Long Story Short ft. Dwele
Black Milk
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But let me fast forward about 17 years
Take you back to the basics
Back to the basement
Hi-hats, snare drum, bassline, bass kicks
Recording the karaoke stereo to tape deck
Having fun with it, ain't worried about gettin' paid yet
Couple years passed, now, I want to get paid
And stepped up as an MC
Stepped up to the MP
Doin' beat CDs, gettin' better bruh
Listening to Pete Rock, Preemo, Dilla on the regular
I'm tellin' ya, couldn't tell me nothing till my ears determine
Learnin' how to get my sound as good as theirs, hell yeah
I'm about too add a little group then
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
Lasted 'bout 2 years
But it's more info
My kinfolk went on tour, roadie for Slum Vill'
He got a beat CD in the hands of Baatin
Didn't hear from 'em till they got back to Michigan
Got a phone call, "What up doe?"
"Come up to the studio, yo, we wanna hear mo'
So, I brought some mo' tracks and they picked a few of those
And made a little dough, then yo, I'm out the door
Is the story over?
Not really
Got "Trinitiy," "Dirty District," "Detroit Deli"
I'm thinking how can we fail?
Seen a whole 'nother level of the game
I done toured with D12
Fans wildin' out, hands raising in the pile
And Proof keep stage diving in the crowd
I can do this, I can get used to it, but
There's more facts
So, let me backtrack
To the B-rack, BR Gunna shit
Hoping we would run this shit
But it didn't work that way, hey
Young J and my nigga Fat Ray
Dirty District 2, things seemed okay
But it still ain't right
Things are moving in slo-mo
So, I'm thinking about going dolo
So, I had to go and go solo
Dough low
And I'm not feeling having low dough
Or close to having no mo'
So, I'm back to basics
So, I'm going back to the basement
I'm trying to make it
And I hope the crowd comin' with me
I'm grinding out, then, I made "Sound of the City"
I'm trying to show bruhs how this bruh do it
Tryin' to keep my buzz up, suited
My buzz in the underground stupid
Phone call from Fat Beats, who dis?
"Yo we trying to make you the newest artist on the roster"
Possibility, I'm bout too use this shit to make another outcome
Outdone
"Popular Demand" came out
And shout out to the fans that's been holdin' me down
Now, travellin' the world, gotta get 'em
What's next? Me and Hex on a mission for the competition
"Caltroit" out, what up to my nigga Bishop
Hold me down on the West Coast, laid out
Told him good lookin' out on the Dre shout
Hey, now, niggas trying to go and get paid now
Kill 'em on stage wow
The spotlight's not dimmin'
Fat Ray got, "The Set Up"
Share the spotlight with him
Critics saying I'm one of the dopest on the beats
Accolades in the page of the magazines
And that's only a little of what I've been given
Still can't believe that it's only the beginning