Ab-Soul — LTM

[Intro: Sample] I brought you something close to me And left with something new See through your head You haunt my dreams Nothing to do but believe Just believe [Verse: Ab-Soul] And please don't confuse me with dot, I'm different Long Term Mentality, still remember them cheap wood benches How could I ever forget, I never could get How niggas couldn't get up and get all they could get Man I done seen a thing or two of things that he or she will do To fit in with each other nitpicking at each other Killing each other, bringing each other down, crustations in a bucket Fuck it, roll your windows down in your bucket, play this loud Soul brother number fucking two, my time on these 1's and 2's I'm on this track like running shoes I dedicate this one to Cletus Anderson for working harder Than the average man, or bend over backwards for his family Doing whatever is you ask for him Shit, I know he fucking tired, he should be somewhere retired Still trying, bills still due and between me and you Until we get a mill, life smells like mildew [Hook: Ab-Soul and Pat Brown] Long term (This is long term!) Long term (I hope you studied, cause I'm thinking long term) Long term (I came, I saw, and conquered) Mentality, mentality, long term (And it's an honor) Long term (To share this with you, wait no longer) Long term (Mother fucker this is long term) Mentality, mentality, long term [Outro: Conversation] This situation is to relay how to make other people's lives Uh...(better) Better because of running into what you have to say (Exactly) Of them finding your words And they need to know this I've been doing this since ??? freestyle track That's probably like, what? 2002-3? Know what I'm saying? And I kept at it, I kept at it from there (And you're only) 24 I just turned 24, I just turned 24 it's crazy, know what I'm saying? So I dropped the -- you know, long term came out I dropped that finally Then I came back with the long term 2 shit they was like "oh!" That's kinda cool, that's kinda cool right there Then dot dropped the O.D. Kendrick dropped the O.D That shit was like (It went over everyone's head) Everyone's head (But they were still able to connect with it) Exactly (But it was like you hadn't heard this in a minute) It was like a rejuvenation (Exactly, exactly) Almost like, saved hip-hop And without preaching, none of y'all are trying to preach like You're the new cats but it's just -- you're not -- You didn't ever look at it like it was dead but you're bringing it Back (Exactly) You're bringing it back to life (Real shit) Then Q dropped the Setback shit and that shit was like You know what I'm saying? You know -- you already know Groovin' So Top -- Top talk to me like you know... You gotta go ahead and try sell something I'm thinking to myself it's a little too early for me to try and sell I'm still fresh but he said you need to go and try it out Everybody else selling I gotta do long term something nigga I don't care what it is But that's your brain, long term is your brain I didn't want to do long term 3 yet until I'm rich That's what long term 3 is about, being rich So -- I'm like you know (Damn, okay) So this is kinda, you know, just kinda like a -- I wanted it to serve As like a summation of what long term is about What it really meant Know what I'm saying (You a cool cat) I mean fuck I'm on tour now dog I'm in Minneapolis, dog (People know you) You know what I'm talking 'bout? I'm in Minneapolis bruh, cold as fuck people know who I am over Here bruh I'm on tour with murderers right now, paid dudes too Like what the fuck is going on? (That's long term!) You are the paid dude, he just said it by putting you on it (Soul!) [Outro: Skit] People talk about a soul To me what we call soul -- the highest expression of ourselves Is pure love I don't care who you are, what your background is what you've Done I don't care if you're Henry Kissinger or George Bush Or David Rockefeller or the Queen of England or any of these Guys that have been manipulating the world and still are At that level of yourself, you're pure love Everyone is but you can become disconnected from that level And manifest in that disconnection anything but pure love But that's what we all are, all of us