Abstract

Released: August 7, 2012

Songwriter: Abstract

[Intro]
Steve Jobs: You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is gonna fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do

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[Verse 1]
Catch me spittin' in all black, this very beat that I attack
There's a funeral after that, real life, this ain't no chit-chats
So get back or fall flat, the game, my name in all caps
Yeah, homie, I'm after that, from nowhere and now I'm on the map
A-B-S-T-R-A-C-T, bitch, you know it's Abstract
You're dream guy up in the skies, can't be denied, I'm all that
Here we go, now on the road, now gettin' on all on my own
No cosigns, no co-rhymes, this path I paved was all mine

[Chorus]
Round my hometown
Memories are fresh
Round my hometown
Ooh, the people I've met
Are the wonders of my world
Are the wonders of my world
Are the wonders of this world
Are the wonders now

[Verse 2]
So now I'm on the grind like all the time
Can't stop now, it's go time
They said I wouldn't last, and now they stand behind
Ain't it funny how it goes?
You raise your goals when you're so close
So you never really reach your own bar, that's how you get far
They askin' when I'll get there, I proceed to ask them, "Get where?"
There's a long road in front of me, I'm not sure if I am prepared
But I'll try my best with this whole test and someday I know I'll be up next
Ain't sayin' I'm the best, but there's passion inside my chest
Yeah, I started rappin' just to fix a broken heart
Now I got these people clappin' 'cause they say I fixed a broken heart
That's that realness in the music that these fakes ripped apart
We gotta backtrack a little, take rap back to the start
That's that real shit
Tell me, do you feel it?
Sometime we need a break from bitches, money, and trail whips
Yeah, my music is the story of my life
Let you know I lived, 'cause I won't get to do it twice

[Chorus]
Round my hometown
Memories are fresh
Round my hometown
Ooh, the people I've met
Are the wonders of my world
Are the wonders of my world
Are the wonders of this world
Are the wonders now

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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