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Offset

North Star

Release date: 22nd February 2019

From FATHER OF 4
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About This Track

Offset anchors this introspective track with a meditation on fatherhood, fame and the toll both exact. The song opens with the weight of real circumstance: four children, the need for presence, the grind that pulls against it. What follows is a catalogue of pressures, from the blogs that pursue him to the mental strain that fame inflicts on those close to him. He moves between confession and defiance, acknowledging his own failings whilst asserting his strength against those who wish him diminished. CeeLo Green's presence lifts the track towards something more transcendent. His vocals add depth and an angelic quality, offering harmonic counterweight to Offset's rawer verses. The North Star becomes a metaphor for leadership and the search for clarity amid chaos, a fixed point when everything else threatens to scatter. The song balances material specificity with emotional honesty, never quite resolving the tension between them.

"North Star" is a track by Offset, from the album FATHER OF 4, released 22nd February 2019. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Offset

Offset

Lyrics

North Star

[Intro: Offset]

Shit got real, we was standin' in the rain, woah (Real)

I got four kids, know we need to spend some time, oh

[Verse 1: Offset]

I'm grindin' without the sleep (Hey)

I pray to get out of the street

I sit back and watch and see (Watch)

They plot they enemies (Plot)

They try to split the three

This shit longer than centuries (Woo)

Shit be botherin' me

I got scars under my sleeve (Scars)

The blogs is after me (Blogs is after me)

They tryna capture me (Tryna capture me)

They lyin' about the hoes, it's fuckin' my bitch up mentally (Lie)

Shit be glitter, it don't be gold the fame can fuck up your family (Lie)

It's hard to hold 'em, I'm sorry I fold

But you can't do this shit back to me (Sorry I fold)

Sippin' on 4-4 while I'm lane switchin' (4-4)

Thinkin' about my woes, let the gang get in

Niggas start crossin' out they bros let they fame get 'em (Who?)

Suckin' out my soul, she got a brain difference

Throwin' up big B's, Bent' Bentayga (Big B)

She ain't up to speed like my baby

Hop, hop in that new 'ghini and race it (Skrrt)

This is not a dream, no fugazi (Dream, dream, dream)

[Interlude: Offset]

Mouth wide, I'ma dive in

We from the north side

We from the north side of the island

[Verse 2: Offset]

Master of my craft, go through the rough draft

Watchin' all my maps, calculate my cap (Calculate)

This is real rap, Offset sack 'em like Warren Sapp

Music like the trap, get the product and relapse

Crown me the king, addiction to lean

But if I can't sip it then mama I can't even sleep (Yeah)

Got skeletons all in my closet, I'm scared to peek (Scared to peek)

They thought I was gon' fail if you ask me

They don't really want me on, oh so sad to me

They know I'm too strong, can't assassin me

I'ma always be good, don't feel bad for me

This the mind of a maniac, you believe in the internet (Hey)

I receive and I give it back, greedy people, wouldn't interact

Let me lead the pack, I'ma let everybody eat the racks (Eat)

We don't feed the rats (Feed), all I speak is facts

Autopilot on the jet, my dawg called collect

Mama had a nigga scared, hide the pistol 'round my shit

[Chorus: CeeLo Green]

There is no such thing as peace or privacy

And if you felt this low down you'd get high as me

I'm beginning to question what I believe

It's so lonely in the light, it's lonely, I repeat

But I cannot cry

And I'm acting like I cannot die

But I've gotta burn brighter

To be the north star in the dark night sky

And I just can't cry

They're acting like I cannot die

'Cause I've gotta burn brighter

To be the north star in the dark night sky

[Bridge: CeeLo Green]

Look up, look down and look around for me

I'll cast a shadow on the ground for me (Look high up)

'Cause I'll be high up in the sky

And I'll always be there, I will always be there

Don't look down or look around for me

I'll cast a shadow on the ground for me (Look high up)

'Cause I'll be high up in the sky

And I'll always be there, I will always be there

[Outro: CeeLo Green]

'Cause I'm the north star in the dark night sky

I can't cry

Yes, I could die

To be the north star in the dark night sky

Can't cry

Yes, I could die

To be the north star in the dark night sky

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Track details

From FATHER OF 4

2019
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Album
FATHER OF 4
FATHER OF 4
Offset
Release year
2019
  1. —Clout
  2. —Legacy
  3. —North Star
  4. —On Fleek
  5. —Quarter Milli
  6. —Don't Lose Me
  7. —How Did I Get Here
  8. —Wild Wild West
  9. —After Dark
  10. —Came a Long Way
  11. —Father of 4
  12. —Lick
  13. —Red Room
  14. —Tats on My Face
  15. —Underrated

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
Allen Ritter, Andrew Taylor, CeeLo Green, Dre Moon, G Koop, John Taylor, Metro Boomin, Nick Rhodes, Offset, Roger Taylor (Duran Duran), Simon Le Bon
Lyricist
CeeLo Green, Offset
Composer
Allen Ritter, Dre Moon, G Koop, Metro Boomin
Producer
Allen Ritter, Dre Moon, G Koop, Metro Boomin
Bass
G Koop
Guitar
G Koop
Vocals
CeeLo Green, Offset
A&R Administrator
Liz Isik
Additional Production
G Koop
Additional Vocals
Quavo
Choir
Brandelyn Harris-Crumedy, Brandi Jackson, Brandon Whatley, Deidre Etheridge, Demetrius Banks, Jonathan Coleman, Marcus Ross, Olivia King, Tiuanna Lemons, Yolanda Stewart
Mastering Engineer
Colin Leonard
Mixing Engineer
Ethan Stevens, Thomas “Tillie” Mann
Recording Engineer
William “Bilz” Dougan
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