Digital Single • 2024
Keep the Pen Closer
Released on June 6, 2024
Being an artist with a dream is hard. Promoting yourself is even harder — especially while receiving constant hate from people you’ve never met, alongside the absence of support from those you hold closest. In moments like that, you’ve gotta keep the pen closer. Write down what’s on your mental, even if it turns friends off. Featuring J.O.W.Y.
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Tick tock, tick tock Time clicking as the hate comes in On TikTok every minute is another comment And every joke they crack is at my expense Haters' mission to make me feel like I wasted my dollars and cents on this promotion Now they're kind of right 'Cause my wallet is looking empty And so is my bank of common sense I hope it fills up quickly so I can make decisions To give up on chasing fame And do something that can fulfill me I thought my ambition made me attractive But singing shit in my closet made me less interactive It's crazy how it had the opposite effect And I can feel my affect depressing every time my pen is active But I'm still taking time writing this It puts me in a state of bliss I can always reminisce Reception that they gave to the kid Whether it's hatred or clapping or patronizing Nigga ain't nothing changing Sometimes it's so obnoxious to fight For your dreams, for the team For the people you really care for Feelings you bottled up Gotta release themselves at some point Corny as that shit is Truth of the matter is I'm right So you better just keep your friends close Keep the pen closer Write down what's on your mental Even if it turns friends off Man, I've been turning friends off Asking them to catch up Cause I've been on that next stop I'm usually patient but somebody up and stole my bison So I'm about to bend the air of the next Opp Release, release I'm a metaphor of Mozart like Fur Elise They want me PG-13 But I'm thinking bigger Next Indy legend, Stephen Payne Caitlin Clark and Roy Hibbert They don't like my sports metaphors Our egos are the same Secretly you thinking yours matters more I really afraid to clash Cause if I take an L I'm the reason you finally passed your max But the world's got room for more than one hero Lying to us that there's only room for zero Paywalls that end game Snapping half dinero If your life's a movie too I can film the B-Roll Hey, I pick my pen over friends and swords (I pick my pen over friends and swords) I pick my pen over friends and swords (I pick my pen over friends and swords) I pick my pen over friends and swords (I pick my pen over friends and swords) Cause if I'm being fucking real That's the only thing I can afford Sometimes it's so obnoxious to fight For your dreams, for the team For the people you really care for Feelings you bottled up Gotta release themselves at some point Corny as that shit is Truth of the matter is I'm right So you better just keep your friends close Keep the pen closer Write down what's on your mental Even if it turns friends off