
Date of issue: 03.09.2020
Age restrictions: 18+
Song language: English
Family Tree |
Think about where all your inspiration |
Comes from, is he from your generation? |
If he’s not I’m sure you probably hate it |
But ask yourself, would you have even made it? |
If it wasn’t for him |
And everybody else before him |
And before him |
And before him |
'Cause you would never make it |
If it wasn’t for him |
And those before him |
And before him |
And before him (Haha) |
Yeah, yeah |
I am AK, I am not the next Em |
But everybody telling me that I’m the next him |
But understand there will never be a next Em |
You’ll probably twist my words and say I don’t respect him |
I always preach to keep it real so I’m about to now |
Em did not influence me 'cause I was not allowed |
To listen to 'em, my parents said I was just a child |
I wondered why and I look back and I got it now |
My young mind back then probably wasn’t ready |
To hear the shit that he talked about, they said he was too edgy |
I couldn’t listen to anything, younger me he was begging |
I couldn’t wait to hear the song about his momma’s spaghetti |
His influence on me was indirect |
'Cause I was listening to Hopsin, I was obsessed |
I come to find he was the same way when it came to Em |
That’s when it hit me this culture’s a family tree |
And this shit affects the whole game |
From the beginning 'til I’m hitting old age |
'Cause even after when I’m gone, kids come up with more flames |
And artists feed the industry with songs that bring 'em more rage |
'Cause they just hate the fact the era of sound’s evolving |
But where would they be? |
If it wasn’t for him |
And everybody else before him |
And before him |
And before him |
'Cause you would never make it |
If it wasn’t for him |
And those before him |
And before him |
And before him (Haha) |
Once Cole became my idol I was looking for his |
Found out Nas was the reason that he did what he did |
So I was looking up his classics try’na find all his hits |
To see what spoke to Cole, so I could grow even though I was a kid |
Illmatic still classic, I feel that shit |
Even though it dropped five years before the world had me |
Shit was blessing the next king of this real rap shit |
I don’t hate the new generation though I love it |
Let’s make that clear, happy I got it off of my chest |
Now the truth is out |
Look, already I can see all the fans that I’m losing now |
Just because I fuck with Pump, Roddy Ricch and Lil' Uzi sound |
If you don’t like it then don’t listen |
It’s simple I’m cruising 'round in the Civic |
Just wondering on how it’d be if they listened |
They’d see that they got it twisted and all these kids they been dissin' all |
this time have been gifted |
I’m just minding my business |
Shit I’m blind to the situation |
I plead the fifth |
The old must respect the new |
The new must respect the old |
If you a youngin' coming up but you’ve been hating on what’s old |
Do your homework, learn the game, watch the way this shit’s evolved |
Without the old, your biggest idol? |
You would never even known |
If it wasn’t for him |
And everybody else before him |
And before him |
And before him |
'Cause you would never make it |
If it wasn’t for him |
And those before him |
And before him |
And before him (Haha) |
Name | Year |
---|---|
Now I'm Forever | 2018 |
Top Of The World | 2020 |
Good Thing | 2020 |
Nun Uh Dis ft. AK | 2018 |
Like I Got It | 2019 |
Why ft. Dopesmoke, DRIPZ | 2024 |
Life Like This | 2018 |
Let Loose | 2020 |
Danger Hill ft. Dimzy, Monkey, AK | 2021 |
Rock Bottom | 2022 |
Closed Off | 2020 |
No Way | 2020 |
Smoke Squad ft. AK | 2020 |
SILENCE IS VIOLENCE | 2020 |
Why Would I? | 2019 |
Don't Look Down | 2018 |
Highway) ft. AK, Belo (Do Or Die) | 2013 |
Go Away | 2018 |
Selfish | 2018 |
Antidote | 2020 |