Shade 45 Freestyle

By Logic

Released on May 16, 2014

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[Verse 1]

It feel like just yesterday, I was broke as hell

Livin' life behind these bars like I couldn't make the bail, shit

Workin' at Wingstop, cookin' chicken that was boneless

'Til my sister kicked me out before Christmas and I was homeless

Girl, I ain't mad at ya, you know I love you the same

'Cause all I did was light the fire to break up in this game

I had a girl for a while, she was the love of my life

Thought we'd have a couple kids, she'd be my lover, my wife

'Til she felt it wasn't working, so I asked what was next

She said, "Nothing," and left me with that goodbye sex

That was 2010, felt like I would die then

'Til I packed up the mic, said, "Fuck it all," and fully dived in

Fast forward a couple years, my flow is fully infectious

Up in your system like tetanus, close to your heart like a necklace

In private events, Kevin Liles and John Gotti

Trey Songz and even Trey's mom, what a party

This the life that I'm livin', can't forget where I came

Maryland just like Monroe, man, all of y'all know the name

It's been a long time comin', and this music all I got

And even though I knew I'd always make it, still, who woulda thought?

Def Jam, goddamn, but you know we keep it Visionary

Vs up, 'til we on top like missionary


[Interlude]

Check it, check it, check it, uh, check it, check it, yeah


[Verse 2]

Conversations while the Empire State in the backdrop

Spittin' bars with Nas on the Manhattan rooftop

Talkin' business and predictin' what quarter the tape would drop

Fifteen, writin' rhymes inspired by Illmatic, I'm still at it

Every record I record leave the record shattered

'Cause I'll be in the lab for a month

Searchin' for inner peace through meditation like a monk

I'll be makin' that music, makin', makin' that music that

Resonates from the burbs to the hood

I remember wishin Yeezy would sign me to GOOD

But now we on the same label, so this shit's all good

And to be honest, I'm glad that I did it myself

'Cause I know what's in store like I stock the shelf

All the hip-hop fans, they gotta wait through the commercial

But they know the feature presentation gon' be universal

At rehearsal thinkin' 'bout my life

And how you know I refuse to be blinded by the light

And everything is all right

RattPack, Visionary all day, it's Logic


[Interlude]

(Yeah) Yeah (Heh)

Showoff Radio, this is live radio, people, Logic's in the place

Shoutout to all my homies at Def Jam (Yeah, yeah)

Shoutout to DJ Premier on the beat, NY Gs

Premier? Oh my god

No BlackBerry, no iPhone (Yeah, you know), straight off the top

Oh, yeah, straight off the top, you already know, all day

Oh my god, yo, I-I don't understand, like

This— can you— can we— yo, bring the beat back right now

The same beat or do you wanna switch it up? (Bring the beat ba—)

No, the same beat, come on, let's go

Same beat? Aight, we gon' do it like this, lemme see—

Uh

Let's keep goin'

Yo, yo


[Verse 3]

Check it, check it, check it, check it, lemme get it now

Said check it, check it, lemme get it

I be spittin', it's never written, ridiculous, goddamn, off the top of the dome

I'm murderin' every single one of they chromosomes

I'm reppin' Maryland to the fullest, push us but never pull us, they know the deal

This is how we do it all the time, we keep it real

It's that RattPack, hit you with the gat, crack, crack

Like that, never slack, goddamn, now can you feel it?

Can I ride wit' ya? Paint this picture like I got it so ridiculous

Check it, check it, a-check it, check it

Said I got it like that, ain't no need for grippin' the gat

Keep it Ratt, never slack, motivation attack

Goddamn, I could feel it, this is strictly off the top

It's never written 'cause that shit is forbidden

I'm never kiddin' like the bitch that's on that birth control

Goddamn, w— second that I feel the vibe

And yes, I'm fuckin' up, so that's how you know that this shit is so goddamn real

Tell me how you feel? How you feel? Never squeal like that

Blat, hit you with the gat, sike, nah

NYC to MD, the L-O-G-I-C, I'm reppin' it

Yes, I gotta get it, second that we step in it

It's strictly off the top

I could feel the energy

I ain't talkin' E-N-E-R-G-Y, I mean inner G

That's the shit they never see, but I hold supremacy

Number one I bet I'll be, bitch, I said, "I better be"

Tryna take my kindness for weakness, get the better of me

Fuck that, never stop with that

This is how we do it, cock it back, then I hit that

Ridiculous, understand it's ridicule'less

You could never top this, you could never stop this

Hundred thousand first week, album, when I drop this

Goddamn, can you feel it? That's the man

Said it's Logic


[Outro]

(Woo) Yeah (Haha), word up, man

Yo, that was fun, haha (Haha)