Ayo, real talk, 6ix

As soon as you played me this jam I already knew, I was like

Yo this is some last call shit

And it got me hella excited 'cause I always wanted to do like, a last call

I remember the first time I heard Kanye's

I thought that shit was so tight dog

And I was like, man, I'm tryna tell my story, you know what I'm sayin'?

And then ah, I remember Cole did it

What did he do it on, was it on Friday night?

Nah, nah, he did it on a warmup, yo

And when he did last call on a warmup I was like "Damn, I'm tryna do mine"

So-so since this joint got that vibe I'ma do my own last call right now for y'all

Damn, my voice is messed up too, this the last track I'm gonna put in Sinatra

Yo, back in the day I wasn't shit, homie

Penny pinchin' I couldn't even pay the rent, homie

Think about it, I wonder where them years went, homie

Just a youngin' tryna survive, they was hatin' on me

I was workin' at 9 to 5, I was ratin' homie

I was bussin' tables, fantasizing about cakin', homie

Lettin' 'em slip away, my dreams wasn't waitin' on me

This for anyone with ambition

Callin' anybody that will listen, I'm wishin' all your dreams will come true

'Cause mine did

And yeah, you know I had to put that in a rhyme kid

But that shit came from sacrifice

Not on the corner sellin' drugs and smackin' dice, listen

Yeah, some way, somehow, I understood finally

If you want it, come and get it, you know where to find me

'Cause I ain't got no time for anybody that be tryin' me

No if they don't understand I'ma leave 'em behind me

I be hustlin'

I ain't got no time, no, no

I said I be hustlin'

Yessir, I ain't got no time, no, no, no, no, no

Yeah, yeah

I treat the beat like it's my only son

My D.N.A. and it's that southern playalistic shit

Like we was in the A, back in the day

I was young, broken, infamous

A young Sinatra, I was undeniable

Who welcomed jitsa forever while under pressure

Ain't told you the incredible true story of Bobby Tarantino

And everybody in the Ultra 85

God damn it feel good to be alive

And all these bitches that I passed up

Couldn't fuck with ya 'cause your hair was too gassed up

Remember creepin' with the gat, masked up

God damn, it's kinda crazy to reminisce on all this shit man

What it was like growin' up

Damn man, just motherfuckers runnin' in and out of the crib

Doin' drugs, sellin' drugs, all types a stuff

Meanwhile I was just tryin' to keep it together, I was tryin' to make sense

Sense of all the shit around me, I didn't know how to take it

I had to perceive it, you know what I mean?

And then meanwhile I was supposed to be goin' to school and gettin' good grades and shit

But I'm seein' like, domestic violence in my house

And just so much goin' on and I'm sure everybody was probably like

Man, yo, why lil' Bobby didn't come to school today

On the real, I was doin' anything to run away

And that's the same reason kids join gangs everyday

'Cause they wanna be accepted, but at home they too neglected

Meanwhile white America quick to call them a thug

But all he ever wanted was a father to give him some love

Tell him that he love him, that he need him, promise he won't never leave him

Never smoke crack, never lie and won't never beat him

It feel like all my life I've been needin' a break

Lookin' at my family I ain't wanna make the same mistake

And I know that shit sound fucked up, but they not all doin' great

Oh God please, can I have a conversation with a member

Of my family without it ending asking me for five G's

To pay they bills or they lawyer fees

I learned something, I ain't givin' y'all a dime

I'll give ya something worth more, that's my time

I ain't droppin' stacks, I'm droppin' knowledge

And lessons for my nieces and nephews to go to college

And hit me on the phone, hit me up like uncle Bob, where you at?

Yeah I know your pockets fat, but I don't give a fuck 'bout that

I'm glad we family, we a half-breed family

Yeah, yeah, uh

Man see I remember when I was like 15 years old

And my dad took me to the studio

I know this is random, but I'm tryin' to take you guys through it, right?

And I'll never forget I had like 8 rhyme books

He'll tell you, he'll tell you man

I just, I went through them motherfuckers I was rappin' for like

15 minutes straight

And that was my first time, yo

I was like, 10th grade

In the studio and I knew that this was what I wanted to do

I knew it

I knew it ever since I first saw Kill Bill

I've been flowin' like that blood Uma Thurman spilled

None other than the RZA, yeah, he did the sound track

And then I discovered Wu Tang soon as I found that

And then big M, Mos Def and Nas, there were no turning back

Couldn't change it if I tried homie, how 'bout that?

See I'm a student of the game, so simple and plain

But I'ma take it back to before I ever sat first class on a plane

I was in college park, right?

Well I guess technically, if you wanna go before that

I was a, I was livin' in German town

Or no actually it was Montgomery village

Back in Maryland I was livin' in my sister's basement

And then some shit happened, you know, she kicked me out

It was Christmas, whatever, I love you Jenie

Anyway, so shit happened

And then I just kept it pushin'

You know I was homeless for a lil' while, whatever

You know I went, ah, I stayed at my, my mentor's house Solomon

Ah, and then I stayed back at my, my godparent's house

Mary-Joe and Bernie I love y'all

Ah Mary-Joe I'm sorry, back when I used to smoke

I would steal the shit out of your cigarettes, I love you

I'm sorry about that but, ah

You remember, always she would let me record

I'd always be recording in the attic or wherever I could so

I love you, thank you for supporting me there

But then, she was like you gotta get the fuck out of here too

After a while, she gave me some time

But like, I was 20 years old at this point

She was like "Nah, you got to get the fuck out of here and do something with your life"

And this was right around the time that I opened up my first show ever for Ghostface Killah man

In Gaithersberg, right in Old Town

That shit was insane, I'll never forget it

And that's where I met my boy Lenny, big Lambo, wassup!

That's right man, we just started kickin' and hangin'

He lived in college park and before I knew it I was livin', I was livin' with him

In his basement, and this was right around the time I met 6ix

And 6ix was goin' to the University of Maryland at the time

Which was right down the street

So I'd always go to their dorm room, I remember, there was nights

I would just crash in the dorm when we was makin' beats

We done all types of shit man when we first got out

We did the first Young Sinatra

And now we on the fourth Young Sinatra

Motherfucker that shit is crazy man

And I remember like, I used to steal quarters from Lenny

Just so I could go to the 7/11 and eat

He was like "You idiot, why you stealin’, just ask me bro!"

And I was supposed to get a job I was, see

I was sleepin' in, ah, his basement on the couch

Which is the, the, the cover to my first album Under Pressure

Shout out Kathy, shout out the Risanno family

All my beautiful brown people!

We made it, it's crazy

But nah, nah, listen, I'm gettin' ahead of myself, gettin' I'ma ahead of myself

So like, I was stayin' with 'em and I was supposed to get a job, right?

And it was like, yo, you gotta get a fuckin' job bro

Things were goin' so good with the music that we kinda stopped talkin' about it

It seemed like every week somethin' new was happenin'

And I just sat him down one day and I was like "Look bro”

“I, please like, can you just give me one year?”

“Like, just give me one year man, let me put everything into this”

“And if I don’t get it, fuck it, I’ll just submit, and I’ll just”

“I’ll just blend into society”

And he was like “Bro I’ma give you one year”

And for one year him and his family, all the homies

Benny, everybody man, they took care of me

They put, he put, clothes on my back

He put food in my stomach, you know he helped me with

Microphones and recording and, yo, almost a year to the fuckin’ day bro

I signed to Defjam

And my man, he was a land surveyor out there

Like, making sure all the buildings get built

Rain, snow, sleet, all that shit for 12 years dog

And when I signed my deal I said “Fuck that!

Quit your job, we’re moving’ to L.A.!”

This shit was crazy, so we get to L.A

We’re staying’ off Coldwater Canyon, Alta Mesa in studio city man

And I’m goin’ to the studio everyday with no I.D. everyday

And shit is crazy, that’s the first time I met Cole

You know, shout out Cole that’s my fuckin’ boy

Big Sean, all these homies man that I met, it was crazy

Don Cannon, everybody, that’s when I first met Kev

Bobby my engineer, what up Bobby?

It was just like life was insane

I dropped, uh, Young Sinatra, Undeniable

And that was crazy, that was insane ‘cause

That was the first time me and my boys ever hit the road

On the real, you know we went from zero to overload

Performin’ in front of the fans, had they hands ravin’

This is all I ever wanted, this is all I’m cravin’

Me and my boy Chris shot the game

Two visionaries on a mission, shit ain’t been the same

Some ups and downs came around, had a lot of problems

But no matter what happened you know we always solve them

Yeah we’d always solve them

Like man

It’s kinda crazy thinkin’ about it though

Like so much has happened yo

And I, I mean shit, by the time y’all are hearin’ this I’m 28

I’m 27 while I’m recordin’ it

I mean right now, literally I’m workin’ on Bobby Tarantino, Ultra 85

Young Sinatra 4 and a whole bunch of other shit

Man, this is crazy, acting, writing, like

I’m just, I’m just so, I can’t believe I’m here man

We’ve grinded for so long, we worked for so long yo

And motherfuckers they hate you man

They try to make me feel bad about how I look, how I speak

How I rap, how I act, my race, my everything, they just, they

They fuckin’ hate you man

They’ll hate you when you’re in this position

But you can’t let ‘em, you can’t let ‘em

Let that shit get to you man

Continue to persevere, continue to be the best you you can be

‘Cause I’m here right now man, best friends

I got everything I could ever want man

Even though you always want more deep down

And you got goals deep down, that’s great man but fuck that shit

I’m so happy, I’m so blessed man

So if you’re listenin’ to this right now, no matter how old you are

How young you are, whether you on the school bus

Headed to get your education or you drivin’ home from work

Pissed off at your boss, just man, just please do what you love in life

So many people, they always say how, you know

“I would do this but” or “I can’t because” and you already fuckin’ lost

They lost, and I feel bad for that person ‘cause that person will never make it

“I would, but I don’t have the money”

“I would, but I don’t have the time”

Fuck that, you gotta do it man, you gotta do what makes you happy

You have to live selfishly in that aspect

Stop worryin’ about others, stop freakin’ out, just focus on yourself man

And your own happiness, that’s the realest thing

And that’s all that I can tell you because

You can’t help anybody else until you can help yourself

You know what I’m sayin’?

So please, put the, put the mask on first like they say on the airplane ‘cause

“Put your own motherfuckin’ mask on” and go do it man

No, do it, just live your life

I love y’all, thank you so much for tunin’ in

Uh, I hope you’ve enjoyed this Young Sinatra experience, I know I have

This is probably gonna be the last one though

This is gonna be the last one for sho

I’m comin’ back with some fun, but, I don’t know

I love you guys

Ultra 85 is gonna be crazy

I mean crazy

Bobby Tarantino’s that trap shit, woo!

We took ‘em back with just Boom Bap

Now we, we finna head to the future, we ain’t scared

We makin’ music for everybody, you know what I mean?

I love ya, look at that, Merlin accent comin’ out

I don’t know why, every time I get on the mic that Merlin accent

“Go ‘head cuz, ja like all day boy” You sound like Walay, back of your neck

I love y’all so much, Rat Pack

Yeah, yeah, yeah!