- Don't let that noise, that outside noise
come and tell you what you should be feeling
or what you should be thinking,
'cause they have no idea what it's like
to be in your shoes and even just that itself,
you can that outside of a relationship experience,
your relationship with your job, your work,
you know what I mean?
You can be hustling, hustling, hustling
and people can be like
"yo, just give it already, bro,
"like why you wasting your time?"
And you're just like so close, you know what I mean?
So close though, you have no idea, you have no idea.
The creation of They Ain't Ready was
real, genuine, authentic, so much fun,
a true artistic release of just everything
that I was feeling.
The release of They Ain't Ready came
at such an interesting time.
Obviously, Covid-19 has taken over the entire world.
I felt such a responsibility to make sure that anything
that I put out was gonna be conscious
of what other people are gonna be going through.
A lot people I think, at first,
thought that this was gonna go away very quickly,
and we're like "well let's see what we can do
"to make some money, you know?
"Like let's do some online concerts
"and we can charge people for tickets."
These are all just ideas, you know,
that I saw being thrown around.
And I'm just like "We're gonna charge people money
"for something that one, they can see for free online,
"and two, when they're debating if they wanna spend
"the money on keeping the lights
"on at their house or feeding their kids?"
Growing up, music was the one thing that
was always there for me besides my family,
and a lot of times it saved my life,
so, yeah, I collabed with the Los Angeles
Unify School District, and basically me
and my little brother who I'm in quarantine with
who is such a little hypebeast, such a little entrepreneur,
he's the creative director of all of my merch
and we whipped up this really dope T-shirt
and I was like "Yo, we're gonna do this T-shirt
"and 100% of the proceeds are gonna go
"to Los Angeles Unify School District."
I think it's always cool like there's always
like this part of you as an artist
that like wants to challenge yourself like,
what's another way to say "I love you"
or what's another way to say "you complete me"?
You know what I mean?
They for me was,
you know, the media, the public.
You're bound to go through ups and downs in a relationship,
it's a personal experience, and when people
who aren't experiencing it with you think the feel like
they can speak on that, it's invasive.
I know I got a good thing, and like you're trying
to make me focus on all the bad stuff
so like the moment like I walk out the door,
you be the first one to walk in it,
and like girls be trifling low key like,
I've seen that happen first hand.
Like, a girl being like "Yo, did you know your boy?"
And you're like "What?
"That's crazy."
Oh yeah, and they're like "Oh yeah, boys ain't shit."
And then they're like, trying to like slide in the DM
and you're like "wait, I don't understand what's happening."
There's two people in a relationship
and there's nothing more complicated
than another human being.
Saying "here's my heart, I'm trusting you with it."
But what about the other way around?
Like I'm responsible for someone else's heart as well.
Sometimes I do have a love interest in a music video.
Sometimes I do collab with male artists.
And not saying that I would be somebody who says
"don't do those things."
Obviously I want someone who's supportive,
but I think it can be intimidating for somebody,
or it can be worrisome for somebody.
I'm the kinda partner who like, I kill that right away,
I make my intentions very, very clear but
again from the outside looking in, it's easy to tell,
you know, in this case Sebastian, one of his boys
be like "Yo, bro, like you better watch out dog,
"like might come to bite you in the ass."
Those little things can start getting
into one's head and start creating these problems
that aren't even there in the first place.
I stay above the noise.
I don't pay attention, in one ear and out the other.
Don't focus on the low vibration,
because when you come down here you're just as guilty.
But when you're up here, you're untouchable.
You're living your life honestly and truthfully.
You're able to go to bed at night, you know what I mean?
And I feel like that's how I felt in my relationship.
I was so sure of my decision.
I knew this is what I want.
Like when you hit that lay up and you're like
"Yo, that's nice!"
You know what I mean?
Like you watch and you're like "yo, that's nice!"
Like that's how I feel, I felt like "yo, this is nice!"
Us against the world type of thing, you know what I mean?
Like, it's me and you in the relationship,
not the rest of the world.
They're not ready for a love like this.
People perceive the industry to be like
oh yeah, people get married and then divorced five times.
And I'm like "I don't know, my parents are high school
"sweethearts and they've been married
"basically my whole life and, they're good,
"like I really think they can make it for forever."
And I would hope that I can too when I find my person,
you know what I mean?
So, kinda like living in between these two worlds
where like society says one thing and
feels so entitled to say something about something
so personal to you, and then how you really about it.
They'd rather see me out with like,
I don't know, another artist, who does what I do,
'cause we look good together.
A connection with someone is so much more powerful.
Someone who cares is so much more powerful.
I'd rather be in that any day than be
with somebody for what it looks like.
You've been sent to me, like this is a sign to me.
What I'm experiencing with you is unique, is special,
it's what we read about, what we watch in movies
and I know it sounds like super cheesy,
but like until you feel it, you don't really know it exists.
I am a loving person.
I love people.
I love what I do.
I choose love over everything.
But as far as finding that same love in return,
it has been very hard to find.
Society and where we are now like,
low key, like people are kind shallow.
There's not a lot of depth to things
and I'm a person who like dead ass can sit and talk
with somebody 'till five in the morning
about the deepest, darkest thoughts.
To me that depth is so hard to find.
Oh snap look, it's five in the morning, shit,
I give you all my time, like here we've been
just talking all this time, well whatever.
This quarantine is like I think for a lot relationships
it's a like a make or break.
You're in this person's like personal space
like all the time and for me coming, you know,
into this phase of the relationship due
to these circumstances, it's actually been really fun.
Like, we actually really like each other.
We just go so well together, like we're not the same thing.
My heartbeat is a sail, your heartbeat is a wave,
but the way that they come together just, it works.