Abstract

Released: August 7, 2012

Songwriter: Abstract

Producer: Cryo Music

[Intro]
Shadows settle on the place, that you left
Our minds are troubled by the emptiness
Destroy the middle, it's a waste of time
From the perfect start to the finish line
And if you're still breathing, you're the lucky ones
'Cause most of us are heaving through corrupted lungs

[Verse 1]
Yeah, she's young and she thinks that she knows most
Spend daddy's money on all her drugs
But yo, that's the right thing to do
'Cause all your friends gon' do it too
No question, they gon' laugh at you
If you ain't high off daddy's loot
So you go to school, lookin' so damn cute
But the man you choose always say, "Deuces"
A guy who's tryin' to catch your eye
Who probably can treat you right
He text you almost every night
But you're busy workin' out a fight
With the two shoes in it for your bod
But you worship him like he's a god
You think that that's okay because
It looks the same with your dad and mom
She just from a broken home
And she don't know different to help
'Cause if the present isn't changed
History gon' repeat itself
He beats her, but she beats herself
Thinkin' it's her fault he want someone else
He's trapped her in a web of lies
A stream of tears should be his cries
And I know you all are askin' why
But we seen it happen a thousand times
When we act as if we fuckin' moms
Won't try to be calm when we see the sign
She a victim of popularity
These days, ain't much of a rarity
She don't know any different
She's scared to be out there livin' free

[Chorus]
We are the reckless
We are the wild youth
Chasing visions of our futures
One day we'll reveal the truth
That one will die before he gets there

[Verse 2]
Months go on and it's all the same
A little love with a lot of pain
When she text him, gets back, "What's your name?"
She realizes he don't feel the same
She just another girl to him
A contact name on a list of friends
Just another way to hit and win
Ain't sure what 'ere to sink and swim
So she decides to go begin a life independent of him
But she's feelin' lonely now, so she ain't sure she'll ever win
She used to go out every night but now she do the opposite
Wonder if it's worth it just to get back with a man
He was a key to popularity; she's lost all of her plans
She just wants somebody who will take the time to understand
Why her head is in her hands
Tears fall from the place she stand
She just wanted some romance
And then they gave up all she can
So one day she decides
She's gonna text back who was always there
But he ain't textin' back
So all she can do now is sit and stare
But she don't know he's given up
'Cause it took her too long to care
The pain of watchin' her lose herself
Was just too much for him to bear

[Chorus]
We are the reckless
We are the wild youth
Chasing visions of our futures
One day we'll reveal the truth
That one will die before he gets there

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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