I was talking to God, you know?
And at the same time, my ancestors lost loved ones who’ve died who are like, I consider
my personal angels.
And then also, like, motherfuckers that are in a higher position in life who are in control
and actually have some kind of say so in what the fuck is going on on a day to day basis.
And how I’m coming up there to take their spot.
I was sitting on it for a while with just the hook.
I couldn’t think of a verse right off the jump.
It was just like a hook for probably about 3 weeks.
I was working on a completely different song.
Ty Dolla $ign pulled up.
He’s like, “Load that up.”
He went in the booth.
When he came out, his verse was done.
West Side Compton.
You know.
Right there on Harlan and Alondra.
Stereotypical bad neighborhood.
It was gang members, shootings, killings, robberies, all that stuff.
Kind of like a warzone.
So like the landmine…
You know what I mean?
You step on one of those, you blow the fuck up and it’s over.
Blowing up is a good thing in the music industry.
You really wanna blow up and get the most out of your music.
So it was a double entendre.
I remember being younger and like, doing shit on purpose knowing that it was wrong and then
pretending like I didn’t know that it was wrong.
Um I didn’t know.
Once you get to a certain level of maturity, you just kind of own up to it like
"Yes I did it."
"I knew I was gonna do it."
"I’ma do it again nigga, you better beware.”
Give me my money nigga.
Buy the album.
Buy the singles.
Buy a ticket to the show.
We on tour baby.
Let’s do this.
It’s so many famous niggas out here that ain’t got no cheese.
Like no bread at all but you’re so popular in the forefront and broke.
And I’m never trying to be that.
When I got my first rap check, I bought a laptop, some headphones, and some weed.
I was like, “Oh yeah.”
I’ve been in the industry for like, I don’t know, ten years now or something?
So I don’t feel like a new artist that much.
I’ve been this talented.
Everybody else is just finding out about it.
I’m in a better position to make better music now but I’ve always been this cool
and fun and talented and it’s just like, “Y’all lame.”
In LA, we smoking Luigi all day.
And I be running out.
I had to start buying ounces ‘cause a half will last me like 3 or 4 days.
Now I’m touring.
I’m trying to figure out ways to get weed abroad and that’s a whole ‘nother dynamic.
I don’t be listening to what people gotta say.
I guess I was on some Kanye shit at the time.
Subconsciously, that’s not what I was really thinking like, “Oh yeah I’ma say this
Kanye line and pay homage.”
I was just like, “Nah y’all can’t tell me shit or y’all can but you just wasting
your time ‘cause I don’t give a damn type shit.”
Those is the vibes right there.
This whole new album is just like a wave of vibrations that have never really been heard.
So I was kind of pinpointing that fact like, “You ain’t never heard no shit like this in your life."
You know…
It’s just another day.
Can we eat momma?
We hungry.
Fuck when we gotta open up gifts…
Let’s just eat.
I love you.
That’s a gift in itself.
For all my day one homies that have been holding me down, we get free nikes.
Free converse.
Money.
World travel.
The new globetrotters.