"Tropica Cancer" was inspired by life as mythology. Leaving home, the idea of journey and a call to adventure. And all trials and triumphs that come with the decision to take that journey. My particular journey was my decision to leave America and move to Paris,France to pursue the arts,make an album etc. Back in '08 I was fed up with life in the conservative south and needed a change of scenery. I felt at any moment i was going to either go crazy, fall victim to my surroundings and general atmosphere if i didn't skip town,so i did. It was the best decision of my life...but there is an even larger context of the journey. I was born and raised in Benin,West Africa then moved to USA when i was 8yrs old. In retrospect it seems perfectly fitting that our family arrived in the big apple amidst the golden age of hiphop('88). That winter Bobby Brown ruled the airwaves,Rakim was the God emcee in his prime,and i was like a sponge soaking it all in. Somehow then i intuitively knew that all these new sounds,colors,textures of this "promise" land were convening to forge what would eventually be my present day artistic identity. Everything that i was experiencing that winter of '88 would collectively end up saving and aiding me in the future. And more importantly i knew that i would one day have to reconcile and understand that transition from Africa to a new world in order to survive it.... Well "Tropica Cancer" is the first song off my forthcoming album "We Are Leaders Not Saints". And its an extension of the self-reconciliation process through healing,reflection,acceptance. Its probably my fav song of the album. Basically i couldn't afford a therapist so i wrote an album to help me sort shit out. And oh yea,it certainly helped that the record WALNS was written and recorded in the most beautiful city in the world Paris,France...So its only right that the album also serves as a love letter to that city. Thank You. And if there was anything to take/grasp from this song,the moral is to follow bliss,whatever makes you happy. Far too often we are desensitized by overwhelming outside forces that want us to subscribe to societal norms. This song is saying listen to your inner and trust it. "Even when lost I walk with purpose" ...There can be beauty in vulnerability if you can just tap into it.... Hope y'all dig it and feel as euphoric as i did when I got the beat from Speck. Peace and Love Akinlola
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