Abstract

Released: August 25, 2016

Songwriter: Abstract

Producer: Cryo Music

[Verse 1]
Took a lap through my hometown
Knowin' what I know now
Turns out you never really know what's up
Till it really goes down
Thinking about love I lost
Finish lines I crossed
I'ma back deck with a mind full of thoughts and a drink on the rocks
Everything that made me here, remember thinking 'bout a whole lot of maybes here
Month after month, song after song
Hopin' maybe this will be my year
But it all came together in the end
Thought it was a phase, then I turned it to a trend
Look at how I made beginnings off a couple different ends
These eyes seen a lot; I'm lookin' through a different lens
Moved to the city to do what I gotta do
Haven't stopped for a second, I've been steady makin' moves
Thought about what I'd say to a younger I
Say, "She ain't worth the time, but she'll be worth the lines," singin'

[Chorus]
Life is a battlefield, you don't have to cry (No, no, no)
Just keep your head up, the sun is drying your eyes (No, no, no)
Life is a battlefield, you don't have to cry (No, no, no)
Just keep your head up, the sun is drying your eyes

[Verse 2]
This a new day; this a brand new life
You ain't gotta ask how we did so right
Crack a brew, take a shot to a brand new vibe
Used to see rough roads; it's a brand new ride
Same old kid with a soul so lit that the whole damn world couldn't sleep on it
Present so present, living like a adolescent, but
Times I've seen had to add a couple lessons
Feelin' like a veteran when I hit the mic now (Now)
You ain't gonna get it if you don't by now (Nah)
Flex on anybody looking for the competition
Talk about another style, chance's I already did it
Your game ain't real, like you busy playing quidditch
You ain't with it, you in scrimmage; you ain't really makin' killin's
Send it to the last innin'
Are you down to run the play?
Tell anybody throwing shade, "The sun is on the way!"

[Chorus]
Life is a battlefield, you don't have to cry (No, no, no)
Just keep your head up, the sun is drying your eyes (No, no, no)
Life is a battlefield, you don't have to cry (No, no, no)
Just keep your head up, the sun is drying your eyes

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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