Released: February 18, 2015

Songwriter: Abstract

Producer: Cryo Music

[Verse 1]
Small town to the city lights
I remember planning, couldn't stand it, waitin' all my life
They said, "Hey, what you 'bout to be, you 'bout to see"
If I can get my letters right, I'll have your girl all on my D
Walking down Capitol, rolling incognito
Like it's Liverpool in '61 and I'm a Beatle
Came up from the mountains
Made the jump like I'm Knievel
Motherfucker, we will ride, better run and tell your people
L.O., hell no, I won't pay for promo, too dope
You know CSR gon' do it solo
Y'all be salty as Prosciutto
Till I pull up in a two door
Pocket level, I'm sumo
Dodo's can go so loco
And logos rep here to SoHo
Got my buzz up in Europe
Cali to New York they've heard us
They say our music inspires there's and I tell 'em, "Word up"
But damn, that's crazy to me
I'm kinda living my dream
I'm becoming the person they never said I could be

[Chorus]
Made of stardust, I'm going back to our roots
I'll be shinin' through the dark like I'm on the moon
Way up above the clouds, don't even need the allowed
Life will have me levels above what that weed allow
Once I get there, I ain't ever coming down
No, once I get there, I ain't ever coming down
On the ground for the moment, so I'm enjoying the moment
But give me that shot and like the bar I'm gon' own it

[Bridge]
Visions running through my mind
Dreaming of the other side
Where the lights shine bright
And limits know no hype
'Cause I've been busy tryna crack the code all night
Switchin' up equations but the lock stays tight
Seems like I be here for ages tryna get my mind right
Make sure every song's a hit till I hit the highlife

[Verse 2]
'Cause y'all done slept for ages
I got pages 'bout this shit
If I haven't started buzzin', best believe I woulda quit
Shouts to those who stood by from the rip
Y'all who knew I had a gift
Hangin' on the edge, some kept tellin' me to get a grip
While they grippin' on the bottle, I've been grippin' on the mic
Till I'm gripping on a model who say she about the life
I'm gon' live forever, every MP3's a piece of me
That's for worse or better, all these pieces, still no peace in me
What I used to see as trophies, I just see as trinkets
Writing tracks, do I underwork or overthink it?
When I get too up in my head, that's when I pour a drink in
Let the gravity of what I've done so far sink in
I'm on a roof, sittin', takin' in the city life
The stars I used to know are lost within the city lights
Gazin' through the night, I see one shinin' bright
As if it's telling me we're here to show the city light

[Chorus]
Made of stardust, I'm going back to our roots
I'll be shinin' through the dark like I'm on the moon
Way up above the clouds, don't even need the allowed
Life will have me levels above what that weed allow
Once I get there, I ain't ever coming down
No, once I get there, I ain't ever coming down
On the ground for the moment, so I'm enjoying the moment
But give me that shot and like the bar I'm gon' own it

Abstract

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.