Russ

Released: June 12, 2013

Featuring: John Anthony (Rap)

Songwriter: John Anthony (Rap) Russ

Producer: Russ

[Intro: Russ]
Yeah

[Chorus: Russ]
Wake up feeling like you need to getaway
Smoking, drinking, hoping for some better days
Stay down, stay down, stay down (Yeah)
Wake up feeling like you need to getaway
Smoking, drinking, hoping for some better days
Stay down, stay down, stay down

[Verse 1: Russ]
Open up your mind when I speak
Drink up, stop asking me for weed
It's gone be a long ride if you're tryna go that way (That way)
You robbing me of my no sympathy
My card's the bat cape so let me entertain you with my riddles
You're a dime but you associate with niggles
Selling quarters, you're pinching for a fucking penny
I'm feeling fickle
About even fucking with you a little (Damn)

[Bridge]
But we're still just cruising
I might be winning but you're still losing (Damn)
The fuck I'm gon' do?
The fuck you gon' do?
But we're still just cruising
I might be winning but you're still losing (Damn)
The fuck I'm gon' do?
The fuck you gon' do?

[Chorus: Russ]
Wake up feeling like you need to getaway
Smoking, drinking, hoping for some better days
Stay down, stay down, stay down (Yeah)
Wake up feeling like you need to getaway
Smoking, drinking, hoping for some better days
Stay down, stay down, stay down (Yeah)

[Verse 2: John Anthony]
Yeah, yeah
Hey y'all ain't from me in a year and I'm sorry (Sorry)
I ain't had a bet in a year
And that's probably another reason why depression keep on killing me softly, yeah
'Talkin to this taxer, he's telling me that I'm godly, yeah
Say he's mistaken, he's inches away from breaking the calm
Inches away from breaking past that moment of silence
[?] chrome and an iron, highest prison population
Instagramming with Davis, shoot a porno on Vevo
Ain't no different than banging
Making quarters with Cee-Lo's
We on the 3 like Kevin Durant
An ounce of this devilish plant
And enough Whitney to call Nino minor
Girls Love Beyonce, fuck it, Girls Love Beyonce
I'm in love, it's feels like diamonds and bitter coffee
Smoking on yesterday's diamonds while thinking I'm godly
While she mumbles how I wasn't a God who tumbled Goliath
I just

[Chorus: Russ]
Yeah
Wake up feeling like you need to getaway
Smoking, drinking, hoping for some better days
Stay down, stay down, stay down (Yeah)
Wake up feeling like you need to getaway
Smoking, drinking, hoping for some better days
Stay down, stay down, stay down (Yeah)

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.

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