Abstract

Released: August 28, 2015

Songwriter: Abstract

Producer: Blulake

[Intro: Rita Braver & Heather Mac Donald]
The exhibit presents graffiti in the context of art. You're suggesting that this isn't art
It is vandalism, it is an appropriation of the public's space or somebody's private property without permission. And nobody has a right to do that

[Bridge: James Bay]
I'm halfway gone
Sleepless, I'm battle worn
You're all I want
Bring me the dawn

[Verse 1: Abstract]
I been up for five days tryna make the grind pay
We just made a project in a month, word to Blulake
"Neverland" just hit a milli, tell me why I'm underrated
Lookin' like we did it but I swear to God we haven't made it
I'm still spittin' to a mic that's in the corner of my room
My parents asking where the money at, I said it's coming soon
Hope to God I told the truth
Hope y'all got me on the move, there's only so much I can do
I ain't all about the money but you know I gotta live
I release my shit for free there's only so much I can give
And this about to be the ninth project that I did
Y'all can hate, but hope you know I done the work to get to this
Good to see us doing numbers
Word to Blulake, Craig, and Drumma
They ain't ready for us
'Bout to turn this to our summer
If they sleepin', snatchin' up alarms
Pluggin' in the numbers
Why they blind to the shit?
I don't know, I Stevie Wonder

[Chorus: James Bay]
I need the sun to break
You've woken up my heart
I'm shaking, oh
My luck could change
Been in the dark for weeks
And I've realized you're all I need
I hope that I'm not too late
I hope I'm not too late

[Verse 2: Abstract]
I'm only tryna live off what I live for
I know that's the damn dream; I know I don't need more
'Cept for another heart that I can call my own
Put that shit together, I think I could make a home
'Cause I put these words together like it's all I've ever known
But I'm yet to get the cheddar that I know that I been owed
I do this 'cause I love it, you know it keeps me alive
And always known I wasn't made to work a nine to five
Nah, I'm more a nine to nine
Dreamed about it back in '99
Back seat of my parents ride
Thinkin' music was the life
Hear a couple notes, somethin' inside you comes alive
Never had to learn it, it's universal to the mind
What a ride
Now I'm moving to a universal grind
Never lied
Couple people hate me for a couple lines
I don't mind
Seen the way I'm making hooks and throwing lines, doing fine
These days I got bigger fish to fry

[Outro: James Bay]
I need the sun to break
You've woken up my heart
I'm shaking, oh
My luck could change
Been in the dark for weeks
And I've realized you're all I need
I hope I'm not too late
And I hope I'm not too late
And I hope I'm not too late

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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