Thoughts

[Verse 1]
Diplomatic immunity

I swear she ain't go no class like she committing truancy

People hating on me really ain't nothing new to me

I speak Chinese but don't ask me about my fluency



You diss us there ain't gone be no impunity

I'm tryna do justice for my community

Cause musically we been facing scrutiny

Cause everyone think all we rap about is expensive jewelry



With wack mics and no mixing

Y'all made this reputation for us man y'all tripping

I can only post 2 hours is constricting and conflicting but don't get it twisted I'm still spitting I'm still living



I'm making a living by killing off all of these wack rappers

And stealing they girls like a kidnapper

2018 and it's a new chapter



I stay with the green like I play for the packers

I'm moving forward y'all moving backwards

Repeating the same word over and over man y'all some slackers

If it's popularity or respect then I chose the latter



Yeah



Lately, I been riding higher

They can show up in Off-White but we still flyer

When I go on tour I'll personally hand out flyers

Picking out all of these trash rappers gotta use pliers



They flexing clothes they bought from fake suppliers

Remember when I remixed November by Tyler

Rappers nowadays getting dumber I'm getting wiser

While I'm spitting fire my pops out there fighting fires

He's well-admired

And he always got my back when it's down to the wire

And I'm gone have his back when he retire



But lately, I been stressing

Ever since grandma passed I been counting my blessings



Sometimes I get too focused on complaining

And finding dumb reasons to be blaming



For things I did

But with my girl, I'm well guided



She had my back when I collided with realizations and accusations

I said “I'm sick of it” she said be patient



Nowadays there's a lot of tension in our nation

Cause Trump removing all of Obama's policies like he out for vengeance

We had progression now regression

No more net neutrality no free expression



He want all the Muslims out no exceptions

No affection

I hate to see people I know suffering from depression

Sometimes they can't even look at they own reflection

Without getting the impression

That it's terrible that they ain't endowed with perfection

They lash out in aggression

But make fake smiles, it's deception

Don't make it worse yeah don't question



Saturdays taking I take the stress away by sleeping in and watching Dragon Ball

I'm making a splash like a cannonball



Uncle came through with the FL Studio Signature bundle

I'm doing my best but sometimes I fumble

I won't lie I've deleted a track because I ain't like it

If I write a line too bold I retype it

Then I recite it

If I don't like a Project then imma whip it



Yeah



May 13th I was traveling out to China

Beijing to be to be specific

We flew over the waves over the ocean, Pacific



Walking through customs with my Jansport book bag with Bose headphones and i
Pad and a portable charger

Me going to China is pretty shocking like I play for the chargers

You getting far? I'm traveling 7,000 miles; trust me I'm getting farther

You go hard I go harder

#004 I'm a fire starter

Away from my mother and from my father

No more drama I'm unbothered

This was my departure

I changed on that trip yeah I got sharper

I'm making green but no gardener

My girl quick on her feet you can't guard her

I'm hanging out like Peter Parker



But back to subject

I was unbothered I was never upset

I'd do the trip over again and not change a thing, no regret

I rapped in front of a class and they impressed

I digress



Remember the Chinese movie theater with the caramel popcorn?

Remember the kids in the music class with clarinets and french horns?



Remember back in May when simply.finesse really took over

When I plotted my plan of attack to end with me holding the rap game on my shoulders

I'm done playing games I'm putting down the controller

But don't get it twisted I'm never losing my composure

Planned out music releases up to October



Yeah



(Instrumental)



[Intro to Verse 2]

You wake up feeling good

And the light and the wind and the smells and the sound all feel brand new and fresh this morning



Listen, man



Myself ten years from now

It's so far away it's almost impossible to imagine!

Am I alone or is there a wonderful person next to me?

Well, knowing me I'm sure you're causing all kinds of trouble for lots of different people



[Verse 2: simply.finesse]

Check it, check it, check it, check it



I still remember listening the SZA at midnight on the train the Beijing

Nights like that give me inspiration

To be patient and keep facing

Frontwards and keep my head up

I constantly give everything my 100% I never let up



Check it



After a few hours I was in Beijing

A little before then I wrote a song called Beijing and had two friends feature

Had a talented singer and a Chinese speaker

Then I wrote Beijing - Part Two and rapped it at the dinner table in a restaurant in Beijing on June 28th

I said “When I get back home, I'm releasing a tape”

I dropped Tales of a Finesser and they stayed on it

Gave it to my friends two weeks early and told to review it and stay honest

King_J@m was on it too, he goes hard on the beat he stay Onix

I'm moving fast I stay Sonic



Yeah



Then in October I released 4 tracks called it the “Cookbook EP”

A week later I dropped 6 more, it was the Cook
Book CD



Then I remastered and re-recorded all the tracks from Tales of a Finesser, the original album

I threw in some new tracks with different themes it was an amalgum



Yeah, check it



That's also when I dropped November

It was different from usual music

My mind never clear no never lucid

So that's what I rapped about



What had been on mind

Rapped about China; where I'd been passing time

For 6 weeks

More than 20 of us in the hotel

That's more than six suites

Hard beds and thick sheets

But best believe none of us wanted to leave during the 6th week



Had to leave behind all our fond memories and fun times in Beijing and Xi'an

I traveled back to the states on a plane I ain't want to be on



Real talk, there wasn't nothing wrong with the plane

But when I got back from China things wasn't the same



It's kinda hard to be specific

I found an interest in linguistics

Soon as I landed, I wanted to go back to China I was looking for a ticket



Yeah, okay



But back to the present

See not every track about how I'm finessing

Cause sometimes I be stressing

It's kinda annoying when y'all just be pressing



Me to drop a certain song or remix a song you like

That's not how it works y'all childish go ride a Little Tikes bicycle

Used to ride tricycles

Till the rain drops became icicles in the cold months



It's winter it's the cold months

February it's a cold month

I ain't release music for a whole month



That was January I said I was on a hiatus

It's been rough so don't ask ‘bout the status

I'll cry tears of joy the day I hear the radios play this

Or I'm on Apple Music playlist

I'll have a celebratory party out in Las Vegas



For all of my friends and family and everyone who helped me make it

If I get an opportunity best believe I'll take it



Yeah



See I can rap about more than just getting the check

That ain't the only thing in life gotta worry about what comes next

Cause if you cash all ya checks

That's fine have some effects

And there's more to life than just expensive objects



Never stress

Never stress

Never stress

Never stress, yeah



Never stress out

Never stress out

Never stress out

Never stress out