Ayo talk, 6ix As soon as you played me joint I already knew Yo this fucking, Last Call shit And it got me hella excited 'cause I wanted to do like A Last Call, I remember the time I heard Kanye's I thought that shit was so tight I was like, man I'm tryna tell my story, you know I'm sayin' And uh, I remember Cole did it, when did he do it? He was on Friday Lights? Nah nah, he did it on The Up yo When he did the Last on the warmup I was like " I'm tryna do mine So since this got that vibe I'ma do my Last right now for y'all And my is messed up too, this is the last track of Young Sinatra
Yeah, Back in the day I wasn't shit, pinching I couldn't even pay the rent, homie Thinkin' it I'm wondering where the years went, homie Just a youngin' tryna survive, was hatin' on me I was that nine-to-five, I was waitin' homie I was bussin' fantasizin' 'bout cakin' homie Letting them slip away, my wasn't waitin' on me for anyone with ambition, calling anybody that'll listen I'm wishing all your dreams true, 'cause mine did And yeah, you I had to put that in the rhyme kit But that shit came from Not on the corner selling and smackin' dice (listen)
Someway somehow, I understood still If you want to come and get it you where to find me Cause I don't got no time for anyone who be me Know if they understand I'ma leave 'em behind me I'll be I got no time, no no I said I'll be I said I got no time, no, no, no
Yeah, I treat the beat it's my only son, my DNA And this that playeristic like we was in the eight in the day, I was young, broke and infamous A Sinatra, I was undeniable Who welcomed you to while Under Pressure And told you The Incredible Story of Bobby Tarantino And Everybody in the 85 Goddamn it good to be alive And all bitches that I passed up Couldn't witcha 'cause your hair was too gassed up Member with the gat, masked up
Goddamn it's kinda crazy to reminisce on all shit man it was like growing up. man, just, motherfuckers in and out of the crib, drugs, selling drugs, all types of stuff. Meanwhile, I was tryna keep it together, I was tryna make sense-sense of all this around me, I didn't how to take it, how to perceive it, you know I mean. And then meanwhile I'm supposed to be to school and getting good and shit, but I'm seeing like, domestic violence in my house, and just, so much on. And I'm everybody was probably like, damn, yo
Why little Bobby come to school today?" On the real, I was doin' to run away And that's the same reason kids join gangs day Cause wanna be accepted, but at home they too neglected Meanwhile, white america quick to him a thug But all he ever wanted was a father to him some love Tell him that he him, that he need him Promise he ever leave him Never crack, never lie, and he'll never beat him I feel like all my I been needing a break Looking at my family, I ain't make the same mistake And I know that shit sound fucked up but not all doin' great Oh my God please, can I a conversation with 'em? Member of my family without they hand out asking for G's To pay they bills or lawyer fees (huh) I learned something, I ain't giving a dime I'll give you something worth more, that's my I dropping stacks, I'm dropping knowledge Unless for my nieces and nephews to go to college And hit me on the phone, hit me up " Uncle Bob, you at? I know your pockets fat but I don't give a fuck 'bout that I'm we family" (uh) We a breed family, yeah, yeah, uh
Man see I remember I was like fifteen years old and my dad took me to the studio--I this is random I'm just to take you guys through it, right. And, I'll never forget it I had like eight rhyme tell you, he'll you man, I just, I went through them I was rapping for fifteen minutes straight. And was my first time yo, I was like tenth grade, in the studio, and I knew that was what I wanted to do. I it
I knew it since I first saw Kill Bill I been flowin' like that blood, Uma spill None other than the RZA, he did the soundtrack And I discovered Wu-Tang soon as I found that And then Big L, Mos Def, and Nas, ain't no turning back Couldn't change it if I tried, homie, how 'bout See I'm a student of the game, so simple and But I'ma to take it back to before I sat first class on a plane
I was in Park, right. I guess technically, if you wanna go before that, I was uh, I was in Germantown, uh no actually it was in Village, back in Maryland I was living in my basement. And shit happened, you know, she kicked me out, it was Christmas, whatever I you Genie. Anyway, so shit happened, and then I just it pushing. You know, I was homeless for a while, whatever, you know, I went, uh, I stayed at my house, Solomon, and I stayed at my Godparent's house, Jo and Bernie, I love ya'll. Uh, Mary Jo, I'm sorry back when I to smoke, I steal the shit out of your cigarettes, I love you, I'm sorry that. But, you remember, you would let me record, I'd always be in the attic or wherever I could so, I love you, I thank you for me there. But then, she was like, "you get the fuck outta here" too, a while, she gave me some time, but like, I was twenty old at this point. She was like, "nah, you gotta get the fuck outta and do something with your life. " And this was right around the time I opened my show ever for Killah man, in Gaithersburg, right in Old Town, the was insane, I'll never forget it, and where I met my boy Lenny, Big Lenbo, wassup! That's right man, we started kicking it and hanging, he lived in College park and I, before I knew it I was living him in his basement. And this is around the time I met 6ix, and 6ix was to the University of Maryland at the time, which is down the street. So I'd go to their dorm room, I remember there was I would just crash in the when we was making beats. We was all types of shit man, when we first got out we did the first Sinatra, and now we on the Young Sinatra that shit is crazy man. And I like, I used to quarters from Lenny just so I could go to the 7-11 to eat and he was like, "you why are you stealing, ask me bro," and I was supposed to get a job, I was sleeping in, uh, his on the couch, which is the cover to my first album, Under Pressure, out Cathy, shout out the Rosado family, all my brown people! We made it, crazy, but nah nah, listen, I'm getting of myself, I'm getting ahead of myself. So like, I was staying him and I was supposed to get a job, And he was like, " Yo, you gotta get a job bro. " were going so good with the music that we kinda stopped about it, it seemed like every week new was happening, and I sat him down one day and I was like, " Look bro, please, like, can you give me one year, like give me one year, man, let me put everything that year. And if I don't get it, it, I'll just submit, and I'll just it on society." And he was like, " Bro I'ma you one year, " and for one him, his family, all his homies, Benny, man! They took care of me, put, he put clothes on my back, he put food in my stomach, you he helped me with microphones, and recording, and yo, almost a year to the day bro, I signed to Def Jam. And my man, he was a surveyor, out there making sure all the get built, rain, snow, sleet, all shit for twelve years dawg! And I signed my deal I said, " that! Quit your job, moving to LA! " shit was crazy, so we get to LA, staying off Coldwater Canyon. Alta Mesa, in city man, and I'm going to the studio with No I. day, and like, shit is crazy. That's the time I met Cole, yo out Cole, that's my fucking boy. Big Sean, all these man that I met, it was crazy, Don Cannon, everybody. That's when I first met Kev, my engineer, what up Bobby? It was just like, was insane. I Young Sinatra Undeniable, and that was crazy, that was insane, 'cause was the first time
Me and my boys hit the road On the real you we went from zero to overload in front of the fans, they had their hands waving This is all I ever wanted, this is all I'm Me and my boy shot the game Two on a mission, shit ain't been the same ups and downs came around, had a lot of problems But no what happened you know we always solve 'em We always 'em, like
Man, kinda crazy thinking about it though. Like so has happened yo, and I mean shit, by the time are hearing this, I'm 28, I'm 27 I'm recording it. I mean right now I'm working on Bobby Tarantino, Ultra 85, Young Sinatra 4, and a bunch of other shit, man this is crazy! Acting, writing, like I'm so, I can't I'm here man, we grinded for so long, I for so long, yo. And motherfuckers hate you man, they try to make me bad about how I look, how I speak, how I rap, how I act, my race, my everything, they just hate you man, hate you when you in this position. But you let 'em, you can't let 'em, you let that shit get to you man. to persevere, continue to be the you you can be, 'cause I'm here now man, best friends. I got everything I ever want man, though you always want more deep down, and you got deep down, that's great, but fuck that shit, I'm so happy, I'm so man. So if you to this right now, no matter how old you are, how young you are, you on a school bus headed to get your education, or you driving from work pissed off at your boss, man, just please do what you want in life. So people, they always say, " Oh I would do but," or " I can't because," and you already fucking lost, lost, and I felt bad for person 'cause that will never make it. " I would, but I have the money," " I would, but I don't have the time," Fuck that, you do it man, you gotta do makes you happy, you live selfishly in that aspect. Stop about others, stop freaking out, just on yourself man, and own happiness, that's the realest thing. And that's all I can you, because you can't help anyone else you help yourself, you what I'm saying. So please, put the on first, like say on the airplane, cus', put your own motherfucking on, and go do it man. Go do it, just live your
I y'all, thank you so much for tuning in, uh, I hope enjoyed this Young Sinatra experience, I know I have. Uh, this is gon' be the last one tho, uh, this gon' be the one for sure. I'm coming back some fun, but, I don't know. I you guys! Ultra gonna be crazy! I crazy! Bobby Tarantino's gonna be that shit, whoo! We took 'em back with this bap, now we head to the future, we ain't scared, we make music for everybody, you know what I I love you, look at that accent coming out. I don't know why, every time I get on the mic that accent, go ahead cuh, job all day boy, you sound like Wale, back of neck. I y'all so much. Pack, yeah, yeah. Yeah!