Alone / EA6 - Intellectual

[Part I: Alone]

[Intro]

I know that but being around, in that atmosphere and seeing how people move, you know

Seeing how, how they make records, you know, what kind of record they make

I'm just like, "I don't want this shit for myself and I don't ever want niggas to try to pull me into that"

'Cause I've been told a couple times like, "Hey, do this shit, man, do that—"

And I'm like, "Man, I don't want, I don't want that for me, man"

And if I keep tellin' y'all I don't want that shit for me and y'all keep, you know, tryna nudge and push

I understand y'all got your vision and y'all got your formula, but that shit don't work for me, man

I'm not gonna conform, like, I'm not settling for that shit

'Cause if I do it once and it pop, I'ma have to keep doing that shit over and over again

You can't build no fanbase like that

You, you become (Another), you become, you become a fuckin' song instead of a person

That shit, I'm not, I'm not tryna be that man

(Th-th-that's what, that's what...)

[Verse 1]

Mmm, migraines from overthinking, I'm tryna let go

Let go of my past, man, that shit been tryna creep up, up

Contemplatin' on if I'm really as strong as I thought, bitch, I might be

Quick to put me down, but as much as I've seen, I can't fall, (Can't fall) it's unlikely

That shit get a little twisted up

I put my troubles in a dirty then I mix it up

I'm bouta change my number like I haven't switched enough

This is home and you ain't Zone 6 enough

Gone (Gone), I'm from East Atlanta Zone

If you ain't from it take your ass home

I let my heart talk, keep my mental strong

Speak the whole truth 'til my money long

[Interlude]

Half of them don't even know your name

I don't want that, I want people to know who the fuck I am

I want people to know what I stand for

I want people to be personal and know, "This is 6LACK, this is what he believe in"

[Chorus]

What we need to talk about (About)

Get gone, get gone, yeah, yeah

Got the past whispering in my ear

He flaw, she flaw, what's wrong?

I got troubles and they won't leave me alone

[Verse 2]

It seem like everybody got something to say

Everybody got a look they tryna get off of their face

Everybody got an opinion and I don't want one

Trying to tell me a better way to do some shit that you ain't ever done

Sips drink in the booth (Mmm)

Black down to my shoes (Mmm)

Kick shit with my troops (Mmm)

Kicking shit, Ryu

You not with the shit, why you?

Front for those who don't matter

When they not thinking about you

If I learned anything it would probably be to listen more than I talk

And don't brag about what I got, just multiply what I brought

I never dwell on a loss, never give a nigga sauce

He might run off with it all, he might run off with it all

[Chorus]

Get gone, get gone, yeah, yeah (Mmm)

Got the past whispering in my ear (My ear)

He flaw, she flaw, what's wrong?

I got troubles and they won't leave me alone (Alone)

Get gone, get gone, yeah—

Got the past whispering in my ea—

He flaw, she flaw, what's wr—

I got troubles and they won't leave me alone (Alone)

[Part II: EA6]

[Spoken Word]

On the record, off the record

Feel like I'm more of myself than I've ever been

Which is something that you really gotta come to face with sometimes, 'cause

I thought I was, you know, fully myself 24/7

But nope, like right now is how I'm supposed to feel all—

All the time, it's how I'm supposed to be all the time

It's how I'm supposed to think all the time

Now I know going out of this, I know leaving this, a lot of that will follow me

It doesn't, you know, end with this, you know

I gotta take it and I, I live with it every day

I see the people around me and I feel so much

I wanna put it in words (Hahaha)

Try to figure out where to go with it, but I just feel so much

I know they don't even feel as much as I feel

But that's alright, that's alright

We have two different purposes

Clearly my purpose is some shit that's way fucking bigger than me

Then it gets completely quiet when I'm at the beach

I know I'm one person, but

I kinda feel like this ripple effect is gonna impact a lot of people

[Intro]

...nigga die, beast mode 'til a nigga cry

Sensei make a nigga fly, yeah, yeah (I feel God talking)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, summer, yeah, summer (And when he talks everything else is silent)

Summer

[Verse 1]

Summer 2011, almost lost my faith in God

Same time I never prayed so hard

Took control of my life, so I wouldn't have to take no job

Press play I couldn't take no pause

I'm from east Atlanta 6, they don't play that shit

In East Atlanta six you better make that lick

Or they be at your front door with that gun doe

Know them niggas Nick Cannon with the fucking drum roll

East side 'til a nigga die

Beast mode 'til a nigga cry

Sensei make a nigga fly

Shit hard, but you gotta try

If I can do it, you can do it too, time to be a better guy

I found the answer ridin' down Candler

I'm late for court 'cause traffic on Moreland

I'm trying to preach to y'all what's important

So hard for me to ignore ignorance

I don't know why I feel it's my place

I know you see the pain in my face

I call the shots and move at my pace

But I understand it's all a big race

I understand you want that big face

They offer and hey

It's hard for me to say

I wouldn't bite the bait they threw me

Be cautious where you play

It's darkness in the A

[Hook]

Be cautious where you play, it's darkness in the A

[Verse 2]

A-Town stomp on the old me

Used to ride through the hood with the slow creep

People gon' love what they don't need

I remember what the OG's told me

You better shine bright when the lights down

Less talk, more show, nigga, pipe down

'Cause words ain't shit, but your thoughts out loud

And thoughts are the opposite of showin' niggas how

[Hook]

Be cautious where you play, there's darkness in the A