Outro

[00:18.58] I'm dedicated, the definition of dedication

[00:20.58] Wrote this whole record while I was levitating

[00:22.08] Sittin' in my room with the pen and paper, I'm innovative

[00:24.57] They've been afraid of me since I was a second grader

[00:26.84] I'm the kid on the playground mama told you to never play with

[00:29.09] There's levels of music—and I'm in the elevator

[00:31.33] Going up to the top floor, look how we elevated

[00:33.08] What, you don't know the brand by now? You better get educated

[00:36.33] Take both of my arms, rip 'em out the sockets and separate 'em

[00:38.83] Forgive me, yeah, I know I get animated

[00:40.84] Don't matter, I still write a better record than yours without a hesitation

[00:43.60] Never been more motivated

[00:45.34] Just look at all the minds I have opened and penetrated

[00:47.83] See, I am the voice of all these kids that think things, but never say 'em

[00:50.83] That's why they come to my shows wearing the NF hoodies

[00:53.35] And hats low like we're carrying weapons, ah!

[00:55.83] Put the controllers away, it's game over

[00:57.84] I promise I'm way colder

[00:59.58] The fans keep saying that they're hungry for new music

[01:01.59] Well that's pretty convenient 'cause I just made a plate for 'em

[01:04.10] And now I'm hearing none of y'all are saying

[01:06.08] I just sit at the keys feeling the music

[01:07.59] Got me thinking I'm Beethoven

[01:08.83] The game needs a makeover

[01:10.08] If you've been waiting, the wait's over

[01:11.84] You ain't notice, y'all about to witness a takeover, I'm home!

[01:14.33] Yeah, they waiting on me to match the

[01:16.33] Emotion that I had in the last one

[01:18.08] What if I don't, they gon' tell me that I'm losing my passion?

[01:20.59] If I do, am I repeating my actions?

[01:22.84] Yeah, look, "How Could You Leave Us" is massive

[01:25.33] There ain't nothing I can write that'll match that

[01:27.33] My biggest fear writing this record wasn't putting out trash

[01:30.08] It was disappointing myself and the fanbase

[01:32.09] Now I want you to picture me

[01:34.08] I'm in a hotel rapping, crying on the floor of the bathroom

[01:36.57] Staring in the mirror, my room, hands shaking

[01:39.08] Playing "How Could You Leave Us" through the speakers on my iPhone

[01:41.58] Tryna to figure out if I'ma always feel the way that I feel

[01:44.32] Or maybe someday I can learn to be happy

[01:46.59] Or maybe I can't be, 'cause if the music ain't emotional enough

[01:49.11] Are they gon' call me a has-been?

[01:50.59] Pain's always been the root of my music

[01:53.33] If I cut it off, how am I supposed to keep growing

[01:55.83] If I let it go, won't my whole career be in ruins?

[01:57.83] That's when I realized this whole conversation is stupid

[02:00.33] I never cared to impress people that don't even know me

[02:02.58] I just write what I feel, somehow it started a movement

[02:05.08] Trying to enjoy a career, but I don't know how to do it

[02:07.58] When I spend all of time my being afraid I'ma lose it!

[02:09.83] But, then I figured out the reason they follow me

[02:12.32] The reason why these fans surrounding me

[02:14.08] It's not 'cause I'm a "Rap God"

[02:15.08] I don't need you people to bow to me

[02:17.08] All they ever did was doubt on me, now everyone's proud of me

[02:19.33] Acknowledge me or not, you ain't ignoring the following

[02:21.35] I'm just teaching 'em something they couldn't learn in they colleges

[02:23.83] This is for the kids feeling like they live at the bottom

[02:26.08] And every day of they lives, feels like it's darker than Halloween!

[02:28.58] Yeah, you ain't alone out there, look around you

[02:31.34] We got a lot of fans in here

[02:33.08] Couple hundred thousand, that's what we did last year

[02:35.08] Listen to Intro 3, trying to kill my fear

[02:37.83] They'll get that in a minute

[02:39.34] We about to shatter the critics

[02:40.08] I am a savage, admit it

[02:41.08] A lot of baggage I live in

[02:42.33] That's why the passion is different

[02:43.58] Really don't care if they get it

[02:44.83] We're only three records in it and this is just the beginning

[02:47.33] I'm home!

[02:52.08] Real music