Tell Me 'Bout It

HYPHY, fast, skipping bounce; whistle synth riff, snaps, bouncing 808, claps and strings answering the verses; high, light upper-register crooning legato phrasing cuts through gang chant call-and-response; clipped 808 distortion, stripped back hooks and a whistle-led outro as claps fade

[INSTRUMENTAL — whistle synth riff over snaps, 808 bouncing in]

[HOOK — gang chant, call and answer, claps skipping]
Tell me 'bout it (tell me), tell me 'bout it (tell me)
Thanksgiving PhD in how I should be living
Tell me 'bout it (tell me), tell me 'bout it (tell me)
You visiting the struggle, I'm the one that's in it

[VERSE 1 — bouncy, cocky, laughing through it]
Deja flew in from the A with a ring and a tan
Told the table I should buy here, "get in while you can"
She seen the block one weekend out of fifty-two
Said "it's up and coming" — coming good for who?
Marcus came from Dallas talking rentals, talking flips
Asked him for the seed money, he was talking trips
Everybody brought a lecture with the yams and the greens
Every lecture ended "you should" — never "here's the means"

[VERSE 2 — harder flow, strings answering each line]
They don't see the shutoff notice taped up on the door
Don't see the double shifts or how my back is sore
I'm the one who held the block down, week after week
They tour it like an open house and fly back home to sleep
Deja's ring is beautiful, I raised my cup and meant it
Then she asked me when I'm leaving — said "ask the ones that kept it"
I'm the name the landlords know, the card that always clears
The cousin holding down the zip code all them years

[HOOK — gang chant, call and answer, biggest one]
Tell me 'bout it (tell me), tell me 'bout it (tell me)
Thanksgiving PhD in how I should be living
Tell me 'bout it (tell me), tell me 'bout it (tell me)
You visiting the struggle, I'm the one that's in it

[OUTRO — chant trading with the whistle synth, claps fading]
Tell Deja (tell her), tell Marcus (tell him)
Tell the whole arrivals gate to come get they lesson in
Tell me 'bout it (tell me), tell me 'bout it (tell me)
You visiting the struggle, I'm the one that's in it

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[INSTRUMENTAL — whistle synth riff over snaps, 808 bouncing in] [HOOK — gang chant, call and answer, claps skipping] Tell me 'bout it (tell me), tell me 'bout it (tell me) Thanksgiving PhD in how I should be living Tell me 'bout it (tell me), tell me 'bout it (tell me) You visiting the struggle, I'm the one that's in it [VERSE 1 — bouncy, cocky, laughing through it] Deja flew in from the A with a ring and a tan Told the table I should buy here, "get in while you can" She seen the block one weekend out of fifty-two Said "it's up and coming" — coming good for who? Marcus came from Dallas talking rentals, talking flips Asked him for the seed money, he was talking trips Everybody brought a lecture with the yams and the greens Every lecture ended "you should" — never "here's the means" [HOOK — gang chant, call and answer, claps skipping] Tell me 'bout it (tell me), tell me 'bout it (tell me) Thanksgiving PhD in how I should be living Tell me 'bout it (tell me), tell me 'bout it (tell me) You visiting the struggle, I'm the one that's in it [VERSE 2 — harder flow, strings answering each line] They don't see the shutoff notice taped up on the door Don't see the double shifts or how my back is sore I'm the one who held the block down, week after week They tour it like an open house and fly back home to sleep Deja's ring is beautiful, I raised my cup and meant it Then she asked me when I'm leaving — said "ask the ones that kept it" I'm the name the landlords know, the card that always clears The cousin holding down the zip code all them years [HOOK — gang chant, call and answer, biggest one] Tell me 'bout it (tell me), tell me 'bout it (tell me) Thanksgiving PhD in how I should be living Tell me 'bout it (tell me), tell me 'bout it (tell me) You visiting the struggle, I'm the one that's in it [OUTRO — chant trading with the whistle synth, claps fading] Tell Deja (tell her), tell Marcus (tell him) Tell the whole arrivals gate to come get they lesson in Tell me 'bout it (tell me), tell me 'bout it (tell me) You visiting the struggle, I'm the one that's in it

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