[Intro]
Don't think, just go
[Verse 1]
Ayo, this that shit you bob yo' head to
This that brand new instrumental
I heard he puts his city on
That boy Kells so influential
Success got everybody hating
Success to me is inspiration
'Cause how we supposed to know
That what we dream is possible
If don't nobody that looks like us makes it?
You only got one life, don't waste it
I mean, we only got one night, get wasted
I mean, I know you tryna think it out
But go with what you feel 'cause real problems can't be calculated
It's hard to find the answers when they have no explanation
It's hard to find where you're headed when there's no destination
It's hard to know when we're going when there's no expiration
So until that day, just keep that Kells inside your playlist and
[Chorus: Ben Schigel]
Bring those speakers up on blast, play it all night long
Bring those speakers up on blast, play it all night long
Bring those speakers up on blast, play it all night long
Bring those speakers up on blast, play it all night long
[Verse 2]
Drinking whiskey like a desperado
My bitches drinking Reposado
Ashing in an empty bottle
Listening to the songs that put our asses in this empty condo
Remember riding 'round in Ashleigh's car though?
When the radio first played our song though?
Or at her house when MTV first showed my face
That clip was crazy, I swear it felt like we won the lotto
But a million bucks can't buy priceless moments
And a million people may not know us
But every one of us wants this gift we own (Yeah)
And that is how to keep it real
How to never judge somebody by their steering wheel
'Cause you know that motherfucker in that Ford Taurus
Could be the next motherfucker in that new Porsche
But like I said, it's hard to know where you're headed
When there's no destination
So until that day, just keep that Kells inside your playlist and
[Chorus: Ben Schigel]
Bring those speakers up on blast, play it all night long
Bring those speakers up on blast, play it all night long
Bring those speakers up on blast, play it all night long
Bring those speakers up on blast, play it all night long
[Interlude]
Woo
This shit right here, man, this shit feels right
Ayy, Dub, ayy, Dre, ayy, Irv, you know it's our year, right? Ha
I'm sitting here in the middle of New York City
The night before I gotta turn my second album in
Higher than a motherfucker, drunk than a motherfucker, with my boys
And I'm thinking, damn, man
Five years ago, we were dead broke chilling in Cleveland every day
And the next thing you know, people are calling us about record deals
And you know, the crazy part is
Ashleigh rented this white Nissan Altima for me and Slim so we could drive out to New York
I think she had to work and shit or something like that, so she couldn't go
So we were gonna go out there and see what these labels were talking 'bout
And I'm driving us there, but my license's suspended
So I tell Slim, I'm like, "Yo, I gotta pull up before we get to New York and switch, so you can drive in case we get pulled over"
'Cause we got, we got pulled over last time we went there
But you know, he had a license, so it made sense for him, for him to drive
So cut to like seven and a half hours later, I pull over in this emergency lane
And right as I'm opening the door to switch with Slim, boom
This fucking car going full speed on the highway swerves off the road and smashed into us
Yo, I swear to God, I woke up, half my body's laying outside the car in the ditch, like fifteen, twenty feet away from where we just were
The car was totaled, the windows were smashed
It was cold as fuck, it was raining outside
But we were, we were actually okay
I mean, my boy had to go the hospital, you know, the ambulance came and shit
He ended up being alright
But our meetings with the record label started at 2
And we didn't have no car, and now we were stuck at a fucking hospital in New Jersey
So this dude that I'm, I ended up partnering with later on
His name's James McMillan
He comes and gets us to these meetings and shit, somehow, someway
I don't know if it was just because we just got into a, a crazy car crash and coulda died a couple of hours ago
But I'm in there and like, you know what, I'm not feeling this shit, man, I'm not feeling this record label shit
And, uh, we drove back to Cleveland
Now I'm, I'm back in Ashleigh's mom's basement
I'm thinking about life, you know, I'm on a, I'm on a shit ton of vicodin
'Cause the doctors at the hospital, uh, you know, gave us something 'cause we got into that car accident
And Ashleigh runs downstairs and she's like, "Yo, yo, Kells, Kells
You're not gonna believe who wants to talk to you right now"
I'm like, "Who?"
She's like, "He's gonna call you in thirty seconds"
Now I guess, when, when I was in New York
I had made some kinda noise because this dude named Byron
Who ended up becoming my manager later on
Took this video I had called "Chip Off The Block" over to Bad Boy and showed Harve Pierre
And Harve Pierre went and showed that video to a guy named Puff
So I answer my phone
Depressed, down, fucked up on vicodin
And I hear, "Please hold, I have Mister Sean Combs for you"
I said, "Goddamn, life's about to change, man," I felt it
And sometimes that's all it takes
It's just that feeling, you know what I mean?
I knew I was gonna be here, and now I'm here
Feel that, uh
[Outro]
Lace Up, Kells
Lace Up, Kells
Farewell, yeah
This that shit you bob yo' head to
This that brand new instrumental
I heard he puts his city on
That boy, Kells
