Abstract

Released: December 25, 2012

Songwriter: Abstract

[Intro]
Yeah, alright

[Verse 1]
Yeah, we out here, rappin' for the love of it
Love of it, ya feel it when I spit and go and take a hit
'Cause we was made for this
I need the lights, camera, action, bitch
Livin' for the moment, only did it all without a script
Didn't get no cosigns while I was spittin' dope rhymes
Calls to my conscious, son, I'm usin' up my lifelines
Kids comin' up in my town, now they all recordin' now
To claim that they been in it longer, that's some shit I won't allow
Contemplated suicide, for me this shit was do-or-die
Y'all started for fun, I started rappin' just to stay alive
When the heart inside me died, the love I had was crucified
Had to find another place where my emotions could lie
So I went straight to the paper
Told the old life I lived, "Take a life, and see you later"
Thank you music, you have been my savior

[Chorus]
Started with the pain, quickly turned to everything
The life I'm livin' now compared to last, it just don't feel the same
I won't complain, y'all all really love the change
Now these people bump my music who don't know my real name (my real name)
And that's a crazy feelin'
Friends say, "Stay humble," but I don't know how I'm dealin' (I'm dealin')
I can't lie, I want it all
When a chance gives me a ring, yo, I'm pickin' up the call (call)

[Verse 2]
I've picked up the pen, dropped all my negative friends
'Cause when it came to lookin' at my dreams, we had a different lense
Eliminate, I levitate, considerin' the person in the end
Yo, it all depends
Me, I'm movitated by the positivity, so I moved out of my circle
Found the circle that surroundin' me
Those who all believed that I could truly reach
The only thing I see when I'm deepest in my sleep
Yeah, but we still so small, workin' till the day that they say every word we lay is quotable
Yeah, and that's legendary
My dreams' so big that most these people 'round me find them scary
Thinkin' I ain't serious, but I ain't no Jimmy Carrey
Tryna show the world that the future is ours
They tryna shoot me down while I'm shootin' for the stars
Find me some day just a little past Mars

[Chorus]
Started with the pain, quickly turned to everything
The life I'm livin' now compared to last, it just don't feel the same
I won't complain, y'all all really love the change
Now these people bump my music who don't know my real name (my real name)
And that's a crazy feelin'
Friends say, "Stay humble," but I don't know how I'm dealin' (I'm dealin')
I can't lie, I want it all
When a chance gives me a ring, yo, I'm pickin' up the call

[Outro]
Started with the pain, quickly turned to everything
The life I'm livin' now compared to last, it just don't feel the same
I won't complain, y'all all really love the change
Now these people bump my music who don't know my real name
My real name, my real name
When a chance gives me a ring, yo, I'm pickin' up the call

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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