july 7, 2021

this is the first song that i recorded that ended up on the project. i had initially said that about ‘telly,’ but i found some screenshots that proved me wrong, lol. nwts was produced by the ever-talented devin malik, mixed + mastered by the dependable phase, with vocal production from genius, henry was! this is the final single from this rollout & my project ‘nice’ drops at the end of july. sheeeeeeesh 🥲. this write-up may be lengthier because i haven’t decided yet if i’ll do one of these for the 5 other songs (so this may be my last chance to really talk some shit on here for a while lol.)

i’ve loved drake since the 4th grade; this song obviously references him a lot :-) however, the motivation behind writing it came from being annoyed with men who’ve tried to take credit for my career & success since i was a teen. fuck em, u know? i built my shit by myself; on soundcloud, doing covers, being a literal jack-of-all-trades. doing things, conceptualizing ideas that these niggas don’t even have the imagination to. if ya know, ya know i guess.

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sometimes, when i’m driving, i’ll play a beat over & over again & “write” to it that way (in reality i’m just depending on my memory and then sometimes voice-noting melodies). that’s how i wrote nwts. i was on my way to get my lashes done one evening and this kid i met at an isaiah rashad session sent me a beat that i figured i’d try out. and, boom. we both thought it was fire. then we made a whole ep together.

cover art by the exquisite kadine lindsay.

nwts (prod. devin malik) lyrics

voice-noted on 12/01/20 around 5 or 6 pm

i’m still me without you;

you ain’t made shit

self-made bitch

DIY, makeshift

buzz so big, i could sell a blank disc

bumping Nothing Was The Same; always on some Drake shit

i’m still me without you;

you ain’t made shit

self-made bitch

DIY, makeshift

buzz so big, i could sell a blank disc

bumping Nothing Was The Same; always on some Drake shit

oh, i think he like me

but i can’t do no pisces

i got cash in my Telfar

i got ash on my white tee

let me talk my shit, i been acting too politely

used to ball at thrift & now all my clothes are pricey

& i paid my dues

since them days in school,

since them payless shoes; 

i was way less cool

now i done bossed up

& it’s hard to hide

& i ain’t lost once

‘cause i take my time 

i’m still me without you;

you ain’t made shit

self-made bitch

DIY, makeshift

buzz so big, i could sell a blank disc

bumping Nothing Was The Same; always on some Drake shit

i’m still me without you;

you ain’t made shit

self-made bitch

DIY, makeshift

buzz so big, i could sell a blank disc

bumping Nothing Was The Same; always on some Drake shit

came up, that’s all me

stayed true, that’s all me

no help, that’s all me

all me, for real

blessings keep falling

money keep calling

ima keep balling

you know da deal

came up, that’s all me

stayed true, that’s all me

no help, that’s all me

all me, for real

blessings keep falling

money keep calling

ima keep balling

you know da deal

i’m still me without you;

you ain’t made shit

self-made bitch

DIY, makeshift

buzz so big, i could sell a blank disc

bumping Nothing Was The Same; always on some Drake shit

i’m still me without you;

you ain’t made shit

self-made bitch

DIY, makeshift

buzz so big, i could sell a blank disc

bumping Nothing Was The Same; always on some Drake shit