Music: Shaan Chhadva/Noah Cerejo/Rasika Shekar/Aditya Rajesh Lodha/Aniket Thyagarajan
Guys Shaan hit me up two hours ago being like
Yo are you down to come jam with my band
And after I’ve seen you guys perform the first song
I am very glad I said yes
But I wanted to give you guys a little bit of a test
So we’re gonna build a beat from scratch okay
Starting with Noah on the drums man come on
Give me a little bit of ts ts cha cha ts ts cha cha
Next up we got Shaan on keys
Shaan I need something moody something gloomy something monsoony
Aniket man walk me through a ****ing bass line
Like I’m walking down the street stepping in puddles and shit
What’s going on
Yeah
Look
This time last year man
I was getting passed up
Now it’s green pastures
Walkin’ right past ya
Never had a C V
Never get a Masters
My songs are on repeat
I own all my masters
Switch to an EV
Don’t need no gas ups
First thing’s first
You will never outlast us
365 look what we amassed
The gravity of my position
Is proportion to the max
I see all that minimum work require attitude
What I call a failure
You will call passable
Man it’s laughable
I had to form the habit
The real magic
See the cap still reveal a rabbit
Pigeonholed profiled
Been taken for granted
I flew as the crow flies
Look at where I landed
Oftentimes straightest lines
Feel like they’re a labyrinth
My dad do textiles
I’m cut from a different fabric
Saw a broken road
Picked my lane and went down that
Went from down bad to now
I got a baddie down
Went from pat downs
To now the bouncer
Know my name down pat
Like my girls like I like my mix
Where the bounce at
Knock knockin’ on doors
And they just wanna laugh huh
Now you know who I am
And you didn’t have to ask huh
Allow me to turn around
Point you to my ass
And as for the rest of y’all
Mother****in’ hands up
Cause this time last year man
I was getting passed up
Now it’s green pastures
Walkin’ right past ya
Never had a C V
Never get a Masters
My songs are on repeat
Yeah the songs are on repeat
Look
Here’s a little secret man
Everything in life is who you know
Who you with is how you grow
You wither quick
Check the seeds you sow
What you reaping
Roots run deep
You make it out the mud easy
If not then watch your food get eaten
Gladly share a plate with my brothers
Their mothers like my mother
Nobody’s undercover when you sleep less
Work more deep breaths
No time to destress
Everybody’s talking ’bout if he’s done
And he’s next
I think back to those nights
In my car bumpin’ Nas
Goin’ bar for bar
We could do that shit for hours
Late night drives and bloodshot eyes
We lay down low with bass up high
Wake up try
One more time
So you can see
Who am I
I really thought you would know by now
But if you didn’t know then
You should know right now
Thank you for having me
Thank you Shaan
Thank you to all the amazing musicians in this room
You guys sound ****ing amazing
Make sure you’re watching this at home
Yo drop some love for the band
To you guys please