#LTM

[Intro: Angela McCluskey] I brought you something close to me And left with something new See through your head You haunt my dreams There's nothing to do but believe Just believe [Verse: Ab-Soul] And please don't confuse me with dot, I'm different Long Term Mentality, still remember them cheap wood benches How could I ever forget, I never could get How niggas couldn't get up and get all they could get Man I done seen a thing or two of things that he or she will do To fit in with each other nitpicking at each other Killing each other, bringing each other down, crustations in a bucket Fuck it, roll your windows down in your bucket, play this loud Soul brother number fucking two, my time on these 1's and 2's I'm on this track like running shoes I dedicate this one to Cletus Anderson for working harder Than the average man, or bend over backwards for his family Doing whatever is you ask for him Shit, I know he fucking tired, he should be somewhere retired Still trying, bills still due and between me and you Until we get a mill, life smells like mildew [Chorus: Ab-Soul and Pat Brown] Long term (This is long term!) Long term (I hope you studied, cause I'm thinking long term) Long term (I came, I saw, and conquered) Mentality, mentality, long term (And it's an honor) Long term (To share this with you, wait no longer) Long term (Mother fucker this is long term) Mentality, mentality, long term [Outro: Interviewer and Ab-Soul] This situation is to relay how to make other people's lives, uh... Better Better because of—of running into what you had to say Exactly Of them finding your words And they need to know this I've been doing this since Black Community Freestye Chapter That's probably like, what, 2002-3? You know what I'm saying? And I kept at it, I kept at it from there And you're only— 24 I just turned 24, I just turned 24 it's crazy. You know what I'm saying? So I dropped the — you know, Long Term came out I dropped that finally, that didn't work out Then I came back with the Long Term 2 shit they was like "oh!" That's kinda cool—that's kinda cool right there Then dot dropped the O.D., Kendrick dropped the O.D That shit was like— It went over everyone's head Everyone's head But they were still able to connect with it Exactly But it was like you hadn't heard this in a minute It was like a rejuvenation...Exactly, exactly...you know? Almost like, saved hip-hop And about preaching, none of y'all are trying to preach like— Like you're the new cats but it's just—you're not— You didn't ever look at it like it was dead but you're bringing it back Exactly You're bringing it back to life Real shit Then Q dropped the Setback shit and that shit was like— You know what I'm saying? Like, you know—and you already know, groovy So, Top—Top talk to me like, he said, you know— "You gotta go ahead and try sell something" I'm thinking to myself it's a little too early for me to try and sell something I'm still fresh but he said, "You need to go ahead and try it out Everybody else selling You gotta do Long Term something nigga, you know, I don't care what it is But that's your brand. You know, long term is your brand" I didn't even want to do Long Term 3 yet until I'm rich That's what Long Term 3 is about, being rich So, I'm like you know Damn, okay So this is kinda, you know, just kinda like a—I wanted it to serve as like a summation of what Long Term is about and what it really meant You know what I'm saying? You a cool cat Ab, for real man I mean fuck I'm on tour now dog I'm in Minneapolis, dog People know you, when you go to a place— You know what I'm talking 'bout? I'm in Minneapolis bruh, cold as fuck people know who I am over here bruh I'm on tour with Murs right now, the Paid Dues tour Like what the fuck is going on? That's long term! You know what I'm saying? You're on the Paid Dues, he just said it by putting you on it (Soul!) [Outro: David Icke] People talk about a soul To me what we call soul -- the highest expression of ourselves Is pure love I don't care who you are, what your background is what you've done I don't care if you're Henry Kissinger or George Bush Or David Rockefeller or the Queen of England or any of these Guys that have been manipulating the world and still are At that level of yourself, you're pure love Everyone is but you can become disconnected from that level And manifest in that disconnection anything but pure love But that's what we all are, all of us