"Overrated" pretty much was inspired by Donell Jones.
Of course, that's where I got the sample.
That was one of my favorite
top three albums, the 'Where I Wanna Be' album,
so I just wanted to put my little twist on it.
When I dropped it, I kind of already felt confident,
it was already a hit, you know?
The original song was already a hit,
so it's kinda like a cheat code.
But it was a organic following I got
after dropping that song too, like people really gravitated
to the record.
Black men speaking on love
is kind of a rare thing right now.
So I just wanna be the forefront of that.
How I started, I just took the guitar loop
of the original sample,
and then I just added my own drums and play keys
over it. Kinda just put my little Blxst twist to it.
And then from there, lyrically,
I just wanted to go opposite of what he was talking about.
Just give my, my perspective on loyalty over love.
So I really found out that, you know,
world was really rocking with it when I'm just driving
around my city and seeing random cars play it.
Or if I'm at a gas station
and somebody just bumping my music,
I don't think I'ma ever get used to that.
And that's, that was really a reality check for me.
And I just wanna say, shout out Donell Jones
for clearing the sample. That was reinsurance
for me to get the green light from an OG, for sure.
So, I'm forever humble and I appreciate it.
One of the reasons why I say love is overrated
is just because I feel like we live in a time
of social media where everybody's attention span is so
you know, running on fumes.
So to me, I'd just rather have loyalty,
which is an action for me.
Loyalty is just basically speaking
on what you gon' do in being a woman
or a man of your word? Love is more so of an emotion.
When I think of being isolated or being ducked off,
the first thing that come to my mind is going down PCH,
going to like a random spot at a beach or something, or
you know, going somewhere like Nobu. Somewhere where
the city is not really involved in my situations.
It's just a play on words.
Are you blinded by all this ice you see?
Like, are you distracted by all the glitz and glamor?
Or do you really rock with me for me?
You know?
And that's, that's what I stand on.
It's funny 'cause my own lyrics effect me
because you know me moving up in my,
in my career, it's like a reality check.
Like I gotta be more aware of who really in my circle
that's really genuine and who really care about me.
So it just it just make me stay on point at all times.
When I say no relationships involved,
I'm not actually saying like no relationship.
It's really a play on words, like saying no label.
Like what's understood don't need
to be explained, you know? We know what we are
and the world don't gotta know that.
So it's between us.
Money to me is just an object at the end of the day.
It's just a tool to get the resources that we need.
So, I'm fully aware of that.
And it don't really mean nothing unless you can
benefit off of it or get something from it,
or unless you could share it.
One of my mottos is, "I'm not successful unless
everybody around me is successful,"
so that's kinda what I mean by that too.
Having your heart on your sleeve
can be a good and a bad thing.
When I was young, my mom used to say, I used to come ask her
for money so I could buy my friends snacks and stuff.
And that always made me laugh.
But, you know it can be good and bad
because you can be getting used at the same time.
So, but I believe in if you put out good karma,
you get good karma back.
Anything that's mine is yours.
You know, from, from finances to me
protecting you, to me looking out for you.
And I just wanna be genuine 100%.
I feel like I'm on a dating show now.
Overall, I feel like the moral of the
story is just, you can say you love somebody
which is cool, but actions mean more
at the end of the day. You have to, you have to put
in the actions and the energy and the time in order
for somebody to feel that. You know, to feel that word
that you speaking on, we can't use it in vain.
We have certain people in our life
that you think is gonna be there forever.
And at the blink of an eye, they can be gone.
So and that happened to me several times
to where I value in a different way now.