This track was actually born out of a hook that I wrote for another artist who ultimately passed on it, but I loved too much to throw away. I made a few slight lyrical tweaks and wrote the verse, and voila! It’s mine now. I cut this in my home studio by myself, which is usually where I’m most comfortable and give myself the most time to think of clever bars (“gotta keep my circle small ‘cause I got trust issues/these squares’ll talk that talk and then switch up and diss you”). I tend to keep a safe distance from people because I’ve moved around so much in my life, so from a pretty young age I learned to not get too attached. The song is about burying myself in my work in order to stay emotionally detached, and just kinda embodies my edgy loner vibe.
lyrics
Involved
[Chorus]
Everybody talking that talk, I ain’t getting involved
Opps wanna see me fall, I’m just stacking my money real tall
It get hard when your feelings get involved
So I keep a hard heart and I always play it off
I’m just stacking my money real tall, stack it taller than Lebron
If I don’t do nothing Ima ball, when I’m in the stu I ain’t taking no calls
It’s hard trusting people with your heart
So I love ‘em from afar and I hardly get involved
[Verse]
Gotta keep my circle small ‘cause I got trust issues
These squares will talk that talk to you, then switch up and diss you
When I’m all alone with my thoughts I wonder what I’m missing
I just dropped something at the mall but I don’t feel nothing different
Naw, these things won’t keep my company
Name brand keep me comfortable, and I’m in love with luxury
But I can’t love no company ‘cause it can’t give no love to me
Sound just like everybody I meet, I been on my grind since dungarees
Please, now they tryna creep back
Into my life, I don’t need that. Y’all ain’t talking money, that’s cheap chat
Riding ‘round the city with my seat back, Bimmer sitting low like a meerkat
Had a bitch say I wouldn’t be shit back in highschool, bet you wish you could delete that
[Chorus]
Everybody talking that talk, I ain’t getting involved
Opps wanna see me fall, I’m just stacking my money real tall
It get hard when your feelings get involved
So I keep a hard heart and I always play it off
I’m just stacking my money real tall, stack it taller than Lebron
If I don’t do nothing Ima ball, when I’m in the stu I ain’t taking no calls
It’s hard trusting people with your heart
So I love ‘em from afar and I hardly get involved
credits
from Blue Planet,
released October 29, 2022
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