Released: January 24, 2012

Featuring: Dartlin Bugus

Songwriter: Bugus Dartlin Russ

Producer: Russ

[Intro: Russ]
Why's my mind so dope?
Woah, and why?

[Verse 1: Russ]
Okay, I'm traveling
Through this world unraveling
Pieces of sequence so please don't speak unless you have a ring
Gotta get it 'cause you said it wouldn't happen
Whole lotta thoughts and I turn 'em into action
Cooked up a plot, changed it with passion
Look what I got, look what I'm asking for
I'm feeling cursed with the drive to be after more
So I flirt with life, let it catch the door
Hurt her proud, I don't have remorse
Let her know her dad so I'm at the morgue
So bounce, bounce, home of the brave
Land of the free but my bones are the slave
Planning to leave 'cause I'm roaming with rage
Plan of the [?], that's gone float me away

[Chorus: Russ]
They never listen, ha-la-la-la-lalala
[?], ha-la-la-la-lalala
They never listen, ha-la-la-la-lalala
[?], ha-la-la-la-lalala
They never listen, ha-la-la-la-lalala
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They never listen, ha-la-la-la-lalala
[?], ha-la-la-la-lalala

[Verse 2: Russ, Bugus]
Yeah, met a girl one time too many
Lights flash and cup full of Henny
White sand, night full of action
Jump ship, front flip, right in my lap and
Wiggling, giggling, tickle me down
Please don't be fickle, I trickle the sounds
Sizzle the ground with the riddles I found
Fiddle with middles 'til no ones around
Keys to my city like no ones around
Jesus, my city be holding it down
When it get into me until infinity
Eat the vicinity, rolling a pound
See, no one is killing me now
We smoke like a chimney now
I feel like it's ten of me
So full of energy, enemies loving my sound (Ha)

[Chorus: Russ]
They never listen, ha-la-la-la-lalala
[?], ha-la-la-la-lalala
They never listen, ha-la-la-la-lalala
[?], ha-la-la-la-lalala
They never listen, ha-la-la-la-lalala
[?], ha-la-la-la-lalala
They never listen, ha-la-la-la-lalala
[?], ha-la-la-la-lalala

[Verse 3: Dartlin]
Try to free my mind (Try to free my mind)
As we speed through town (As we speed through town)
Wake me up, I can't sleep through life
One minute you're young, the next you die
Appreciate the minutes you're living because it's ticking
Don't sit around and wonder why
Gotta just go out there and get it
All these things sitting on my mind
Tryna slow it down so we go around
With the windows up and we blow it down
When the temp goes up we roll them down
Let the smoke flow and the hope grow
Hard times got holes like I'm holy now
Change ways, change your grade
Still pray but the pain stays
It's a cold game but we still play, uh

[Chorus: Russ]
They never listen, ha-la-la-la-lalala
[?], ha-la-la-la-lalala
They never listen, ha-la-la-la-lalala
[?], ha-la-la-la-lalala
They never listen, ha-la-la-la-lalala
[?], ha-la-la-la-lalala
They never listen, ha-la-la-la-lalala
[?], ha-la-la-la-lalala
They never listen, ha-la-la-la-lalala
[?], ha-la-la-la-lalala
They never listen, ha-la-la-la-lalala
[?], ha-la-la-la-lalala
They never listen, ha-la-la-la-lalala
[?], ha-la-la-la-lalala
They never listen, ha-la-la-la-lalala
[?], ha-la-la-la-lalala

[Bridge: Russ]
Why's my mind so dope?
Woah, and why?

[Chorus: Russ]
They never listen, ha-la-la-la-lalala
[?], ha-la-la-la-lalala
They never listen, ha-la-la-la-lalala
[?], ha-la-la-la-lalala
They never listen, ha-la-la-la-lalala
[?], ha-la-la-la-lalala
They never listen, ha-la-la-la-lalala
[?], ha-la-la-la-lalala

Russ

Russell Vitale is a rapper from Atlanta, Georgia, by way of New Jersey. A lifelong fan of rap, Russ began writing raps in his notebook at the age of 7. At 14, he began making beats, producing for his friend Bugus who had dreams of making it as a rapper. In high school, Russ made the decision to also pursue a career as a rapper himself.

Between 2011 and 2014, Russ released 11 mixtapes. These received minimal attention, and Russ decided to wait to release his debut album until he had enough of an audience. What followed was 96 consecutive weekly singles released to his SoundCloud page. Two notables among the slew of singles were “What They Want” and “Losin Control,” both of which ended up being certified 2x Platinum by the RIAA.

On May 5, 2017, Russ released his debut album There’s Really A Wolf, which spawned 7 singles with Gold certification or higher and was certified Platinum within a year of its release. A year later, his sophomore project ZOO came to be on September 7, 2018, this time opting to enlist external producers and featured artists. Then, at the end of January 2020, he dropped his long-awaited SHAKE THE SNOW GLOBE album, where he talks about love, haters and his wealth.