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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Earl Sweatshirt
Vocals
Chad Hugo
Trumpet
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Chad Hugo
Composer
Taiwo Hassan
Songwriter
Kehinde Hassan
Songwriter
Thebe Kgositsile
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Christian Rich
Producer
Julian Prindle
Recording Engineer
Jaycen Joshua
Mixing Engineer
Trehy Harris
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Dave Kutch
Mastering Engineer
Ryan Kaul
Assistant Mixing Engineer
randomblackdude
Producer
Lyrics
[Chorus]
Something sinister to it
Pendulum swinging slow, a degenerate moving
Through the city with criminals, stealth, welcome to enemy turf
Harder than immigrants work, "Golf" is stitched into my shirt
Get up off the pavement, brush the dirt up off my psyche (Psyche, psyche)
[Verse 1]
It's probably been twelve years since my father left, left me fatherless
And I just used to say I hate him in dishonest jest
When honestly, I just miss this ****, like when I was six
And every time I got the chance to say it, I would swallow it
Sixteen, I'm hollow, intolerant, skip shots
I storm that whole bottle, I'll show you a role model
Drunk, pissy, pissing on somebody's front lawn
Trying to figure out how and when the fuck I missed moderate
[Verse 2]
Mama often was offering peace offerings
Think, wheeze, cough, scoffing, and he's off again
Searching for a big brother, Tyler was that
Plus he liked how I rap, the blunted mice in the trap
Too black for the white kids, and too white for the blacks
From honor roll, to cracking locks up off them bicycle racks
I'm indecisive, I'm scatterbrained, and I'm frightened, it's evident
In them eyes, where he hiding all them icicles at
[Verse 3]
Something sinister to it
Pendulum swinging slow, a degenerate moving
Through the city with criminals, stealth, welcome to enemy turf
Harder than immigrants work, "Golf" is stitched into my shirt
Get up off the pavement, brush the dirt up off my psyche (Psyche, psyche)
[Verse 4]
Time lapse, bars rhymin', heart's bottomless pit
Was mobbin' deep as '96 Havoc and Prodigy did
We were the potty mouth posse, crash the party and dip
With all belongings, then toss them out to the audience
Nothing was fucking awesome trying to make it from the bottom
His sins feeling as hard as Vince Carter's knee cartilage is
Supreme garment and weed gardeners garnish his spliff
With keef particles and entering apartments with 'zine article
Tolerance for boundaries, I know you happy now
[Verse 5]
Craven and these Complex fuck **** done track me down
Just to be the guys who did it, like, "I like attention"
Not the type where **** trying to get a raise at my expense
I'm supposed to be grateful, right?
Like, "Thanks so much you made my life
Harder, and the ties between my mom and I are strained and tightened
Even more than they were before all of this shit"
Been back a week and I already feel like calling it quits
[Chorus]
Something sinister to it
Pendulum swinging slow, a degenerate moving
Through the city with criminals, stealth, welcome to enemy turf
Harder than immigrants work, "Golf" is stitched into my shirt
Get up off the pavement, brush the dirt up off my psyche (Psyche, psyche)
Written by: Chad Hugo, Kehinde Hassan, Taiwo Hassan, Thebe Kgositsile