Lightyear

[Part I]

[Intro]

Ayo, my voice raspy as fuck 'cause I'm thirty-one, hahaha

And I've been ra— I've been practicing my raps and shit

Ayo, I promise I won't never change, I'ma always stay the same

I'ma be me

I'll never change, man, I promise you, I swear

Yeah

[Verse 1]

I'll never change, I'll never make music for money

You'll never catch me at the VMAs acting funny

Never on the radio on some la-di-da shit

That's the day you know I forfeit

I'ma always be the man I am and never morph it

That's the day you'll know my shit is wack 'cause I forcеd it

Dropped a track and some enеrgy drink endorsed it

I'ma always be the same person that's cursing on this track

[Interlude]

I won't ever change, I promise, I ain't never going back

Yeah

Heh, yeah, you thought, motherfucker

This is what it really is, youngin

[Verse 2]

Ayy, why you think I went pop? So my family could eat (Alright)

But now that the fridge is full, it's just a pen and this beat

What you would do if it was twenty mil' or live on the street?

I guarantee your ass is rapping on a radio beat

But it was deeper than that

I used that shit to spread a message that was deeper than rap

Hid the pills in the apple sauce, deep in the trap

Tried to save the world, but found out I couldn't do that

But I know I can affect it like a butterfly

Even though I know I can't protect it, deep down wonder why

And that's the reason I went mainstream, if you wonder why

To spread a message of PLP, make it worldwide

And feed my family for generations

So while you hipster motherfuckers is scared of radio stations

You played yourself, congratulations

Had a goal in my head, and at twenty-nine, I hit it

Multi-million dollar deals, Logic, yeah, we get it

So focused on the past, don't think you listen when I spit it

That kid back in the basement, he made it, he did it

And now my life is different, so I rap 'bout what I know

From the basement to the mansion, there’s maturity in the flow

Fuck rap, who gives a shit? I wanna see my son grow

With a fridge full of food, no wonder where the hunger went

Now I don't rap to prove myself, I pick up the pen to vent

But you people stuck in the past probably take that as content

When your ass should just be happy I'm still giving you content

And to the fans that ain't need me to spell all this shit out

Thank you for riding with me beyond a reasonable doubt

Logic out (Okay)

[Interlude]

Feels good (Logic back)

Here we go

[Verse 3]

I've been envisioning something different, not insufficient, fuck all the bitchin', I'm on a mission

Like timing, shit is iconic, memories back in the day of the chronic

In my lungs and in my ears, I wrote this shit with blood and tears

Thought about doing it over the years, 85 finally here

Doing this shit for the art, I'ma give 'em my heart like a high-speed collision

And I give 'em my sight as they all want vision, I'm bleeding, no, wait, I'm bleeding

I feel like rap is retreating while my hairline is receding

Which is literally the definition of what I've become

That's an oldhead, wait a minute, go 'head, I'ma go off

2019 I got wrote off, but I'm bringing it back into focus

I'm God-level, here to locust, I'm so pissed like a P.O. 

Rollie gold like C3PO, and I'm busting off like R2

That's COD-level, I'm all through, now fuck you

[Part II]

[Intro: Lucy Rose, Steve Blum, Lucy Rose & Steve Blum]

Our boys have certainly been through a lot today

But they did it, they made it to the show

And to the next chapter of the rest of their lives

Through all the mayhem and adversity

Through all the negativity and hardship

They did it

And here they stand after the show

Radiating a message of peace, love, and positivity

The original RattPack members rejoice

Though deep down, Logic is unsure of something

Not himself or his craft

But something that's been rising to the surface

Something that would take up more space than it should in his mind

Through the next decade

[Segue: Logic, Big Lenbo, C Dot Castro, 6ix & (DJ Boss Player)]

Yo, that shit was crazy

For real bro, we're really on to something

Yo, what's up? Y'all— Y'all tryna grab a bite to eat or something

Mm, I can't

That chick I was rappin' up at the bar finna give me a ride

If you know what I mean, ah fuck

Hahaha, you're fucking wild (Yeah, peace)

Alright man (Alright dawg, I'll see you), alright man, peace

(I'ma head out too, but I'll see you next weekend at everlasting light)

Bet, alright man, I'll see you later (Alright man, I'll see you), peace

Well, I'ma catch a ride with OB I guess, man, I got finals tomorrow

6ix, you're lit as fuck, there's no way you're even gonna wake up

Bro, I'm Indian, we pass exams in our sleep, hahaha

Aight man, alright peace, dawg

Alright man, I'll catch you

Well, and then there were two

Haha, yeah, let me unlock it

You really should be proud man

Yeah?

Yo, bro, shit is happening

You getting shit posted on 2DopeBoyz and This Song Is Sick

Doing some real numbers on DatPiff

Look, shit, just a year ago you were homeless

You been sleeping on my couch for like only a year

And now look what's going on

Yeah, yeah, I guess

What's wrong?

Nah, I— I'm good—

I don't know man, I'm just– I'm excited and I'm terrified

Of what?

I love rap, you know, it's definitely a foot in the door

But I wanna do other shit too, you know

I don't wanna be on stage at fucking fifty years old

Rapping like the vein in my forehead is gonna explode

With the fucking "get down or lay down, hit ya with the Beretta"

Fucking fuck no, man, like

Dude, I wanna sing, I wanna play guitar, I don't just wanna play it safe

I— I'm just a little scared of what people, like

If I— If I make it in rap, what if people expect that of me?

What if that's the image, you know, of

What Logic is or what he isn't? I don't know, I just wanna be able to—

I just wanna be able to do whatever I want

Man, just keep doing what you're doing

Keep spreading that positive message, being positive

The fans are gonna love you, man

And they're gonna love you for putting your heart and soul into this music and making honest music

As long as you keep spreading that positive message, the fans are gonna be with you

It's 2011, who knows where you'll be in ten years?

[Verse]

And now I'm here

Lightyears from where I was before

Mad at the world, ready to leave

I thought I had to be a certain way

I thought I had to act a certain way

Never belonged to begin with

So this is goodbye, this is farewell

To the life I know so well

I'm breaking the chains, I'm ready for change

I've been playing the same old game over and over again

So I stepped away and learned a few things

I thought I hated you 'cause I spoke on things

That you never related to, so here I find myself

It took a lightyear to get past the bullshit

And now I'm right here, unapologetically me

And that's the idea, I wanna do it for free

And never out of fear

I don't wanna try and relive the good years

I don't wanna convince you I'm from the hood, yeah

I don't wanna talk about how good I rap, yeah

I don't wanna perpetuate none of that, yeah, it's all a trap, yeah

It took a lightyear

It took a lightyear

It took a lightyear

To find myself again