MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE-Ab-Soul/Lance Skiiiwalker

[00:00.000] 作词 : Herbert Anthony Stevens IV [00:00.324] 作曲 : Herbert Anthony Stevens IV [00:00.649][Part I] [00:00.913] [00:01.175][Intro: Ab-Soul & Lance Skiiiwalker] [00:01.713]Hey Herb, it's grandma [00:03.848]I found a scripture and I thought about you [00:06.880]It says, "For what shall it profit a man [00:11.755]If he should gain the whole world and lose his own soul?" [00:16.630]Mark 8:36, Herb, I'm prayin' for you, grandma loves you [00:23.323]I wrote this message especially for you (Ayy, man) [00:26.668] [00:26.933] [00:27.198] [00:27.448][Chorus: Ab-Soul] [00:27.698]First they love me, then they hate me, then they love me again [00:29.949]I'm scratchin' my head, I'm rubbin' my chin [00:31.980]This ain't the way it was supposed to be [00:33.839]Supposedly, I'm close to an end [00:35.433]Don't push me, I'm close to the edge, I'm no rookiе [00:38.448] [00:38.698][Verse 1 Ab-Soul & Lance Skiiiwalker] [00:39.198]What happens ahead is a leap of your faith [00:40.949]You need him to hеar what you see and see what you say [00:43.824]We gearing' up for somethin' major, you should stay in your lane [00:46.574]Tryna hydroplane in God's rain, amen [00:50.448]Just tryna fulfill prophecy properly [00:52.027]Sprinkle fronto on top of the broccoli [00:54.823]Gettin' high as we possibly can, I'm more than a man [00:57.823]That's why I left these holes in my hands [00:59.823]Hell yeah, I'm still quotin' myself [01:02.074]The soul is a spirit floatin' in the lyrics, guess I ghostwrote it myself [01:05.750]Gettin' loaded to the point I ain't controllin' myself [01:08.823]Couple grams and I'm on the 'Gram, trollin' myself [01:11.652]Ayy, get a hold of yourself, gotta get over myself [01:14.448]Message in a bottle ain't gon' open itself [01:17.323]I wrote this message especially for you [01:22.684](Ayy, let me hear that one [01:26.073]Now everybody get your hands up high [01:26.823]If you don't give a ****, get your hands up high) [01:29.323]I wrote this message especially for you [01:33.120] [01:33.386][Chorus: Ab-Soul] [01:34.448]First they love me, then they hate me, then they love me again [01:36.698]I'm scratchin' my head, I'm rubbin' my chin [01:38.818]This ain't the way it was supposed to be [01:40.936]Supposedly, I'm close to an end [01:42.286]Don't push me, I'm close to the edge, I'm no rookie [01:45.182] [01:45.448][Verse 2: Ab-Soul] [01:45.698]Ignore what you took me for (Uh-huh) [01:48.012]In the first place unless it's in first place (Yeah) [01:50.667]Worst case scenario, this shit stereo burial [01:53.699]You're very venereal, I'ma set you men straight (Soul) [01:56.449]Crooked letter O-U-L, real recognize real and I don't know you well [02:01.323]Yet and still, waters run deep, you better fill your pail (Yeah) [02:04.948]Your bucket'll get kicked the minute you inhale [02:07.699]And then you can admit you really live in hell [02:10.511]They should sift this on digital fish scale [02:13.323]D-O-P-E, that's slang for what I sling [02:16.072]Life's a dice game and me and [?] finna [?] [02:19.152]I'm busy rummagin' through government intel (Yeah) [02:21.249]Stayin' on top of the subject like a CC [02:24.654]This message in a bottle ain't gon' open itself (Nah) [02:27.171]That's hard, nigga, but you gotta think [02:33.607]You been gone like five or six years [02:35.170][Part II] [02:35.920][Intro: Ab-Soul & Joe Budden] [02:39.170]Has TDE missed on signing artists [02:43.294]Hold on, the people that they done signed been doin' great [02:45.920]What, what rap group has ever done that? [02:48.670]A miss by most standards, ours, no [02:53.545]The music industry prolly wouldn't say that they didn't hit with Ab-Soul [02:58.170]Yeah, yeah (Mac) [02:59.966] [03:00.232][Chorus: Ab-Soul] [03:00.498]First they love me, then they hate me, then they love me again [03:04.467]I'm scratchin' my head, I'm rubbin' my chin [03:07.138]This ain't the way it was supposed to be [03:10.468]Supposedly, I'm close to an end [03:11.530]Don't push me, I'm close to the edge, no rookie, bitch, I'm a vet' [03:15.295] [03:15.545][Verse: Ab-Soul] [03:15.795]Show some ****in' respect I'm sensitive, I just lost my best friend [03:19.412]My ego dead, I see no threat [03:22.208]A million clicks ahead of your penmanship [03:24.958]Shit, my first demo was on cassette, lil' nigga [03:29.458]Product of determination, I define the word amazing (Yeah) [03:34.833]Pastor Black Lip back on that shit [03:38.957]Don't come to altar call with an altercation [03:42.678]I've yet to perish, the meat can wait, uh [03:46.833]The Earth is Herbert's, you don't deserve her [03:49.707]I set the trap and you eat the bait [03:52.802]Who will last is a weak debate [03:55.082]I pray you find peace of mind, mental and physical health and wealth [03:59.333]Don't be deprived by nothin' or no one else [04:02.333]A moment with Soul sicker than takin' a ghost's picture [04:07.707]Save a frame on your shelf [04:11.207]'Cause I just saw myself seein' myself how I see myself [04:13.208]See for yourself [04:15.708]This message in a bottle ain't gon' open itself [04:17.990] [04:18.255][Outro: Ab-Soul & Joe Budden] [04:19.318]But, nobody else would say that [04:25.332]Yeah, the music industry would say [04:27.332](Ab is sick, his projects are sick) [04:29.177]Ab-Soul is eclectic, he is sick, he makes unique, different music [04:31.958]He don't really give a **** about none of that shit y'all talkin' 'bout [04:34.833]He just a different nigga