My greatest influence when I’m writing songs is me and my brothers, and like,
what we go through. You know what I’m saying? That all be true.
I’m basically like, crying out loud. I done been through a lot of stuff
and I know I’m strong. I want people to know that this is real.
What I do when I create a vibe in the studio, I gotta
have Sour Patch Kids. I love Sour Patch Kids. Sometimes I drink just cause a drunk soul
speak a sober mind. My mama drink so my mama be speaking her mind so I think that’s kinda
where I picked that up at. I feel like it’s important for certain people to be in the
studio with me ‘cause I might say this line just ‘cause that’s what he went through.
When my brother right here feel that pain, I feel that pain too. You know what I’m
saying? So it’s important for people to be in the studio with me.
Ay turn that bitch all the off. Go 'head, one more time.
This light here too.
I like to record in the dark. I feel like I’m in there by myself. That’s
when I let all my pain out or like anything I wanna talk about, that’s how I vent.
Da da da! Then you came right back.
That first half was perfect.
Yungeen Ace: I gotta punch in line for line.
Nah you can do it. Work it out, work it out.
I like the engineer to give me feedback. If I say something wrong or you
feel I didn’t give it my all, you should tell me. Say something ‘cause I’ll probably
be second guessing myself.
Yes! There was nothing wrong with that. I was in love with it.
Slayter: This nigga making sure that song is perfect. He making sure that shit is fine-tuned.
Jonny Shipes: He wrote the damn song!
This nigga is executive producer for sure.
You can just keep all this though and you can just punch me in. I just wanna
switch that last line.
Yungeen Ace: Writing my first song, I was like 13, 15 years old. I was on Melvin at
Melvin Park. I forgot how the song would go but it was raw to me then ‘cause it was
my first song. I ain’t start writing without a pen and pad ‘til last year.
Yungeen Ace: When I record, I can change the way I wanna say something.
Yungeen Ace: I might say a line, boom boom boom. And next line, it might not even be
on the same topic as the last line, but you gonna think it is. It just come to me. Like
I said, I just be speaking from what’s inside of me. I don’t got no control of it when
it come out. It just come out. Everything I talk about be real. We go through that pain
all the time. I done lost three brothers. I done watched all of ‘em die in front of
me. I watched my brother get shot in his face, lost his eye, right in front of me. I speak
for a lot of people that’s in the streets, who was raised there and they didn’t have
no choice. People gonna forever listen to pain ‘cause pain makes you strong.
It make you get up and fight again, fight again tomorrow.
Yungeen Ace: Copy the last one to the first one too.
Jonny Shipes: Play it again. Not the whole thing. Just those last four bars.
Yungeen Ace: Copy the last one to the first one too.
Best part to making a song is the feeling after when it’s done. LIke I
said, I don’t really vent to people so music is how I cope. So when I get done with a song,
I just be like, “Damn. That’s how I was feeling.” And it be so true for what I say
and it just be like, “That’s what I’m trying to tell y’all.” You know what I’m
saying? You want me to come talk to you, but listen to this song here. This is what I’m trying to say.
Yungeen Ace: It’s a good feeling ‘cause I finally let it out. I'm probably holding this
in, this feeling right here, for a couple months, and today is probably the day I just
let it out. Know what I mean? That’s the best feeling for me.
Jonny Snipes: Ay. We just need 5% of publishing too, alright?
Yungeen Ace: This my tag right here. Shot by Ace. Bow!