Music Video
MOM & SON REACT TO SABA - PROM/KING! FIRST TIME HEARING! WOW! (REACTION)
Featured In
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Saba
Vocals
John Walt
Background Vocals
HerbieOne
Trumpet
Brandon Farmer
Drums
Herbie One
Trumpet
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tahj Malik Chandler
Songwriter
John Walt
Songwriter
Daoud Anthony
Songwriter
Dylan Christopher Frank
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
DaeDaePivot
Producer
daoud
Producer
Papi Beatz
Mixing Engineer
Joe LaPorta for Sterling Sounds
Mastering Engineer
Daoud Anthony
Producer
Joe LaPorta
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
This remind me of before we had insomnia
Sleeping peacefully, never needed a pile of drugs
Everybody was college bound, no dollar amounts
In God we trust, senior year, my prom ain't had no party bus
[Verse 2]
My cousin hit me on Facebook like what shorty you taking?
I'm lying, I'm playing, I'm saying I got one to take
And I'm waiting on her response
Wrote her a three-page letter, it's three days later
Never hit me back, she broke my heart
[Verse 3]
So now he IM-ing me shit like yo is shorty bad?
I pretend not to be depressed, she never wrote me back
I hit him back like, yo, well fuck her, it's on to the next
I wrote that message thinking I'm awkward, probably never had sex
[Verse 4]
You know in high school, sixteen, you probably late
My cousin hit me back, don't trip, bro, I got you a date
So he sent me this link to some girl I had never seen
He said to call her, tell her Walter sent you, you with me
[Verse 5]
I think about it for a minute like what's his intentions?
I mean, we never really got along or used to kick it
In fact if I remember vividly he picked on me
He used to beat me up and take my sneakers every family visit
[Verse 6]
I'm skeptical to let her know I'm Walter little cousin
What if this shit all a joke, then again, what if it wasn't?
Would I really risk the chance of me potentially fucking
On some stranger daughter 'cause I barely know if I can trust him?
[Verse 7]
Probably not
I finally called her, tell her Walter sent me, my name Taj
She asked me what's the color scheme that we gon' wear to prom
I'm acting like I'm not excited, tryna play it off
So what's the car we taking?
Worst come worst, my mom can take us
[Verse 8]
I call Walter, thank him, he said don't trip and just wear black
He said she cool and they go back, if any problems send him back
I never had to but now we in tune
[Verse 9]
He Facebook messaged me like, sorry not to be a nuisance
But he like thirty dollars short on all his prom suit shit
I'm like, I got you, cuz, that's the least that I can do
He tell me send him the addy and he'll slide after school
[Verse 10]
I'm like, okay bet, never knew where he stayed at
He walked down the street hella surprised, this where y'all place at?
Uncle Carl, Auntie Deborah, my cousin Rena
And I'm surprised too, my family knew, kept this a secret
[Verse 11]
Me and cuz stay down the street living different lives
Every day he on the bus, me, I get a ride
I gave him thirty on the porch, he never went inside
He tell me thank you then he walked back home with a smile
[Verse 12]
He tryna hide it but I see his dimple
I'm thinking, damn that transaction was simple
I'm talking shit, I know he hoop, I'm like, aye, where the rim, bro?
He like, tomorrow if you free you probably weak as shit though
[Verse 13]
I know my brother not
So all three of us went to the park and ran some **** of the court
I'm hella passive, I was passing, I ain't have to score
[Verse 14]
The next day the prom, I couldn't sleep I stayed up
My granddad gave me a condom then walked away, didn't say nothing
She hopped out of her car and said that her name was Jada
My heart's racing, I'm focused, I'm tryna keep it player
[Verse 15]
Gave her the croissant or corsage
Or whatever the fuck my mom handed me
And said, now put it on her hand, Malik, family ties
My grandfather taught me how to tie up a tie 'cause my dad lived in NY
That's probably why I was shy, so self-conscious
[Verse 16]
Took pictures on the porch and then we headed for the prom and
Walter went on prom the same day but to a different place
So he text me like, cuz, this the spot, let's meet up later
And bring Jada through, prom flashed, I kept it cool
[Verse 17]
We show up to the function where she brought a change of clothes
I'm looking around like damn I don't know nobody
We at this party out west and Jada left to get dressed
I fake like I'm sending text
[Verse 18]
Some stranger get really close, I swear that I hear his breath
Then he put a knife to my neck
Gave me the run down like, Jada my sister
And if you hit her, fuck her, make her miss you, I'ma kill ya
[Verse 19]
And this point I'm just exhausted
Wondering where the fuck's Walter
He shows up like thirty minutes after our altercation
[Verse 20]
I never mentioned it to him, he kind of overprotective
And I know if I tell him that he'll beat this ****'s skull in
Turn his body a skeleton and our night'll end terrible
I exhale and say fuck it and I just chose to let it go
[Verse 21]
Walt went to St. Louis, had a full ride for his hooping
Him and his couch got into it, now he back home doing music, hey
I was at Columbia, a damn near straight A student
I had one B in a hip-hop class, I thought that shit was stupid
[Verse 22]
He transferred to Robert Morris, always living down the street
My class let out at two forty and his class let out at three
Mama ask me where the hell I been and where the hell I be
I'm with Walter, mom, I'm safe, I keep walking in here late
[Verse 23]
I might fall off in your bed, I get girls now, I get laid
I get caught up following Walter, I'm a product of my age
He talk to every girl downtown Chicago, wingman I cannot fly though
He was in Cal with Impala, he was that **** in the party
[Verse 24]
Awfully popular for someone that they barely mention
Plus we from the part of the city that they barely mention
Just logged into Twitter and somehow we was barely mentioned
We signed our names on the open mic list and then they skipped us
[Verse 25]
And then they skipped us again like a week later
Like obviously this fucking host can't read the paper
Hella intimidating, the big guy didn't have to flex
So Walter walked to the host and said, this the name you're calling next
[Verse 26]
Bullied our way to the stage and then overstayed our welcome
An apple never get too far from the tree that it fell from
Just like my father tryna do music and hope I make it
Walter joined me for the journey, said the city waiting, pivot
[Verse 27]
Walter invincible, dodged death like a mad magician
More times than a mathematician
I'm in LA working on Bucket List Project
I get a call and get a fishy feeling
Normally Walk joke on the phone, this time he over serious
[Verse 28]
My heart dropping, I'm like, yo what is it?
He said he with TY on the highway and some **** just tried to kill him
Emptied the clip on the car but somehow they didn't hit him
Sometimes I fucking hate Chicago 'cause I hate this feeling
[Verse 29]
Innocent **** get shot at in the broad day, the AM
I asked him for a play-by-pay of how their whole day went
He said he went to X sport and they ran a full court
And I cannot retort without thinking that this can't be the reason
[Verse 30]
So what else you do? What about TY, is he still cool?
Where you on your way from and where you on your way to?
He say he just left for dinner at a friend crib and that's it
He said, Taj, don't do shit but smoke, honestly, Saba, that's it
[Verse 31]
Give him sympathy, another case of mistaken identity
The news probably gon' run this as two gangs from different streets
Police questioning him like he just shot at a trooper
My boy walked away unharmed and we did lalapalooza, yeah
[Verse 32]
Six months pass by, everyday we celebrate, everyday a better day
I just dropped Bucket List, Walter 'bout to drop a tape
Everything going perfect, couldn't paint a better way
Pivot gang is on the way, we just sold out Lincoln Hall
Then I went to talk to Sway
[Verse 33]
I got back home and got back on it 'cause Walter was doing tour dates
Sending me links to songs that he made
Kid Cudi, we are not riding the waves, hey
Grandma made us blanket plates, who paid us just a day before
Fatima got a show tomorrow, he text me, we in that ho
[Verse 34]
I went to the barbershop the first thing the next morning
Then I got up with Legit, we supposed to do some recording
Ten minutes into this session, I got a call from a number
That I don't got saved but I answer anyways
[Verse 35]
She says, hello, Malik, have you or Squeak talked to my son today?
He was just on the train
We got in the car but we didn't know where to drive to
Fuck it, wherever you are, my ****, we'll come and find you
[Verse 36]
Just another day in the ghetto
Oh, the streets bring sorrow
Can't get out today with their schedule
I just hope I make it till tomorrow
Written by: Daoud Anthony, Dylan Frank, John Walt, Tahj Malik Chandler
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