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Saweetie

Focus

Release date: 28th September 2017

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About This Track

Saweetie builds 'Focus' around a declaration of self-possession and clarity. The intro sets the tone with a statement of principle: integrity and reputation are non-negotiable. From there, she traces her own lineage and rise, naming her parents' influence and her own journey through education and experience, each detail grounding her confidence in something earned rather than assumed. The chorus distils the song's purpose: those small pressures, the noise, the doubts, the envy, they all sharpen her resolve. In the verses she moves between self-regard and a harder edge, addressing disrespect head-on and articulating a philosophy of dignity that refuses to bend. She speaks of being married to the game, of reading between the lines when praise masks resentment, of knowing she's doing something right when people love her out of hate. It's a track about the cost of visibility and the discipline required to stay unmoved by it.

"Focus" is a track by Saweetie, released 28th September 2017. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about Saweetie.

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Lyrics

Focus

[Intro]

All I have in this world is my balls and my word and I don't break 'em for no one, you understand?

[Verse 1]

Lookin' in the mirror and I'm liking what I see

Thought I told ya'll once before, can't nobody fuck with me

I was raised in B-A-Y but was made in S-A-C

Man the glo up been too real, bet y'all likin' what y'all see

Yeah, my mama is a soldier and my daddy is a G

When you put them two together, what you think that made me?

She had me at 17, made it work, she did her thing

Yeah, you did it, love you mama, look how I turned out to be

I did two years in Diego and did three at USC

That's a beauty, that's a beast, I bet her brain is so OD

Said a prayer to the Lord, keep me safe from enemies

Then I start losing friends, I thank God for clarity, uh

[Chorus]

Focused, keep me focused

All these little things man, they keep me focused

Focused, keep me focused

All these little things man, they keep me focused

[Verse 2:]

Any nigga play or disrespect me, he regret me, wish he kept me

People question how they lost me, make it hard, they can't forget me

Wasn't she with so and so? Now she out with who and who?

Niggas hate when you go do what they would do if they was you

I said I'm married to the game 'cause the blood that's in my veins

No, my father ain't no pimp but he taught me the pimp way

Can't no nigga disrespect you, keep these hoes up in they place

You know you doing something right when they love you out of hate

I said my father ain't no pimp but he taught me the pimp way

Can't no nigga disrespect you, keep these hoes up in they place

You know you doing something right when they love you out of hate

You see I read between the lines, I know yo' praise was really shade, nigga

[Chorus]

Focused, keep me focused

All these little things man, they keep me focused

Focused, keep me focused

All these little things man, they keep me focused

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