Abstract

Released: April 25, 2013

Songwriter: Abstract

Producer: Cryo Music

[Verse 1]
Fake ID, but they know name
A lotta rappers, we ain't the same
We headed up, and your girls are down
You run your mouth, but we run the town
Way's been going crazy
Working too hard lately
Been getting kinda famous, but someone is yet to pay me (yeah)
Still, I'ma grind like everyday
I'ma rhymes in every way
Teams been coverin' the globe
That's what I call "with the state"
You say you don't like it (like it)
Why you tryna to fight it? (fight it)
You ain't ever live the dream, homie, you should try it (yeah)
'Cause I got some dope fans all overseas
UK to the Philippines
Craig got Scotland rockin'
So we worldwide with that A-Team
Bars been locking down the States
NY to them Golden Gates
Son, we way to global to be stressin' 'bout that local hate

[Drop/Chorus]
Throw the bass up!
Throwin' up them A, A, A's

[Verse 2]
So we be ridin' in infamy now
Haters be yellin', serenity now
Keepin' it real, the team know the deal
Soon in the venues and sellin' 'em out
How? 'Cause I don't drop bars, and I drop prisons
Got no dreams, I just got visions
Got some targets I been hittin'
'Cause I got a track for every feeling
Every problem that you dealing with
Electro to acoustic
Guarantee that I can make it hit
Ain't trying to die, no John Doe
Unless his last name Lennon, though
Put us on the map, 'cause we just tryna be some legends, yo
Never had to fake it, but I'm feeling like the greatest
And when we hit them stages, know I feel we 'bout to make it
Feel my life's an MVP, never could I trade it
Think I'm livin' how I'm meant to be
Look what I created

[Drop/Chorus]
Throw the bass up!
Throwin' up them A, A, A's

Growing up in New Jersey, Luke Terkovich, otherwise known as Abstract, was involved with music at an early age. Learning how to play piano, electric guitar, and the drums were Luke’s first involvement with music — and he did it all before 6th grade. With a move across country from New Jersey to Jackson, Wyoming, the distance between learning and playing new instruments got larger. It wasn’t until several years later that Luke began to mess around with freestyling during his high school years spent at Jackson Hole High. Evolving his newly found musical expression into Raised in Jackson, WY, Abstract is known for his immense musical versatility and affinity for providing uplifting music for a turbulent world. With a knack for storytelling, he provides introspective motivation to all who take the time to dive into his work. Notably known for his remix of Ruth Bs Lost Boy “Neverland” which has garnered hundreds of millions of plays on YouTube, his work with Drumma Battalion and Roze, and his 2016 album Something to Write Home About. He heads a collective known as “A Team Worldwide” 5 musicians from 4 different countries. Producers Drumma Battalion of Norway, Blulake of Sweden, Cryo Music of Scotland, and Abstract. Coming off his first overseas tour with YONAS, the ATWW collective is gearing up to drop Abstracts new album/experience late summer 2018.writing detailed lyrics, he began to find that he could vent the stresses of his everyday life through creating music. Slowly progressing through the years of his new town where he calls home; balancing school, life, and music developed Luke to become Abstract.

Trying to find his sound was a young teenager who just looked to get something written down and then translated into music, and eventually rap. Still in his caterpillar stage of metamorphosis was a young Abstract who released his first ever collection of songs, properly named The Dream.

In 2012, through YouTube, Abstract met Craig McAllister, a producer from Glasgow, Scotland. During that period, Abstract was in the midst of working on On My Own Time and was the first time Craig showed up with Abstract. Afterwards, the duo started to mesh extremely well and produced the five projects, Under Lights & Microscopes, A Life To Live By, Dreaming With Eyes Open, The Science Of Feeling Tall, and We Are The Artist.

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