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Been On by G-Eazy

TRACK

G-Eazy

Been On

Release date: 23rd June 2014

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About This Track

'Been On' arrives from G-Eazy's 'These Things Happen', a track built on the familiar mechanics of competitive rap boasting but delivered with a particular West Coast swagger. The production stays minimal, the better to foreground the artist's rapid-fire catalogue of put-downs and status markers: all-black outfits, arena shows, the claim that he's operating in a different league whilst rivals are still playing wiffle ball. The lyrics adopt the voice of someone who has already lapped the field, dismissing slower thinkers and late arrivals with a mixture of impatience and casual disdain. G-Eazy frames himself as forward-thinking, focused on revenue rather than distractions, his team eating off the same plate whilst others scramble for opportunities he's already declined. The chorus hammers the central conceit: everything you're trying, he's been on. It's a posture of entitlement dressed up as earned confidence, the kind of track that works best when the listener is already convinced of the premise. The venom G-Eazy promises in the second verse lands more as smirk than bite, but the relentless self-assurance holds the song together.

"Been On" is a track by G-Eazy, from the album These Things Happen, released 23rd June 2014. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

G-Eazy

G-Eazy

Lyrics

Been On

[Verse 1]

Yeah, rappers try to brag about accomplishments

But nothing you've been dropping yet astonishes

Yeah, next shit I'm about to say is obvious

But criticism's worth some more than compliments

Yeah, we're living at a different speed

Trying to sprout a money tree, we started out with just a seed

Always working, never hindered by a little fatigue

Rapping in arenas, I'm still playing in a different league

Yeah, you still playing wiffle ball

Dropping opportunities I'm picking up a different call

Holding out for bigger checks to lift us all

Never kept a safety net to catch us even if I fall

Rather risk it all than play it safe

You like to sprinkle salt and player hate

My team can eat, I'll share a plate

I had the black on black, I swear you're late

[Chorus]

Everyday I got some fly shit on

Keeping all black outfit on

I already bagged most the chicks

That you out here trying to get on

You just catching up to what I've been on

Yeah, that's what I've been on

[Post-Chorus]

I see what you trying to do, that's not even kinda new

That's the shit I've been on

All these girls you see around, I already took 'em down

That's the shit I've been on

That's the shit I've been on

That's the shit I've been on

[Verse 2]

I be thinking forward though

Thinking quick and making plans, y'all be thinking sort of slow

You be thinking more bitches, I be thinking more dough

Showed them all I do this shit but trust me, I got more to show

Yeah, yeah, I'm just getting started now

All that swerve and spill my Bourbon, brody, that's a party foul

Rappers try to swear they're cool, really? I'm like "hardly, pal"

Black on black with hair slicked back, boy, I got the hardest style

And I'm always snatching chicks

Flier than Aladdin's whips

Haters on the sideline bitter, hella fucking mad he's rich

Took your darling off your arm, now she just wanna be daddy's bitch

They can't even find me where I'm chillin' like my addy switched

Yeah, breaking rules, we all bent 'em

Dreaming about these M's, told my team "let's all get 'em"

Make a classic song, last as long as raw denim

Every track's a problem, what I spit is all venom

[Chorus]

Everyday I got some fly shit on

Keeping all black outfit on

I already bagged most the chicks

That you out here trying to get on

You just catching up to what I've been on

Yeah, that's what I've been on

[Post-Chorus]

I see what you trying to do, that's not even kinda new

That's the shit I've been on

All these girls you see around, I already took 'em down

That's the shit I've been on

That's the shit I've been on

That's the shit I've been on

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Track details

From These Things Happen

2014
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Album
These Things Happen
These Things Happen
G-Eazy
Release year
2014
  1. —Been On
  2. —I Mean It
  3. —Let's Get Lost
  4. —Far Alone
  5. —Factory Girl (Skit)
  6. —Almost Famous
  7. —Interlude
  8. —Lotta That
  9. —Opportunity Cost
  10. —These Things Happen
  11. —Downtown Love
  12. —Complete
  13. —Shoot Me Down
  14. —Remember You
  15. —Just Believe
  16. —Opportunity Cost
    3:54
  17. —Tumblr Girls (feat. Christoph Andersson)
    4:16
  18. —Far Alone (feat. E-40 & Jay Ant)
    4:28
  19. —Remember You (feat. blackbear)
    3:36

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Writer
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Producer
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Art Direction
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Mastering Engineer
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Mixing Engineer
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