The Ones Who Stayed [G-Squeezy’s “On The Real G!]

Abstract-Street-Trap-Hip-Hop-Soul, Dark-Loyalty-Cinematic-Testimony, 808 Sub-Bass Deep & Warm Like Something Dependable Beneath Da' Surface, Precision Bass Runs Deliberate & Walking Like Somebody Who Showed Up An' Kept Showing Up, Hardanger Fiddle Droning Ancient & Mournful Beneath Da' Groove, Hang Drum Ringing Sparse & Warm Between Bars Like A Name Being Held, Cimbalom Strings Cutting Deliberate Through Verse Transitions, Massive Kit Drummer Restrained & Steady Wiff Measured Deliberate Cymbal Weight, Ghetto-Raised Sovereign Male Vocal NOT Melodic NOT Singing — Cold Measured Testimony Carrying Both Grief & Gratitude Simultaneously — Building From Quiet Deliberate Truth Into Full Sovereign Weight, Warm Vinyl Crackle, Analog Tape Delay Trailing Warm & Long, Analog Reverb Vast & Present Like A Room Full'a People Who Stayed, Smoky Weathered Piano Sparse & Dignified, No Autotune, No Synthetic Shine, No Pop Styles, Raw Organic Loyalty-Testimony Throughout

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[ALBUM: On Da'Real G! | TRACK 3: Da' Ones Who Stayed]
[Intro | BPM 80 | G-Squeezy Vocal Cold & Deliberate — Quiet From Da' First Word]

(Dis one fa' da' specific ones…)
(U kno who u are…)
(An' I kno who u are…)
(Dat's da' whole point'a dis song…)

[Verse 1 | BPM 80 | Cold Measured Testimony — Inventory'a Who Left vs. Who Stayed]

Everybody got a story
About da' ones who left

I got dat story tew
I could tell it
All night

But dis one
Is about da' ones who stayed

Da' distinction matter
Because da' ones who left
Is easy ta' find
Day' everywhere
Day' loud
Day' gaht explanations
Fa' every single thing
Day' did

Da' ones who stayed
Ain't loud
(Neva' been loud daug…)
Day' juss
There

When I had nuttin'
An' I mean nuttin'
Not aesthetic nuttin'
ACTUAL nuttin'

Day' was there

(Day' ain't announce it…)
(Day' ain't frame it…)
(Day' juss showed up…)
(An' kept showin' up…)

[BPM Shift 84 | Delivery Building — More Personal]

I kno what it mean
When somebody choose
Ta' stay
In ya' corner
When ya' corner
Ain't somewhere
Any reasonable person
Would choose
Ta' be

Dat choice
Cost dem something
I don't always kno what
An' dey neva' told me
But it cost dem something

An' I carry dat

Not as debt
(I tried ta' carry it as debt…)
(It don't work dat way…)
But as understanding
'a what loyalty
Actually is

When it ain't convenient
When it ain't glamorous
When it ain't something
Anybody outside da' situation
Would even notice

[Hook | BPM 80 | Full Sovereign Weight — G-Squeezy Voice At Its Most Deliberate]

Da' ones who stayed
(I see u daug…)
Da' ones who stayed
When staying cost dem something real
Da' ones who stayed
(Dis song is yours…)
Da' ones who stayed
When every reason said go
An' day' didn't go

[Verse 2 | BPM 78 | Dropping Slightly — Grief Underneath Da' Loyalty Testimony]

I lost some'a da' ones who stayed
Not ta' da' leaving
Ta' da' other thing
Da' thing Track 2 talked about

An' when u lose somebody
Who was inda staying category
Da' particular kine a silence dat leaves
Is different from any other silence

Kawz day' wasn't juss
A person
Day' was evidence
Dat da' staying was real

An' when da' evidence gone
Sometimes
Da' staying still feel real
An' sometimes
It feel like summ'm
U mighta imagined

(U didn't imagine it daug…)
(It was real…)
(Day' was real…)
(Da' staying was real…)

I kno dis
Kawz I'm still here
Partly because'a dem

An' dat ain't nuttin'
Dat ain't a small fang
Ta' be still here
Partly because
Somebody else
Chose
Ta' stay

[BPM Shift 82 | Delivery Rising — Gratitude Becoming Fierce]

U wanna kno what real look like?
Real look like
Somebody showin' up
When showing up
Ain't gawn benefit dem
In any measurable way

Real look like
Standin' beside somebody
When standin' beside dem
Is a sacrifice
Not an opportunity

Real look like
Da' ones who stayed

An' I been blessed enough
Ta' kno what dat look like
Firsthand
In dis life
An' I don't take dat
Lightly
Not fa' one
Single
Day

[Hook | BPM 80 | Heavier Than First Pass]

[Bridge | BPM 70 | Dropping — Most Personal Moment In Da' Album So Far]

I don't say dis enough
(An' I kno I don't say it enough…)
But I kno dat da' version'a me
Dat made it through
Ain't juss mine

It's partly theirs
Da' ones who stayed
Put somethin' inta' dis version'a me
Dat I couldn't'a put in myself

An' wherever day' are
Whether day' still here
Or day' inda place
Track 2 talked about

Day' alive inda way I move
Da' way I choose
Da' way I show up
Fa' people now

(Kawz somebody showed up fa' me first daug…)
(Somebody always showed up first…)

[Verse 3 | BPM 80 | Final Testimony — Returning Ta' Strength — Not Defeated Not Sentimental Juss True]

I ain't gawn romanticize it
Da' brix is hard
Da' loyalty is hard
Everything out here
Is hard

But hard fangs
Sometimes produce
Da' realest fangs

An' da' realest fang I kno
Is dat somebody
Chose me
When choosing me
Wasn't da' easy choice

An' I chose dem back
An' dat choosing
Is what got us
Both
Ta' wherever we are
Right now

(Da' ones who stayed daug…)
(Dat's what's real…)
(Dat's what's always been real…)

[Outro | BPM 72 | Quiet — Final — G-Squeezy At His Most Still]

Da' ones who stayed

I see u

I ain't forgot

I ain't eva' gawn forget

(Dis one'z fa' u…)
(All'a it'z fa' u…)

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[ALBUM: On Da'Real G! | TRACK 3: Da' Ones Who Stayed] [Intro | BPM 80 | G-Squeezy Vocal Cold & Deliberate — Quiet From Da' First Word] (Dis one fa' da' specific ones…) (U kno who u are…) (An' I kno who u are…) (Dat's da' whole point'a dis song…) [Verse 1 | BPM 80 | Cold Measured Testimony — Inventory'a Who Left vs. Who Stayed] Everybody got a story About da' ones who left I got dat story tew I could tell it All night But dis one Is about da' ones who stayed Da' distinction matter Because da' ones who left Is easy ta' find Day' everywhere Day' loud Day' gaht explanations Fa' every single thing Day' did Da' ones who stayed Ain't loud (Neva' been loud daug…) Day' juss There When I had nuttin' An' I mean nuttin' Not aesthetic nuttin' ACTUAL nuttin' Day' was there (Day' ain't announce it…) (Day' ain't frame it…) (Day' juss showed up…) (An' kept showin' up…) [BPM Shift 84 | Delivery Building — More Personal] I kno what it mean When somebody choose Ta' stay In ya' corner When ya' corner Ain't somewhere Any reasonable person Would choose Ta' be Dat choice Cost dem something I don't always kno what An' dey neva' told me But it cost dem something An' I carry dat Not as debt (I tried ta' carry it as debt…) (It don't work dat way…) But as understanding 'a what loyalty Actually is When it ain't convenient When it ain't glamorous When it ain't something Anybody outside da' situation Would even notice [Hook | BPM 80 | Full Sovereign Weight — G-Squeezy Voice At Its Most Deliberate] Da' ones who stayed (I see u daug…) Da' ones who stayed When staying cost dem something real Da' ones who stayed (Dis song is yours…) Da' ones who stayed When every reason said go An' day' didn't go [Verse 2 | BPM 78 | Dropping Slightly — Grief Underneath Da' Loyalty Testimony] I lost some'a da' ones who stayed Not ta' da' leaving Ta' da' other thing Da' thing Track 2 talked about An' when u lose somebody Who was inda staying category Da' particular kine a silence dat leaves Is different from any other silence Kawz day' wasn't juss A person Day' was evidence Dat da' staying was real An' when da' evidence gone Sometimes Da' staying still feel real An' sometimes It feel like summ'm U mighta imagined (U didn't imagine it daug…) (It was real…) (Day' was real…) (Da' staying was real…) I kno dis Kawz I'm still here Partly because'a dem An' dat ain't nuttin' Dat ain't a small fang Ta' be still here Partly because Somebody else Chose Ta' stay [BPM Shift 82 | Delivery Rising — Gratitude Becoming Fierce] U wanna kno what real look like? Real look like Somebody showin' up When showing up Ain't gawn benefit dem In any measurable way Real look like Standin' beside somebody When standin' beside dem Is a sacrifice Not an opportunity Real look like Da' ones who stayed An' I been blessed enough Ta' kno what dat look like Firsthand In dis life An' I don't take dat Lightly Not fa' one Single Day [Hook | BPM 80 | Heavier Than First Pass] Da' ones who stayed (I see u daug…) Da' ones who stayed When staying cost dem something real Da' ones who stayed (Dis song is yours…) Da' ones who stayed When every reason said go An' day' didn't go [Bridge | BPM 70 | Dropping — Most Personal Moment In Da' Album So Far] I don't say dis enough (An' I kno I don't say it enough…) But I kno dat da' version'a me Dat made it through Ain't juss mine It's partly theirs Da' ones who stayed Put somethin' inta' dis version'a me Dat I couldn't'a put in myself An' wherever day' are Whether day' still here Or day' inda place Track 2 talked about Day' alive inda way I move Da' way I choose Da' way I show up Fa' people now (Kawz somebody showed up fa' me first daug…) (Somebody always showed up first…) [Verse 3 | BPM 80 | Final Testimony — Returning Ta' Strength — Not Defeated Not Sentimental Juss True] I ain't gawn romanticize it Da' brix is hard Da' loyalty is hard Everything out here Is hard But hard fangs Sometimes produce Da' realest fangs An' da' realest fang I kno Is dat somebody Chose me When choosing me Wasn't da' easy choice An' I chose dem back An' dat choosing Is what got us Both Ta' wherever we are Right now (Da' ones who stayed daug…) (Dat's what's real…) (Dat's what's always been real…) [Outro | BPM 72 | Quiet — Final — G-Squeezy At His Most Still] Da' ones who stayed I see u I ain't forgot I ain't eva' gawn forget (Dis one'z fa' u…) (All'a it'z fa' u…)

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