[Chorus]

Bitch!

Gimmie my flowers while I can still can still smell em

My nigga we bring bops

All of my homies is dancing

Niggas is sweet like a ring pop (X2)

[Verse 1]

Niggas might fly tonight but still I’m steppin’

Figured I cast aside my inner stresses

What am I left with? Facing the biggest of lessons

Still wanna carry some blessings so precious

Hit the stage and 5-step through acceptance

Outshine the dark, it gets festive

No time for thought, I’m too reckless

Until the ending…

It’s positive wilting

Finna savor the moment along with some shielding

Guarded gardеn the hardest of times that wе feeling

Everybody stepping and reaching the ceiling, man it’s revealing

So the dance party is open, found us a little release for these emotions

I got the notion

I could recognize a little cry especially in the vibe in the midst of all the motion

Think of all the people ghostin’ do the march while I’m posted

The harder it gets, I’m calling it quits it’s showing

In all the gold and glitter, it’s looking like a blizzard

Feeling the beast, the end of the week in a flicker

And ripping the leaves in all of the scenes full of rigor

Feeling the vibe even with an air of a shiver

It’s starting nigga, we finna wither so…

[Chorus]

Gimmie my flowers while I can still can still smell em

My nigga we bring bops

All of my homies is dancing

Niggas is sweet like a ring pop (X2)

[Verse 2]

Shit is calling my phone, in the vibe zone

I know, keeping it classy

Gotta smile through my woes with my eyes closed

Cause I know it gets nasty

Man my stepping don’t follow the storm, keep with the grooving and open the door

How we be holding a problem in store if we breaking it down till we fall through the floor?

(Bringing it back, yeah. They smoking his pack, yeah)

You see where it’s at? Just in a minute everybody tapped

I was livid as a little chap, now my apathy is at its cap

I say fuck it, relax

A skeleton laughs, how crazy is that?

With all absurdity it’s made me attached

How could I pour a grievance into the black? Go crazy!

This shit ain’t finna last

This shit gets COOL I’m just a dandelion in a field of flowers you admirin’ all finna BLOOM

And I add a hint of color, and living this shit like no other

In so many HUES

I thought I’d seen it all, and just tryna say fuck it we ball

Like Albert CAMUS! What do you do?

I wish you could see my reaction to truth

You see my face? The things I’ve faced

Ain’t nothing finna stop me now, I feel great

This game we play, a marathon we race

Why would I pay mind if I knew my fate?

Still wanna shine even if it comes late in the land

Youthful DOOM is right behind the mask

And I’m just tryna go with the flow, the wind will blow

And keep a grin through thick and thin, niggas ascend so!

[Chorus]

Gimmie my flowers while I can still can still smell em

My nigga we bring bops

All of my homies is dancing

Niggas is sweet like a ring pop (X2)

[Laughter]

[Outro]

Rote: And would you necessarily say that…you’re afraid?

QuesMark?: Nah I’m not afraid, I shouldn’t be afraid, nobody should be afraid….that’s just…inevitable…why should I have to be afraid of something that’s inevitable? I’m more afraid of just going out without feeling like I’ve served my purpose…as if I just went around this world coasting about…that’s much scarier to me, you know what I’m saying? At least I’d like to be semi-successful…

Rote: Nah I feel that…so that makes me want to ask you…how important is success really…to you?

QuesMark?: Success really strikes a chord with me, because ever since I was little, I’ve always wanted to achieve something bigger…I never really wanted to live a very monotonous lifestyle, I’ve always wanted something way bigger than what everyone was achieving…

Rote: Okay and so due to those ambitions, what do you think the future will look like?

QuesMark?: So depending on what I do moving forward, results may vary. But for now, as far I’m concerned, I’m trying to be big…I’m trying to be someone special, formidable, capable. Because I’m the only one in my lineage who wants to achieve something so astronomically big, that it’s just unbelievable…that’s all I’ve wanted to do since the beginning, and I feel like this is it. This will be the fruits of my labor…success, and prosperity. So that’s what I see in my future moving forward. You know what I’m saying?

Rote: Mmm. So moving into that future, what’s your core message that you’re taking with you?

QuesMark?: I’d say my core message is that artistry will prevail, no matter what. Even in todays landscape in which artistry is not as valued as it used to be, I still think there is a chance for artistry to be successful, and there has to be somebody that’s willing to take that chance

Rote: And so, do you feel that your creative vision and your art…keep you alive?

QuesMark?: Absolutely. This is really the only thing I got in all honesty, and that is why I must see success, I must see all my hard work paying off, because this is the only thing keeping me alive, like some people just don’t understand that. Like dude, I live and breathe this stuff, like this is my life, this is what I want to dedicate myself to. If everybody has at least one thing they can dedicate themselves to everyday, they will be successful. Like that creative energy, that creative drive, that essence, that magic. It just flows throughout almost all of the time. Everyday I’m feeling it whenever I’m creating something. And I think I’m starting to notice that everyday, that creative energy, that drive, and that essence is being beaten out of us everyday….it’s like we’re slowly losing it every time…and now, I’m trying to regain it. Because to me, if that energy is lost…you’re lost…..that’s just how I feel…