Word to Biggie Smalls, birthdays must really be the worst days. Oma Mahmud turned a year older today and rather than sipping champagne, the rapper is commemorating his birthday by releasing new music.

Oma has a new song out titled “Hurting”, where he sounds like a tortured soul reaching out to God – he really sounds like he needs closure. Oma’s dear friend Uzi passed away last year and the rapper wrote this song in his memory.

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You can feel his pain. This level of despair is hardly the kind of outlook you want to enter a new age with, but if you read our review of his EP Somewhere in Lagos, you’d know that this is one MC who isn’t afraid to express himself.

Listen to the song below:

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Heavenly Father, can I make a phone call to Heaven, please?

Somebody give Oma the telephone, make it his birthday present or something. “Hurting” was produced by IAMBEATZ and features DJ Yin.