Released: March 27, 2020

Songwriter: VIC MENSA

[Verse]
Still Alive I tell you niggas a million times
This a F.A.Q, fuck all your questions
"What's up with all the weapons? Can you stop gettin' arrested?" Please forgive me, I know not who's kid I affected, we might get hit with the R.I.C.O my niggas just that reckless
Had threesomes in Sweden with Four Seasons, 'way I run it up, think I need me an orthopedist
I'm salsa like Uncle Remus, the brain was so cold I had to keep on the Moncler Genius
What up to Cory (Levis?) (....) Fresh Goods, convos with Rick Owens, Vivienne Westwood
Mensah, Mansa Musa, present, past and future, fans say "you've been missing" I say "that's Bermuda"
Pack a Ruger 'cause the shooter be the man who knew ya, on my block, shorties turn Stone like a Black Medusa
Pussy niggas tried put a hit on me, I matched that 50 piece
Started a dispensary, I'm a different breed
I really got niggas faded, could've been smoked for a pound like Dare, make me feel guilty I made it
Talk to James on the phone daily, he 26 in Dixon, they don't want him out 'till he turn 80
That's why I ain't patriotic, leave that to Tom Brady
Show in Dublin and I get Irish cream nigga not Baileys
Rasied in shark infested waters were it's next to lawless, stary shots make you a Black carcouse like Maxine Waters, or leave you crippled no Calvin Broadus
Sons and daughters never meet their fathers, they look up to rappers and ballers
I stopped hanging with artist they don't meet my standard, we all in designer y'all just cut from a cheaper fabric
What up to Virgo, Kirkby, Jerry, I came outta no where like I was the first son of the virgin Mary
Lunch with (Lena Waithe?), Silver Lake, Bellini sofa, dinner dates Pacific Palisades flippin' real estate
Kerry James Marshall level of mastry, I started a lot of waves watch niggas jump on it like Apache
All I ask is credit when it's due, they cut their theet trynna compare to you, start eatin' and embarrass you
Scorpian and a frog parable, niggas gon' tear you down because it's in their nature to, it's terrible

VIC MENSA

Vic Mensa is a rapper from Chicago, Illinois. He released his first project, the Straight Up EP at age 16 and was previously a member of the indie group Kids These Days. He also founded Chicago hip hop collective SAVEMONEY with Chance The Rapper.

Following the disbandment of Kids These Days, Mensa went solo and released INNANETAPE in 2013. The tape was met with positive reviews as critics praised Mensa’s ability to sing, rap and meld genres.

“Down On My Luck” brought Vic Mensa into the global spotlight, earning praise from established fans and new listeners alike.