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Legacy was released on September 28, 2018 by Def Jam Recordings as a part of the album YSIV

Song Details

AlbumYSIV

Release DateSeptember 28, 2018

LabelDef Jam Recordings

LanguageEnglish

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM87

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Logic

Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Jamahal Osley

Songwriter

Joshua Portillo

Joshua Portillo

Songwriter

Vita Jutsen

Songwriter

Sir Robert Bryson Hall II

Sir Robert Bryson Hall II

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Sunny Norway

Producer

Robert Campbell

Robert Campbell

Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer

Tyler Gordon

Assistant Mixing Engineer

Karl Wingate

Assistant Mixing Engineer

Matt Dyson

Assistant Mixing Engineer

Gabe Burch

Assistant Mixing Engineer

NAZ

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

You

You-you-you-you-you

Uh, you-you

[Verse 2]

How do you want to be remembered?

For bein' rich?

Yeah

Yeah, uh

[Verse 3]

Visions of seein' myself as someone different

Reality got me feelin' indifferent

I'm liftin' this weight off my shoulder

Behold, the older I get

I reload the clip and sip on somethin'

I feel good for nothin'

All my glory days behind me or beyond me

I'm foldin' like origami

My table's turnin' like interior decorators

Levels like elevators

These haters got me questionin' my judgement

Tried by a jury of my peers, but where the judge went?

What will my legacy be?

Who will my enemy be?

In due time as I write this rhyme, I don't know

Flash before my eyes, yeah, uh

[Verse 4]

And on my deathbed, what will I say as I pray?

And reminisce of another day, uh

I came from nothin', a child born in poverty

Went to college to gain knowledge so they would acknowledge me

Honestly, I got a good job

I found a woman, made her my wife

But spent more time at work so we could have a stable life

And when my son was born, I had to work even harder

Before I knew it, now my wife was givin' birth to my daughter

Went from forty hours a week to eighty

Ain't nobody gon' pay me but myself

Sacrifice my time and my health

For wealth, I'll miss a birthday

Miss an anniversary

There's lots of people in this world that's worse than me

[Verse 5]

I wasn't there for my son's first words

But he ain't grow up in the hood like me

We in the 'burbs

Sacrifice a couple years, he can have

All the money when I'm gone

What a fool I was

I missed his graduation, I missed her wedding day

I didn't even get to give my little girl away

But I paid for the honeymoon, yeah

I paid for the honeymoon

I'm not there right now, but I will be later

I'm workin' on somethin' that's greater

That's my legacy

Uh, I'm gon' be remembered by generations to come

Damn, you dumb

[Verse 6]

You won't be remembered by your son, uh, yeah

To be remembered by generations to come

You a fool, you won't be remembered by your son

Nonsense, nonsense!

I said to the man with no money

Nonsense, uh, uh

Step back, who want it from me?

I don't know my own identity

I look in the mirror, look in the mirror, the mirror

I ain't clearer

I'm just tryna be free

Who is that? It surely ain't me

As I lay on my deathbed, I realize I was wrong

I had been the richest man in the world all along

A beautiful family that all I did was ignore

For financial stability and fear of bein' poor

'Cause when I was a child, knew I always wanted more

When I was a child, knew I always wanted more

More, more

And now I got it, uh

[Verse 7]

And now I'm layin' in this bed

Cancer spreadin' through my lungs

Lookin' at my family like, "Damn, y'all were the ones"

I sacrificed my life for hundreds, fifties, twenties

Tens, fives and ones, so dumb

I'd give it all if I could

Do it from my heart again, not my wallet

I hate to recall it, but it's gone now

Legacy is gone now

Sacrificed my health for wealth, know it wasn't worth it

But as I take my last breath, I know that I deserve it

[Verse 8]

Daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy

The legacy you gon' leave behind you forever

Is the blood in your veins

Wake up, daddy, now is the time for change

And as your child, I'm tellin' you I don't give a damn

If we livin' on change, daddy

Just as long as we livin'

Just as long as we livin', daddy

I just wanna be happy, I don't give a damn if we live in a shoebox

Now my mama gon' tell you what you got

[Verse 9]

Love you, I love you, I love you

I want you, I need you, I crave you

Why you throw away this pussy that I gave you?

Why you fuckin' 'round behind my back

While I'm home raisin' my children?

Feel like a single mother even though a ring up on it

Supposed to be husband and wife, you more like my opponent

Finger fuckin' myself, 'cause fuck infidelity

I'd rather look in the mirror, be happy who I see

Sometimes, I wanna take my babies and go to my mama crib

Can I live?

Can I have a life away from my life?

Be the woman that I would have been if I wasn't your wife?

[Verse 10]

You know I love her

But if that test wasn't positive

I woulda had a lot to give

Sometimes, I wanna divorce your ass and take half

Motherfucker

But I stay 'cause I love these children

And I love you deep down

That's why I stick around, but

You never there

'Cause you just wanna be the best

You just wanna make this money

Come get this pussy, motherfucker

Come get this pussy and love your children

Fuck your legacy

Fuck it

[Verse 11]

Float in the abyss of nothingness

My consciousness remembers a light before pitch black

I wish that I could get back

And then I realize that all this shit is just a daydream

And it's only like four of us on a tour bus

And I'm in the back, how 'bout that?

Think about my legacy

And how we as human beings sacrifice health for money

Ain't it funny?

'Cause in the end, we spend all our money

On repairin' our body and mind

When we really shoulda just spent time

Fuck a legacy

I'ma go live my life

Peace

Written by: Jamahal Osley, Joshua Portillo, Robert Bryson II Hall, Vita Jutsen

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