Abstract - 22 (feat. Delaney) (Prod. Blulake)

[00:00.83] Just wanted to make them proud

[00:06.10] But you can't tell ups from downs

[00:09.56] It's all alright

[00:18.18] You can find company

[00:22.44] In hearts that beat all in sync

[00:26.93] We're all alright

[00:34.18] We gon 'be okay

[00:35.68] We gon' be alright

[00:37.43] We gon 'be okay

[00:38.43] We gon' be alright

[00:39.92] We gon 'be okay

[00:41.69] We gon' be alright

[00:42.93] We gon 'be okay

[00:44.42] We gon' be alright

[00:46.17] We gon 'be okay

[00:47.19] We gon' be alright

[00:48.68] We gon 'be okay

[00:50.18] We gon' be alright

[00:52.68] Musta been 2011 when the world ended

[00:54.92] Least it felt like it at the time

[00:56.41] Teenage years make a heart break worse

[00:58.93] Plus a lot was going on

[00:59.70] Couldn't stop it at the time

[01:00.68] Dad tried to flip the house

[01:02.93] Funny that it all landed upside down

[01:04.93] Known for being optimistic started feeling different

[01:07.18] Couldn't fix it started writing lyrics all because

[01:08.68] Nobody tried to hear it

[01:10.17] 'Round the same time

[01:10.92] Hooked to the nicotine

[01:11.94] Music and a smoke were synonymous to me it seemed

[01:14.18] Paid prices, through devices

[01:15.92] Both sides, obsessed with a vision

[01:17.41] I know I could make mine

[01:18.43] I knew it would take time

[01:19.44] I knew they would doubt shine

[01:20.66] Thought it was just music

[01:21.93] Didn't know that they would take sides

[01:22.67] Freestyle at the party

[01:24.43] They said turn it down

[01:25.18] Sorry, was I talking over what you're gossiping about?

[01:26.66] Small town with dreams that didn't involve skis

[01:28.94] Lookin 'at me like a weirdo, outside of the scene

[01:31.42] Stuck to my friends not fucking with fair weather

[01:33.43] But the maple showers brought out the May weather

[01:35.43] Didn't know what I was doing

[01:37.18] But I knew I couldn't stop

[01:37.93] Wasn't slowing down even when my 4th tape dropped

[01:39.93] Round the time I was drunk most my Freshman year

[01:42.16] Was so focused on my craft that my grades got weird

[01:44.67] Just wanted to make them proud

[01:49.95] But you can't tell ups from downs

[01:54.44] It's all alright

[02:03.16] You can find company

[02:07.20] In hearts that beat all in sync

[02:11.71] We're all alright

[02:19.43] Thought I figured out

[02:20.43] I just wasn't made for degrees

[02:21.41] Went home then I went back early '14

[02:23.69] All my friends had new friends

[02:24.92] And I lived off campus

[02:25.93] In a dingy apartment on a twin bed mattress

[02:28.18] Sucked but I kept my grades up for a bit

[02:30.17] I would kick it with some homies every now and again

[02:32.43] But the Laramie cold was keeping me inside

[02:34.43] And I was smokin 'on the green when I needed to write

[02:36.93] Wasn't able to sleep or even write without it

[02:38.92] And being alone, made my anxiety spike

[02:40.94] If I was hanging with the group, I was drinkin 'that night

[02:43.18] Couldn't handle being out without a drink in my sight

[02:45.44] Was a mess working on the science of feeling tall

[02:47.67] If it wasn't for that tape, I wouldn't get up at all

[02:49.91] Recording on a mic that was USB

[02:51.92] Thankfully I had Craig making all of my beats

[02:54.18] Still strugglin 'tryna be heard

[02:55.92] Still a joke back home stuck in his work

[02:57.92] Dropped science, to dead silence

[02:59.68] I was like, word

[03:00.92] They don't get it yet, but I swear that it's gon 'work

[03:03.43] Went back home for the summer

[03:04.93] Met up with a girl that I used to love

[03:07.16] But I was all messed up at the time because

[03:09.18] I couldn't deal with thinking about another end to us

[03:11.46] She brought me back to life

[03:12.67] Back in senior year

[03:13.93] Couple months of that

[03:14.93] And then she disappeared

[03:15.96] She explained to me, and it made sense to me

[03:18.18] That I couldn't move forward with a heart and fear

[03:20.18] So I got distant on some bitch shit

[03:22.17] Can't lie, I was truly being a dipshit like oh my

[03:24.94] Knew I would move to Seattle then

[03:26.94] Home never let me stay too long, I guess

[03:30.43] Just wanted to make them proud

[03:34.67] But you can't tell ups from downs

[03:39.18] It's all alright

[03:47.93] You can find company

[03:51.93] In hearts that beat all in sync

[03:56.42] We're all alright

[04:04.18] Music wasn't makin 'money

[04:05.68] So I headed out to AI

[04:06.43] Arts school so I thought cool Imma be fine

[04:08.42] Family wanted a degree, cool Imma get mine

[04:10.69] Not sure if I made the move for me at the time

[04:12.68] I just had to get out

[04:13.68] I was just tired of being home

[04:14.91] Every ounce of my future was ridin 'on a microphone

[04:17.18] That's a lot of pressure

[04:17.94] Even for a kid that's sure with no measure

[04:19.18] To measure if my music was truly meant to deliver

[04:21.43] Fell in love with the city

[04:22.69] Fell back in love with my art

[04:23.69] I was truly in the present, I learned to follow my heart

[04:25.93] Truly independent, and finally makin 'my mark

[04:27.93] A Team Worldwide was steady lightin' a spark

[04:30.17] 100K, a couple million, then 10's

[04:32.43] Views gone crazy, I was over the fence

[04:34.68] I was over the Moon and then Neverland dropped

[04:36.66] That right there but I'm never gonna land off

[04:38.93] AI wasn't really what I thought it would be

[04:40.93] But I met a couple friends I've been happy to keep

[04:43.18] Left that summer back home again

[04:45.42] Then I started plotting out how the team would win

[04:47.68] We decided that it was time that we all should meet

[04:49.93] Overseas with the team for a couple of weeks

[04:52.18] Patrick, Craig, Glenn, Gustav, and me

[04:54.18] Set up in a cabin south of Stockholm streets

[04:56.43] 5 musicians, 4 countries, 1 album

[04:58.69] Took 5 years to make this our outcome

[05:00.91] Used to ask how come, now they ask how

[05:03.17] I just believed in it way more than most thou

[05:05.18] I just remained me and painted what I've seen

[05:07.41] Painting you all the lows and highs in these dreams

[05:09.69] All the pleasure and pain

[05:10.68] The Sun that came after rain

[05:11.92] Now we on our way

[05:12.67] Life will never be the

[05:13.68] Same

[05:14.93] Just wanted to make them proud

[05:19.17] But you can't tell ups from downs

[05:23.68] It's all alright

[05:32.43] You can find company (22 and I'm way more)

[05:36.92] In hearts that beat all in sync (22 and I'm way more)

[05:40.93] We're all alright (22 and I'm way more wise)

[05:48.93] 22 and I'm way more wise to the fact

[05:50.69] That the world makes plans that the mind can't hatch

[05:53.16] No heart makes dreams work and time can't match

[05:55.18] And I choose to be truth nothing rhymes like that