[Intro: Abstract]
When you've been doing this
As long as Ivan and I have
You see a lot of eras
You see a lot of people come and go
But we've remained (Ok, Jules)
And a lot of people wonder why
We didn't care when no one was listening
We didn't care when the world was listening
We do this 'cause we know it's what we're meant to do
Preach!
[Pre-Chorus: Abstract]
They want me down in the depths
They love me most when I'm stressed
Don't want mе stackin' no checks
They love to hеar I'm depressed
Guess that a smile's a flex
Fuck it, I'm good as it gets
You can take that to the next
Sorry that I never rest
It's been a hit after hit after hit
Like, how could you not be impressed?
[Chorus: Abstract]
I don't live in the machine
I pay the price for the dream
They wanna know what I'm stackin'
But I got a habit of takin' my losses like Neo so I can be free
Oh, you think you got a hit? Think that you're bigger than this?
Give it a decade on that kinda runway
I'm positive most couldn't maintain the chokehold I have on this shit
[Verse 1: Abstract]
I heard they wanted me winnin' until I was winnin' way bigger than them (Damn)
I heard the thing about winners is someone else winnin' don't throw off their pen (True)
I know the industry tend to be knives in the back and a paranoid lens (Mmm)
Careful how you choose your enemies, even more careful when choosin' your friends
Choosin' the red, can't live in the blue
Won't choke on a lie, I swallow the truth
I know there's answers outside of the Matrix
I wrote em' all down and I'm livin' as proof
I know they saw me as far as the roof
I blew through the scaffolding, sonic the boom
I brought some drip for the trip on a ship with a course that I charted for Moon 52
Yeah, they tried to get me to color in lines
Livin' a life that I knew wasn't mine
So many livin' ain't really alive
The wake-up been somethin' I'm tryna provide
Life is in what you create
Don't leave it up all up to fate
You'll be surprised when you wake
Just how much you're able to shape
[Pre-Chorus: Abstract]
They want me down in the depths
They love me most when I'm stressed
Don't want me stackin' no checks
They love to hear I'm depressed
Guess that a smile's a flex
Fuck it, I'm good as it gets
You can take that to the next
Sorry that I never rest
It's been a hit after hit after hit
Like, how could you not be impressed?
[Chorus: Abstract]
I don't live in the machine
I pay the price for the dream
They wanna know what I'm stackin'
But I got a habit of takin' my losses like Neo so I can be free
Oh, you think you got a hit? Think that you're bigger than this?
Give it a decade on that kinda runway
I'm positive most couldn't maintain the chokehold I have on this shit
[Verse 2: Ivan B]
Instead of a handout
Put 'em together and count up your blessin's
Flexin' like they on the map
Nobody searchin' you up, ain't no point to address it
Laughed at her face, she said that I'm destined
Left you on read 'cause I'm not as invested
Come to the studio, it's me and the henchmen
Got 'em all hooked like I'm flippin' a question
Markin' my past, foot on the gas only time that I question myself, this
When did I ask? If it ain't family or God I'm just here for the cash
Keepin' 'em guessin', I got on the mask
Things gon' get messy if I step on the grass
Always on me bae, you don't gotta ask
Coming in first, like how long can this last? Ha
Hit after hit after hit after hit
Put up the logo, they know what it is
Settin' the bar like a gymnast but this time I'm making a flip
Ice on my neck 'cause they want me to slip
Say it's all love but they want me to quit
Pray for the rain 'cause they hate on the drip
I know what it is, I know what it is, yeah
[Pre-Chorus: Abstract]
They want me down in the depths
They love me most when I'm stressed
Don't want me stackin' no checks
They love to hear I'm depressed
Guess that a smile's a flex
Fuck it, I'm good as it gets
You can take that to the next
Sorry that I never rest
It's been a hit after hit after hit
Like, how could you not be impressed?
[Chorus: Abstract]
I don't live in the machine
I pay the price for the dream
They wanna know what I'm stackin'
But I got a habit of takin' my losses like Neo so I can be free
Oh, you think you got a hit? Think that you're bigger than this?
Give it a decade on that kinda runway
I'm positive most couldn't maintain the chokehold I have on this shit