Yoko Gold’s “Limbo” Explores the Tension Between Self and Ambition

Toronto’s Yoko Gold (Moses Peterson) just dropped “Limbo,” a moody genre-bending track that perfectly captures that weird space between who you are and who you want to be.

The song pulses with a hypnotic R&B groove while Gold’s vocals float effortlessly between melodic rap and soulful singing.

There’s something deliciously raw about how he delivers lines like “Living life in a daze / Roll me up some woods to take my problems away” – it’s that contemplation vibe when everything feels both impossible and possible at once.

Working with producer 905Luca, Gold crafts an atmospheric soundscape that meshes trap-influenced beats with dreamy synth textures.

The production is crisp yet somehow hazy, like looking through smoke at a neon sign.

The accompanying music video amplifies this mood, showing Gold in stark black and white, physically manifesting that internal struggle between stagnation and movement.

“I wanted to use this EP like a map,” Gold explains. “I knew if I could overcome my need to be perfect, I could get to the next stage in my career and life.”

It’s part of his debut EP “Escape from Limbo“ – and yes, the irony of being stuck in limbo while trying to escape it isn’t lost on us.

What makes “Limbo” stand out is how Yoko Gold transforms his personal struggles with perfectionism and indecision into something universally relatable.

When he sings about zero dollars in his bank account but still being okay, you feel that mix of anxiety and hope in your bones.

Yoko Gold Limbo Lyrics

Chorus
Living life in a daze
Roll me up some woods to take my problems away
Lately I’ve been reckless, am I playin’ with fate?
Life is full of moments and its subject to change
There’s no promise that I’ll make it out but I’m not afraid
Zero dollars in my bank account but I’ll be ok
Smoking cigarettes, I’m burning through a pack every day
I’m in Limbo, I’ve been trying to escape
Back, back

Post-Chorus
Back it up and show something
And she walk around the club like she don’t know no one
They would too if they was bad as you that’s no cap
Only time she open up is for the CashApp
This life ain’t no fairytale
My niggas blew they covers now they stuck in jail
I know I should go and see them but I always bail
Still I wish you well

Verse
I wanna live like pesci in the summer
Throw money like confetti in the room
If I get married she won’t be no primadonna
That type of bitch would probably take me out of tune
I just might grill a nigga up like benihanas
That’s cause I spent a couple nights inside the zoo
Remember days I used to pull up in that honda
I chopped the bricks and break the bread up with my crew
I gotta make decisions, I’m on God’s time
Got a daughter and her tummy need some food
Even a broken clock is right at least two times a day
I realize that healing’s overdue
Don’t trust too many people, gotta protect my energy
I look into the mirror, see my own worst enemy
I pray the LORD protect me from the greed and jealousy
I got a gemini moon, there’s two sides to me

Chorus
Living life in a daze
Roll me up some woods and take my problems away
Lately I’ve been reckless, am I playin’ with fate?
Life is full of moments and its subject to change
There’s no promise that I’ll make it out but I’m not afraid
Zero dollars in my bank account but I’ll be ok
Smoking cigarettes, I’m burnin’ through a pack every day
I’m in Limbo, I’ve been trying to escape

Spoken words: Outro
Limbo, somewhere between here and there
Middle ground between one’s goals or desires
And one’s current state or possessions