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Activate by Tedashii

Lyrics

Tedashii

Activate

From 116 Summer Nineteen2019

Written by Steven Malcolm, Tedashii

Produced by

Lyrics

Activate

[Chorus: Tedashii]

Please don't make me activate, yeah

I just came to celebrate, they want me to detonate

Watch me hit accelerate (Woo)

No time for the complicate, I'm just tryna elevate

Please don't make me activate (Woo)

I just came to celebrate, they want me to detonate

Watch me hit accelerate (Woo)

No time for the complicate, I'm just tryna elevate

Please don't make me

[Verse 1: Tedashii]

They don't call me (Nope), yet they call me crazy, but I

Run it crazy (Uh) Jackie Joyner-Kersey and I

Keep it wavy, Southside like the [?], I

Ain't cool with labels, unless it's the one that I rock on

He comin' back, I told 'em that, I told 'em how to get it

I know that's facts, no holdin' back, it's your life, I can't live it

Now peak up, now peak up, we promised [?] would get up

Mind over matter, if it ain't mine, no matter, I can't switch up (Ooh)

Ooh, way up, my shot no lay up (Yeah)

They play tough

[?] over ten get yo' weight up (Ooh)

About this track

"Activate" is a song by Tedashii from the album 116 Summer Nineteen, released in 2019. The song was written by Steven Malcolm, Tedashii. It was produced by Mashell, Zach Paradis.

Tedashii profile →116 Summer Nineteen album →Track profile →

Contributors

  • Jacob “Biz” Morris— 66 credits as mixing engineer →
  • Mashell— 3 credits as songwriter & producer →
  • Zach Paradis— 21 credits as songwriter & producer →
  • Steven Malcolm— 69 credits as songwriter →
  • Tedashii— 7 credits as songwriter →

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Mashell
, Zach Paradis

Can't play us, me with the squad, we stay up (Yeah)

They hate us, but still be tryna locate us (Where they at?)

Tryna get closer like it's a close-up

Treat it like poker then toss out the jokers

Like Cosa Nostra

Please believe I–know about the Lamb and the Lion

Don't make me take trips out to Zion (Don't)

Please don't you wake up this giant, but still they keep trying

[Chorus: Tedashii]

Please don't make me activate, yeah

I just came to celebrate, they want me to detonate

Watch me hit accelerate (Woo)

No time for the complicate, I'm just tryna elevate

Please don't make me activate (Woo)

I just came to celebrate, they want me to detonate

Watch me hit accelerate (Woo)

No time for the complicate, I'm just tryna elevate

Please don't make me

[Verse 2: Steven Malcolm]

Ayy, yeah (Woo), ayy

Lately, I've been a bit righteous, yeah

Takin' off, boy, like, watch me pilot, ayy

I'm 'bout to activate

Most of these rappers is whack, let me demonstrate

I be like 188, still I elevate

Bodied the moment I came with the pen, I make

Hits with fashion, call it a classic

Boxin' me in, now treated like Cassius

Humble in person, on record I'm ratchet

Drive me so crazy, can nobody match it

Ain't no comparin', I'm in my own bracket

Light of the world, I'm the main attraction

Life on the microphone, couldn't imagine

Hop out the whip and go speak to the masses

Watch me elevate (Elevate, elevate, elevate, elevate), yeah

Runnin' laps, I wreck the pace

Pop a bottle, celebrate

We got that dub like (Ayy)

Westside, watch me throw it up (Throw it up)

In my spaceship goin' up

This here be my blow up (Skrt!)

[Chorus: Tedashii]

Please don't make me activate, yeah

I just came to celebrate, they want me to detonate

Watch me hit accelerate (Woo)

No time for the complicate, I'm just tryna elevate

Please don't make me activate (Woo)

I just came to celebrate, they want me to detonate

Watch me hit accelerate (Woo)

No time for the complicate, I'm just tryna elevate

Please don't make me

[Outro: Tedashii]

Please don't make me activate

I just came to celebrate, they want me to detonate

Watch me hit accelerate

Yup, that time to celebrate, take control...

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