#FMSpotlight: Kenneth Cash – “Patience” (Listen)

Kenneth Cash decides to close the chapter on a bittersweet love story in “Patience.” 

Like the title mentions, Cash’s is running thin. He even declares in one passage, “I should’ve known to let the pain out/I should’ve known to let you fade out.”

His sweet, emotive baritone-esque register is amplified by eloquent piano chords, guitar strings, and a steady drumline. The instrumental takes on a calm R&B tone. 

Given the context of “Patience,” Kenneth Cash has made several efforts to salvage the relationship. But, to no avail, she continues giving him the cold shoulder. He comes to realize that their “..season is done.” 

He croons, “It’s too late for me, new ways to see, a way to leave for good/Maybe we can.”

Explaining the theme of “Patience,” Kenneth Cash tells Vent Magazine:

“It’s a vicious situation, one that leads to resentment and forces you to ask, ‘what’s wrong with me?’ It just made me realize there’s a fine line between being patient and enabling damaging behavior.”

After this epiphany, Kenneth Cash begins to be hard on himself because of the outcome. Yet, still, he knows that life is about taking chances instead of waiting for them. In short, the AKTHESAVIOR-managed singer is fed up. So, he rides out in true DMX fashion, metaphorically saying, “Is you wit’ me or what?”

“Patience” is produced, recorded, written, and mixed by Kenneth Cash himself. It comes off the heels of “In Effect” and “The Right Place.”

Listen to “Patience” by Kenneth Cash: