[Dialogue: Ms. Rachael Watson]

Does love always develop like that?

[Verse 1: Abstract]

Come and step into my office

I'm the boss; it’s keys, drums, melodies fillin' up my wallet

Big things poppin', on my grind all the time

But you know I’m stompin' on a trick like Wallisch

Knew I had to do it for the small town kids

Livin' proof, livin' dreams, you can get it like this

They ain't gonna get it 'til the world do though

No motivation, like when I go home

I remember they were colder than December with the shoulder

Circle full of real friends, rest kicked boulders

Now they show me love, actin' like a shareholder

But you ain't invested in me, you never really believed

Started makin’ music when my heart got broke

Stabbed in the back before I could heal though

I’m reminded of the scars every time I go home

Heard my fame got to her, heard a bullet in the chamber

Heard she got some rumors on the move outta anger

They gon' say it’s petty, I revisit again

My reputation ain't complacent, I'm accustomed to vent

You can't assassinate my character, I know who I am

With the way we linkin’, they gon' John Wilkes Booth

Bigger that we get, the more that they'll yell, "Shoot!"

But this here ain't a play, this my goddamn life

Here for a long time? Goddamn right

All I do is spit the truth and make my dreams come true

Honesty the policy, I thought you knew

This the last response that I'm ever gonna do

I would say fight fair, but fair was never you

[Chorus: Abstract]

My mother always told me, "Careful who you keep around"

Guess I shoulda listened; guess I know now

When you up, when you up, they gon' try to shoot you down

When you up, when you up, they gon' try to shoot you down

My mother always told me "Careful who you keep around"

Guess I shoulda listened; guess I know now

When you up, when you up, they gon' try to shoot you down

When you up, when you up, they gon' try to shoot you down

[Verse 2: Abstract]

Still livin' every second for the music

Kept me livin' back when I was 'bout to lose it

Went from, "Watch me" to "Look, I really do this"

My 2012 tape soundin' better than your new shit

I've been goin' hard since the day I got a mic

Now I got a studio, it only feel right

Had a lotta dark days and a lotta long nights

But I'm finally on my way, gonna be a long flight

Tourin' overseas like I said I would

On that USB mic in the corner of my bedroom

Tell the flight attendant I been runnin', need the leg-room

Dreamt so long, not a second to be slept through

I don't do it for the cash, I just do it for the fans

'Cause they know if I could do it, anybody got a chance

I ain't talkin' 'bout the shit I do on the mic

Talkin' comin' out of a dark place becomin' the light

[Chorus: Abstract]

My mother always told me, "Careful who you keep around"

Guess I shoulda listened; guess I know now

When you up, when you up, they gon' try to shoot you down

When you up, when you up, they gon' try to shoot you down

My mother always told me "Careful who you keep around"

Guess I shoulda listened; guess I know now

When you up, when you up, they gon' try to shoot you down

When you up, when you up, they gon' try to shoot you down

[Dialogue: Abstract, Systems & Ms. Rachael Watson]

(Twenty five percent complete)

Okay, what was that?

All of this is tripping me out, but I don't feel like that anymore

These feelings, these memories, I've moved past... all of it

What did you do?

I'm merely peering progressively deeper into your psyche

Dropping you into thoughts, following your memories to access your reactions

You may think these feelings no longer exist

But I believe both of us are finding out you and your species are more complex than we know