let's be more than a lil intimate team, join us "ubuntu" meaning i am because of us.

"I Am Because of Us": An Invitation to the Ubuntu Family

For every voice that's streamed "Don't Wanna Leave" at 2 AM, for every playlist you've added us to, for every moment you've made our music the soundtrack to your growth, this one's for you.

There's a word I've been sitting with lately: Ubuntu. It's an African philosophy that translates simply but powerfully"I am because of us."
Not "I am because of me." Not "I am despite you." But I am because of us.

When I look at where we stand today ranked 1 on Mdundo before the deactivation, with "Don't Wanna Leave" sitting at #1 in pop. it would be easy to think this is a solo journey. Easy to believe the headlines, the charts, the spotlight. But I know the truth. I know that every beat, every lyric, every late-night studio session only finds its meaning because you hear it. Because you feel it. Because you make it real, nobody but you.
We started this thing together, and somewhere along the way, we stopped being just an artist and an audience. We became something else. Something more intentional. More intimate. thats why after activation we are heading back to rank positive 1 because we don't wanna leave.
Let's be more than a "Lil Intimate" team. Let's be Ubuntu.

Pop music has always been about connection, that instant when a melody hooks into your chest and suddenly you're not alone in what you're feeling. That's the magic we make together. When I decided to focus exclusively on pop, it wasn't just about a genre choice. It was about choosing joy, choosing movement, choosing the kind of music that brings us into the same room whether that room is a stadium, a car ride, or just your headphones on a crowded train or taxi.

Ubuntu means recognizing that my voice only carries because you lend me your ears. My stories only matter because you see yourself in them. My growth is inseparable from your support, your criticism, your love, your insistence that we keep pushing forward.

So this is my invitation: Join us.
Not as a fan standing on the outside looking in, but as a vital thread in the fabric of what we're building. The charts are cool, the numbers are nice, but what we're creating here is bigger than metrics. We're creating a space where pop music isn't just consumed, it's shared. Where success isn't individual it's collective. Where "I" only makes sense when we say "we."

When you stream our track, you're not just supporting Lil Intimate. You're declaring that art matters, that feeling matters, that we matter.
I am because of us. The "us" that dances in bedrooms. The "us" that sings off-key in showers. The "us" that needed to hear "don't wanna leave" when goodbyes felt too heavy. The "us" that shows up, track after track, ready to feel something real.
This is your reminder that you're not just watching this journey, you're in it. Every step forward we take, we take together. Every milestone we hit belongs to all of us.

So here's to being more than a team. Here's to being a community. Here's to being Ubuntu.
I am because of us. And together, we're just getting started.

With all the intimacy,
Lil Intimate loves you and all you do, thats why i will not stop even if i don't get paid, remember ubuntu, jesus bless us all.