
For when you’ve been away:
“I been on the road, I been on the train, I been on the boat, running from the pain.”
-“Prone”
For knowing it’s not over:
“Can’t let you get away.”
-“Somethin’ Ain’t Right”
For acting out of character:
“Okay, maybe I’m unhinged.”
-“Unhinged”
For making sure people respect your schedule:
“My biggest pet peeve is my time, so if you waste mine, to me you are nobody.”
-“King’s Rant”
For finding someone irresistible:
“I don’t know myself when I’m around you. You’re to me like bees are to the flowers.”
-“Just a Little”
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