Saba PivotFew Good Things, a short film: youtu.be/bkI_5ouHUFI I was talking with some friends recently, and we were talking about vulnerability. My idea or explanation of it immediately went to dealing with adversity and sharing that experience of overcoming it. Everybody kind of came to that conclusion for it. And another friend brought up the fact that sharing joy and sharing happiness is also vulnerable.
LYRICS Propose a toast ya know You made the most with all your highs and lows Stick to the code you know the same as before Gang la costra nostra I don’t know so and so who may assume staying at home I’m lowkey We can all rise or fall this ain’t before the fame is taking over
I don’t know so and so I don’t assume you do Hop out a volvo Dat bi-ch go vroom vroom I’m with my dogs dogs They’ll go roof roof You n-ggas all bark bark (n-ggas all talk) But they all poodles Anything for dough your bro sold his soul Back up in effect She told me that I am up next Might get me tatted on her neck It ain’t no cattle for the set You wanna battle then how much you wanna bet Put a 100 thousand on it yeah yeah Got the plate with salmon on it yeah yeah Every day a ceremony yeah yeah I feel like Tim in San Antonio I flip the flow the flow the same as before At least a plus four, gang, ya know I never went alone to no n-gga show I don’t be on the phone You ain’t my bro Better come correct with the quote mmm I ain’t made a mill but I’m close mmm That’s why I need the digit for the show mmm We ain’t talking I ain’t social
Propose a toast ya know You made the most with all your highs and lows Stick to the code you know the same as before Gang la costra nostra I don’t know so and so who may assume staying at home I’m lowkey We can all rise or fall this ain’t before the fame is taking over
WATCH my other official music videos here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-pc8...
CREDITS Director - Ian Lipton Producer - Krista Worby Production Company - More Media Cinematographer - Elijah Guess Production Designer - Sam Neidenbach Wardrobe Stylist - Marquise Miller 1st AC - Carolina Rodriguez Production Manager - Jonah Hart Set Decorator - Marie Marchant Colorist - Abdullah Ghazal
Saba - So and So (Official Music Video)Saba Pivot2020-11-25 | Few Good Things, a short film: youtu.be/bkI_5ouHUFI I was talking with some friends recently, and we were talking about vulnerability. My idea or explanation of it immediately went to dealing with adversity and sharing that experience of overcoming it. Everybody kind of came to that conclusion for it. And another friend brought up the fact that sharing joy and sharing happiness is also vulnerable.
LYRICS Propose a toast ya know You made the most with all your highs and lows Stick to the code you know the same as before Gang la costra nostra I don’t know so and so who may assume staying at home I’m lowkey We can all rise or fall this ain’t before the fame is taking over
I don’t know so and so I don’t assume you do Hop out a volvo Dat bi-ch go vroom vroom I’m with my dogs dogs They’ll go roof roof You n-ggas all bark bark (n-ggas all talk) But they all poodles Anything for dough your bro sold his soul Back up in effect She told me that I am up next Might get me tatted on her neck It ain’t no cattle for the set You wanna battle then how much you wanna bet Put a 100 thousand on it yeah yeah Got the plate with salmon on it yeah yeah Every day a ceremony yeah yeah I feel like Tim in San Antonio I flip the flow the flow the same as before At least a plus four, gang, ya know I never went alone to no n-gga show I don’t be on the phone You ain’t my bro Better come correct with the quote mmm I ain’t made a mill but I’m close mmm That’s why I need the digit for the show mmm We ain’t talking I ain’t social
Propose a toast ya know You made the most with all your highs and lows Stick to the code you know the same as before Gang la costra nostra I don’t know so and so who may assume staying at home I’m lowkey We can all rise or fall this ain’t before the fame is taking over
WATCH my other official music videos here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-pc8...
CREDITS Director - Ian Lipton Producer - Krista Worby Production Company - More Media Cinematographer - Elijah Guess Production Designer - Sam Neidenbach Wardrobe Stylist - Marquise Miller 1st AC - Carolina Rodriguez Production Manager - Jonah Hart Set Decorator - Marie Marchant Colorist - Abdullah Ghazal
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#Saba #SoAndSo #PivotGang #2020 #NewMusicFew Good Things: 1 Year LaterSaba Pivot2023-02-07 | Thank you for all the love this past year.
Artist's Note from Saba The concept of Few Good Things is the realization of self after a search for exterior fulfillment. It is the satisfaction and completeness you gain by simply living a life that is yours. Few is a small number, but few is not lonely. In the face of all adversity, a few good things is recognizing and accepting blessings. Few is to count them, one by one. An empty glass is full of air. An empty bank is full of lessons. An empty heart is full of memories. Few good things is to grow comfortable with the empty, and despite that, finding your fullness.
Director's Note from C.T. Robert As a storyteller, I've always been drawn to stories that attempt to identify what makes us who we are. The ones that ask questions like: What does having everything you need really look like? Is it sitting at a dinner table with your loved ones? Is it waking up next to the woman you love? Is it having cherished memories for all of those you care for, those still in the physical and those who passed on?
It's hard to pinpoint the exact answers to all these but we know that it's nothing that can be achieved from monetary fulfillment or anything materialistic. It's a weight that can only be carried with you through years of experiences and memories made from putting the time in with those around you. No amount of money could ever replace that. In this film we want to refocus the conversation surrounding these ideas and help shed light on what's really important in the grand scheme of it all.
Pivot Gang, LLCJohn Walt Day 5 Year Anniversary @ Metro Chicago 11/26 w/ @pivot-gang On Sale NowSaba Pivot2022-10-14 | Tickets http://bit.ly/JWD_Saba_1126Saba — 2012 (Official Video Clip) | Few Good Things filmSaba Pivot2022-07-14 | A segment from the Few Good Things short film, watch: youtu.be/bkI_5ouHUFI.
2012 Lyrics // Yeah, two students that had each other back and the world against 'em Who barely showed up to class once they had each other's attention I'm down to spend every minute that I can to her limits 'Cause usually she down to kick it until she get tired of niggas Music's our common interest, we ramblin' about Kendrick and Kid Cudi I'm tryna put her onto shit that she missin' But she had everything, I mean everything I was listing So I even gave her my tapes in hope she would try to listen The kind of bond where it get hard not to fall in your feelings But she talkin' 'bout friendship (what?) A similar commute, we on the same side of town And her school close to my campus So when I get off the bus, it's fuck it, I'm 'bout to go down there I've always struggled to converse if it wasn't a verse Social anxiety, it got me stumblin' on words But I always speak my mind and shit when I'm with her (yeah) Yeah, uh, corner store to the porch with my new thing Yeah, my new thing, yeah, uh, yeah We'll get lost in the world like we wanted Hey, you know me, ayy, yeah Uh, corner store, can't afford shit but your chips Hey, the choices, hey, uh, uh We don't gotta mature, we're just young kids Ayy, so fuck it I had everything I needed, everything Yeah, I had everything I needed, everything Yeah, my niggas that had each other back and the world against 'em From a poverty stricken parable that our hearts had written We come from fifty-cent bags of candy and penny pinchin' It's like a wishin' well if we gave the concrete our wishes We dreamt so loudly, we would wear it when the sun would slow up On the grayest day, we on the train in our colorful clothin' A child-like innocence, we cherished it and tried to hold it We was either askin' 'bout performances or where the hoes was My granny basement became the Mecca like Eric Foreman's The cushion in my uncle couch fell out, but we still on it Shit, if you ever need a place to stay, you can sleep over If not, it's back to CTA, I'll catch y'all in the mornin' The green line's dangerous, for us it's just how we get home I wanted dreads, I put the brush down and I grabbed a comb I can take you where it's rough, I mean the catacomb All these bodies droppin' same blocks that we played tag For some old shit, they wanted they payback So we escape it all in the booth with the playback 'Cause this the only place that we knew you were safe at Yeah, uh, corner store to the porch with my new thing Yeah, my new thing, yeah, uh, yeah We'll get lost in the world like we wanted Hey, you know me, ayy, yeah Uh, corner store, can't afford shit but your chips Hey, the choices, hey, uh, uh We don't gotta mature, we're just young kids Ayy, so fuck it I had everything I needed, everything Yeah, I had everything I needed, everything Say, I had everything I needed, everything 'Cause I had everyone I needed
Lyrics Want the peace but don’t wanna die It’s a one way street though It’s a round trip when we fly Never one way one way New crib by the sea side On a one way street though It’s a million ways to get by Never one way one way
Need a million after taxes I might spend the shit on fashion All this flexing make me stronger Feel like Tony in a mansion And my baby momma looking like she coulda won a pageant I'm not vegan we been eatin Kick my feet up and get fatter Sit all day and I play madden and my mattress California My address California, when I can’t find my controller I say fuck it buy another It ain’t nothing, I got money We all splurgin on this dumb shit Cause we careless and we youngins Every nigga with a budget taking care at least 10 buddies What you need you know I cover
It’s a one way street though It’s a round trip when we fly Never one way one way New crib by the sea side On a one way street though It’s a million ways to get by Never one way one way
Imma order pasta that I cannot properly pronounce Keep my doors open case a nigga pop up on my couch Went from couldn’t afford it to a nigga copping without counting None my checks been voiding since a nigga got me an accountant Send my momma a quick thousand then we crash some open houses All the rappers in Tarzana, in the valley, Calabasas All my niggas wanna crash here and my women friends is ratchet All the neighbors looking at us looking different than they families A black man with the baggy so my people in my paddy Know I got it if you ask me
It’s a one way street though It’s a round trip when we fly Never one way one way New crib by the sea side On a one way street though It’s a million ways to get by Never one way one way
Lyrics Been in a daze since the ink hit the seam now I think it's time for me to play My running days read the moment of me now I won’t stop until I find a way home The summers gaze gives me tingling ease now Anticipate a veil of shade But the shade is a gift from the tree now I won’t stop until I see the change I have made
Damn it’s been a while Since nights we saw you Under the viaduct If its fire, run run
To everybody that look like us Who fam don’t talk they tired This more than what meets your eyelids And living apart just dying Make you forget what you fight about Plus what good is that flight You ain’t flying out your entire house From camry cars to the fancy all without any thought Kids in the train cars hustling candy bars to play basketball I still get nostalgic seeing houses that my family lost They wished upon a star I caught it like I'm Randy Moss When granny fought for her property she would turn down any cost I’m the grandson of Carl, who lived across from the fosters Then fostered me to spread love through holiday poverty Hand me downs I was given I thought they were bought for me A tale of two Chicagos, this gets confused commonly Cause one you’re commemorated if you’re the hot commodity I tried that invincible shit but the principle is When its niggas defending ya wig then its a pendulum shift I tried to spend a lil less like a minimalist But then I can confess that this gets harder The bigger you get
Ziplock Lyrics // I was in West Oakland California when I found out about a piece of me All this solitude around I’m starting to see when I’m alone the shit I think I come from the part of town not talked about but chalk ya outline if you blink I can’t go outside today that shine’ll fade and that go along with my piece All these energies and entities and people that just want shit from me I can’t make this up the luxuries of being broke as fuck been escaping Not to sound ungrateful bout the blessings but my best days are all in my past I been working like a slave I’m proud to say now lil bitch I’m in my bag And it ain’t a ziplock Went and got a wristwatch Cop’ll never respond Anytime I risked my life Clocking out it tic toc Watch it all on tiktok I’m willing to bet it all I’m willing to risk my life And it ain’t a ziplock Went and got a wristwatch Cop’ll never respond Anytime I risked my life Clocking out it tic toc Watch it all on tiktok I’m willing to bet it all I’m willing to risk my life I was in Bronx New York when I decided this the type of life that I’d live I make sacrifices what the fuck you writing for you know you do not give I got right back on my feet I fell face first the first time I’ll admit I did Took a couple years for me to feel like I did not fall upon all deaf ears Niggas wanna wait but I call that fear At least I got a place for if all else fails Nigga I went on a date told her call that lyft I told her lose my line and don’t call back here Yeah I’m bout to lose my mind I got all that care They listen to me rhyme and can’t hold back tears Gamble on a life but it won’t be fair Trade it all for some sand and a beach chair And it ain’t a ziplock Went a got a wristwatch Cop’ll never respond Anytime I risked my life Clocking out it tic toc Watch it all on tiktok I’m willing to bet it all I’m willing to risk my life And it ain’t a ziplock Went and got a wristwatch Cop’ll never respond Anytime I risked my life Clocking out it tic toc Watch it all on tiktok I’m willing to bet it all I’m willing to risk my life
Lyrics Yea Two students that had each other back in a world against em Who barely showed up to class once they had each other’s attention I’m down to spend every minute that I can to her limits Cause usually she down to kick it until she get tired of niggas Music’s our common interest we rambling about Kendrick And Kid Cudi I’m tryna put her on to shit that she missing But she had everything I mean everything I was listing So I even gave her my tapes and hoped she would try to listen The kinda bond where it get hard not to fall in ya feelings But she talking bout friendship (what?) A similar commute we on the same side of town and her school close to my campus So when I get off the bus it’s fuck it I’m bout to go down there I’ve always struggled to converse if it wasn’t a verse Social anxiety it got me stumbling on words But I always speak my mind and shit when I’m with her
Corner store to the porch with my new thing, yea a new thing We’ll get lost in the world like we wanted, hey you know me Corner store can’t afford shit but your chips, hey the choices We don’t gotta mature we’re just young kids, hey so fuck it
I had everything I needed, everything Yea I had everything I needed, everything
Yea My niggas that had each other back in a world against em From a poverty stricken parable that our hearts had written We come from fifty cent bags of candy and penny pitching It’s like a wishing well if we gave the concrete our wishes We dreamt so loudly we would wear it when the sun would slow up On the greyest day we on the train in our colorful clothing A childlike innocence we cherished it and tried to hold it We was either asking bout performances or where the hoes was My granny basement became the mecca like Eric Forman’s The cushion in my uncle couch fell out but we still on it Shit if you ever need a place to stay you can sleep over If not it’s back to CTA I’ll catch y'all in the morning The greenline dangerous for us it's just how we get home I wanted dreads I put a brush down and I grabbed a comb I can take you where it’s rough I mean the catacomb All these bodies dropping same blocks that we played tag For some old shit they wanted they payback So we escape it all in the booth with the playback Cause this the only place that we knew you were safe at
Corner store to the porch with my new thing, yea a new thing We’ll get lost in the world like we wanted, hey you know me Corner store can’t afford shit but your chips, hey the choices We don’t gotta mature we’re just young kids, hey so fuck it
I had everything I needed, everything Yea I had everything I needed, everything Say had everything I needed, everything Cause I had everyone I needed
Pivot Gang, LLCSaba - Back Home Tour (BTS) [Episode Two]Saba Pivot2022-05-17 | Sh*t getting real different #BackHomeTour Big shout to Frsh Waters, Amindi, femdot. and Kari Faux
N. America w/ femdot., Amindi, Frsh Waters, MFnMelo & Joseph Chilliams 05-19 San Francisco, CA - Regency 05-20 Santa Cruz, CA - Catalyst 05-21 Los Angeles, CA - Novo
Europe w/ ENNY* & Gaidaa 06 Sept - Copenhagen - Amager Bio 07 Sept - Oslo - John Dee Live Club 09 Sept - Stockholm - Debaser Strand 11 Sept - Hamburg - Gruenspan 12 Sept - Berlin - Lido 13 Sept - Vienna - Grelle Forelle 15 Sept - Milano - Biko Club 16 Sept - Zürich - Dynamo 17 Sept - Paris - FVTVR 19 Sept - Amsterdam - Melkweg 21 Sept - Köln - Club Volta 22 Sept - Bruxelles - Le Botanique 25 Sept - Dublin - The Academy 27 Sept - London - O2 Forum* 28 Sept - Manchester - Manchester Academy 2* 29 Sept - Birmingham - O2 Institute2*
N. America w/ femdot., Amindi, Frsh Waters, MFnMelo & Joseph Chilliams 05-04 Columbus, OH - Newport 05-05 Chicago, IL - Aragon 05-06 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue 05-07 Lawrence, KS - Granada 05-09 Denver, CO - Cervantes 05-12 Seattle, WA - Showbox 05-13 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom 05-15 Vancouver, British Columbia - Vogue 05-19 San Francisco, CA - Regency 05-20 Santa Cruz, CA - Catalyst 05-21 Los Angeles, CA - Novo
Europe w/ ENNY* & Gaidaa 06 Sept - Copenhagen - Amager Bio 07 Sept - Oslo - John Dee Live Club 09 Sept - Stockholm - Debaser Strand 11 Sept - Hamburg - Gruenspan 12 Sept - Berlin - Lido 13 Sept - Vienna - Grelle Forelle 15 Sept - Milano - Biko Club 16 Sept - Zürich - Dynamo 17 Sept - Paris - FVTVR 19 Sept - Amsterdam - Melkweg 21 Sept - Köln - Club Volta 22 Sept - Bruxelles - Le Botanique 25 Sept - Dublin - The Academy 27 Sept - London - O2 Forum* 28 Sept - Manchester - Manchester Academy 2* 29 Sept - Birmingham - O2 Institute2*
Pivot Gang, LLCBack Home Tour: Rehearsals (Few Good Things)Saba Pivot2022-04-11 | A preview, a warm up, of some of what we'll be performing. And the band's coming with me. Whole team been working hard af to bring Few Good Things to your city. #BackHomeTour starts today . wish me luck, it's been a while
N. America w/ femdot., Amindi, Frsh Waters, MFnMelo & Joseph Chilliams
04-11 Phoenix, AZ - Van Buren 04-14 Dallas, TX - House of Blues 04-15 Houston, TX - House of Blues 04-16 Austin, TX - Emo’s 04-19 Orlando, FL - Celine 04-20 Atlanta, GA - Centerstage 04-21 Charlotte, NC - Underground 04-22 Pittsburgh, PA - Roxian Theatre 04-25 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel 04-27 Washington, DC - Fillmore 04-28 Philadelphia, PA - TLA 04-29 Boston, MA - Paradise 05-01 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix 05-03 Detroit, MI - El Club 05-04 Columbus, OH - Newport 05-05 Chicago, IL - Aragon 05-06 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue 05-07 Lawrence, KS - Granada 05-09 Denver, CO - Cervantes 05-12 Seattle, WA - Showbox 05-13 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom 05-15 Vancouver, British Columbia - Vogue 05-19 San Francisco, CA - Regency 05-20 Santa Cruz, CA - Catalyst 05-21 Los Angeles, CA - Novo
Europe w/ ENNY* & Gaidaa
06 Sept - Copenhagen - Amager Bio 07 Sept - Oslo - John Dee Live Club 09 Sept - Stockholm - Debaser Strand 11 Sept - Hamburg - Gruenspan 12 Sept - Berlin - Lido 13 Sept - Vienna - Grelle Forelle 15 Sept - Milano - Biko Club 16 Sept - Zürich - Dynamo 17 Sept - Paris - FVTVR 19 Sept - Amsterdam - Melkweg 21 Sept - Köln - Club Volta 22 Sept - Bruxelles - Le Botanique 25 Sept - Dublin - The Academy 27 Sept - London - O2 Forum* 28 Sept - Manchester - Manchester Academy 2* 29 Sept - Birmingham - O2 Institute2*
Video directed and edited by Josh Flores (@josshflores)
Pivot Gang, LLCSaba ft. @krayziebone3717 - Come My Way (Behind The Scenes)Saba Pivot2022-03-23 | Watch the "Come My Way" Official Video: youtube.com/watch?v=FpnJfVx27jo
#Saba #FewGoodThings #KrayzieBone #ComeMyWaySaba ft. Krayzie Bone - Come My Way (Official Music Video)Saba Pivot2022-03-17 | Saba's Back Home Tour tickets on sale now: sabapivot.com/tour Few Good Things, a short film: youtu.be/bkI_5ouHUFI
Executive Producer: Nicklaus.v Producer: @plexas Production Co: @by.basewood
Director: @madeby.james (@city.james)
1st AD: Joyerinmarie
Director of Photography: @robjulin 1st AC: @robbalpine Steadicam: @pintoproduction
Poverty song was a concept I considered for this one. “All I’m doing [is] thinking how to get some money, and then we’ll be good.” A false statement, but one that I believed at a point, and many others believe right now. This song also takes place in that nostalgic kind of setting. I’m describing many things that are normal on the westside of Chicago, so that it plays like just any other day. Pretty stagnant but having so much life. “We ain’t got no time to relax.” A harsh reality for so many people experiencing this type of poor. The focus is on work and survival. “Had to run them niggas shooting shit, I wish that the guys had shields.” An acknowledgement of grief, but the song is not written as to feel sad or sorry for ourselves. It is a reality, not one I or anyone else can change, so this song is getting up the next day and getting to work, or getting to it however you provide, but just moving on in that fashion. “And then we’ll be good.” Throughout whatever adversity, and challenges, and otherwise just fucked up shit comes our way.
Come My Way Lyrics: [Saba] Daydreaming thinking how to get some money And then we good And then we good And then we’ll be good
All I’m doing thinking how to get some money And then we good And then we good And then we’ll be good
This sound like tube socks on Madison Ave Students acting bad up in the class Drop out but family will ask Lie like you plan on going back aye We ain’t no time to relax Work the only priority in tact Posted on the porch shooting the shit Had to run them niggas shooting shit I wish that the guys had shields Stop lights cleaning windshields Fiends will do it free for a feel Had the same friends since I was little Used to hoop with Poppy and Jaleel Spooky bent the block I dropped a tape Talked to Walt and watched him fly away Multiply my problems by the day Westside chilling with a faithful Knock it out the park it's like the base loaded I’mma get it booming like I’m Metro Me I’m getting to it how I’m meant to Blood i mean a vessel Imma tell them to be careful Cuz a copper wanna kill em And the family in the ghetto From the bottom of the barrel I’mma run it like the pharoah Nigga this is for the peasants We be worried bout the Peso peso
Daydreaming thinking how to get some money And then we good And then we good And then we’ll be good
All I’m doing thinking how to get some money And then we good And then we good And then we’ll be good
[ Krayzie Bone] Kray jack love grindin hard so really I’ll be fine Shinin, ballin til the end of my time Stuck in my prime, I’m always at my best Sick in the mind, go all day never rest Keep em in line, the flow got em in check Me and mine, you niggas gotta respect Leisure time, for me that don’t exist I seek to find my peace, so a nigga drift sometime Never no worry from me cause I’m knowing that I’m truly blessed Caution my steps, if I see majority go to the right then I walk to the left (ayy) Truly innovative, even niggas that be hatin they be motivated Cause I’m so creative, motivator, and them suckas we could never relate to Trust no faker, shakin these snakes Ain’t no haters making me wait All I gotta say is they gon see me shine They gon have to bottle Kray, ooh don’t come around my way Bone diggy done yep we go over time
[ Saba ] Daydreaming thinking how to get some money And then we good And then we good And then we’ll be good
All I’m doing thinking how to get some money And then we good And then we good And then we’ll be good
Daydreaming thinking how to get some money (tell em that I’m on my way) And then we good (dollar bill come my way) And then we good (dollar bill come my way) And then we’ll be good (dollar bill come my way)
All I’m doing thinking how to get some money (tell em that I’m on my way) And then we good (dollar bill come my way) And then we good (dollar bill come my way) And then we’ll be good (dollar bill come my way)
"Come My Way" ft. Krayzie Bone Written by Saba and Krayzie Bone Additional vocals by Daoud Produced by Daoud and daedaePIVOT
Saba presents 'Few Good Things' The Short Film, directed by C.T. Robert
Artist's Note from Saba The concept of Few Good Things is the realization of self after a search for exterior fulfillment. It is the satisfaction and completeness you gain by simply living a life that is yours. Few is a small number, but few is not lonely. In the face of all adversity, a few good things is recognizing and accepting blessings. Few is to count them, one by one. An empty glass is full of air. An empty bank is full of lessons. An empty heart is full of memories. Few good things is to grow comfortable with the empty, and despite that, finding your fullness.
Director's Note from C.T. Robert As a storyteller, I've always been drawn to stories that attempt to identify what makes us who we are. The ones that ask questions like: What does having everything you need really look like? Is it sitting at a dinner table with your loved ones? Is it waking up next to the woman you love? Is it having cherished memories for all of those you care for, those still in the physical and those who passed on?
It's hard to pinpoint the exact answers to all these but we know that it's nothing that can be achieved from monetary fulfillment or anything materialistic. It's a weight that can only be carried with you through years of experiences and memories made from putting the time in with those around you. No amount of money could ever replace that. In this film we want to refocus the conversation surrounding these ideas and help shed light on what's really important in the grand scheme of it all.
Saba presents 'Few Good Things' The Short Film, directed by C.T. Robert
Artist's Note from Saba The concept of Few Good Things is the realization of self after a search for exterior fulfillment. It is the satisfaction and completeness you gain by simply living a life that is yours. Few is a small number, but few is not lonely. In the face of all adversity, a few good things is recognizing and accepting blessings. Few is to count them, one by one. An empty glass is full of air. An empty bank is full of lessons. An empty heart is full of memories. Few good things is to grow comfortable with the empty, and despite that, finding your fullness.
Director's Note from C.T. Robert As a storyteller, I've always been drawn to stories that attempt to identify what makes us who we are. The ones that ask questions like: What does having everything you need really look like? Is it sitting at a dinner table with your loved ones? Is it waking up next to the woman you love? Is it having cherished memories for all of those you care for, those still in the physical and those who passed on?
It's hard to pinpoint the exact answers to all these but we know that it's nothing that can be achieved from monetary fulfillment or anything materialistic. It's a weight that can only be carried with you through years of experiences and memories made from putting the time in with those around you. No amount of money could ever replace that. In this film we want to refocus the conversation surrounding these ideas and help shed light on what's really important in the grand scheme of it all.
Saba presents 'Few Good Things' The Short Film, directed by C.T. Robert
Artist's Note from Saba The concept of Few Good Things is the realization of self after a search for exterior fulfillment. It is the satisfaction and completeness you gain by simply living a life that is yours. Few is a small number, but few is not lonely. In the face of all adversity, a few good things is recognizing and accepting blessings. Few is to count them, one by one. An empty glass is full of air. An empty bank is full of lessons. An empty heart is full of memories. Few good things is to grow comfortable with the empty, and despite that, finding your fullness.
Director's Note from C.T. Robert As a storyteller, I've always been drawn to stories that attempt to identify what makes us who we are. The ones that ask questions like: What does having everything you need really look like? Is it sitting at a dinner table with your loved ones? Is it waking up next to the woman you love? Is it having cherished memories for all of those you care for, those still in the physical and those who passed on?
It's hard to pinpoint the exact answers to all these but we know that it's nothing that can be achieved from monetary fulfillment or anything materialistic. It's a weight that can only be carried with you through years of experiences and memories made from putting the time in with those around you. No amount of money could ever replace that. In this film we want to refocus the conversation surrounding these ideas and help shed light on what's really important in the grand scheme of it all.
Saba presents 'Few Good Things' The Short Film, directed by C.T. Robert
Artist's Note from Saba The concept of Few Good Things is the realization of self after a search for exterior fulfillment. It is the satisfaction and completeness you gain by simply living a life that is yours. Few is a small number, but few is not lonely. In the face of all adversity, a few good things is recognizing and accepting blessings. Few is to count them, one by one. An empty glass is full of air. An empty bank is full of lessons. An empty heart is full of memories. Few good things is to grow comfortable with the empty, and despite that, finding your fullness.
Director's Note from C.T. Robert As a storyteller, I've always been drawn to stories that attempt to identify what makes us who we are. The ones that ask questions like: What does having everything you need really look like? Is it sitting at a dinner table with your loved ones? Is it waking up next to the woman you love? Is it having cherished memories for all of those you care for, those still in the physical and those who passed on?
It's hard to pinpoint the exact answers to all these but we know that it's nothing that can be achieved from monetary fulfillment or anything materialistic. It's a weight that can only be carried with you through years of experiences and memories made from putting the time in with those around you. No amount of money could ever replace that. In this film we want to refocus the conversation surrounding these ideas and help shed light on what's really important in the grand scheme of it all.
Saba presents 'Few Good Things' The Short Film, directed by C.T. Robert
Artist's Note from Saba The concept of Few Good Things is the realization of self after a search for exterior fulfillment. It is the satisfaction and completeness you gain by simply living a life that is yours. Few is a small number, but few is not lonely. In the face of all adversity, a few good things is recognizing and accepting blessings. Few is to count them, one by one. An empty glass is full of air. An empty bank is full of lessons. An empty heart is full of memories. Few good things is to grow comfortable with the empty, and despite that, finding your fullness.
Director's Note from C.T. Robert As a storyteller, I've always been drawn to stories that attempt to identify what makes us who we are. The ones that ask questions like: What does having everything you need really look like? Is it sitting at a dinner table with your loved ones? Is it waking up next to the woman you love? Is it having cherished memories for all of those you care for, those still in the physical and those who passed on?
It's hard to pinpoint the exact answers to all these but we know that it's nothing that can be achieved from monetary fulfillment or anything materialistic. It's a weight that can only be carried with you through years of experiences and memories made from putting the time in with those around you. No amount of money could ever replace that. In this film we want to refocus the conversation surrounding these ideas and help shed light on what's really important in the grand scheme of it all.
Pivot Gang, LLCFew Good Things: The Short Film live with Saba and C.T. RobertSaba Pivot2022-02-10 | Few Good Things, an album by Saba: The Short Film official release, premiering at 6p PT/8p CT/9p ET: youtube.com/watch?v=bkI_5ouHUFI
Artist's Note from Saba The concept of Few Good Things is the realization of self after a search for exterior fulfillment. It is the satisfaction and completeness you gain by simply living a life that is yours. Few is a small number, but few is not lonely. In the face of all adversity, a few good things is recognizing and accepting blessings. Few is to count them, one by one. An empty glass is full of air. An empty bank is full of lessons. An empty heart is full of memories. Few good things is to grow comfortable with the empty, and despite that, finding your fullness.
Director's Note from C.T. Robert As a storyteller, I've always been drawn to stories that attempt to identify what makes us who we are. The ones that ask questions like: What does having everything you need really look like? Is it sitting at a dinner table with your loved ones? Is it waking up next to the woman you love? Is it having cherished memories for all of those you care for, those still in the physical and those who passed on?
It's hard to pinpoint the exact answers to all these but we know that it's nothing that can be achieved from monetary fulfillment or anything materialistic. It's a weight that can only be carried with you through years of experiences and memories made from putting the time in with those around you. No amount of money could ever replace that. In this film we want to refocus the conversation surrounding these ideas and help shed light on what's really important in the grand scheme of it all.
Pivot Gang, LLCSaba - Few Good Things (A Short Film)Saba Pivot2022-02-10 | Saba presents 'Few Good Things' The Short Film, directed by C.T. Robert
Artist's Note from Saba The concept of Few Good Things is the realization of self after a search for exterior fulfillment. It is the satisfaction and completeness you gain by simply living a life that is yours. Few is a small number, but few is not lonely. In the face of all adversity, a few good things is recognizing and accepting blessings. Few is to count them, one by one. An empty glass is full of air. An empty bank is full of lessons. An empty heart is full of memories. Few good things is to grow comfortable with the empty, and despite that, finding your fullness.
Director's Note from C.T. Robert As a storyteller, I've always been drawn to stories that attempt to identify what makes us who we are. The ones that ask questions like: What does having everything you need really look like? Is it sitting at a dinner table with your loved ones? Is it waking up next to the woman you love? Is it having cherished memories for all of those you care for, those still in the physical and those who passed on?
It's hard to pinpoint the exact answers to all these but we know that it's nothing that can be achieved from monetary fulfillment or anything materialistic. It's a weight that can only be carried with you through years of experiences and memories made from putting the time in with those around you. No amount of money could ever replace that. In this film we want to refocus the conversation surrounding these ideas and help shed light on what's really important in the grand scheme of it all.
Director: C.T. Robert Producers: Saba, C.T. Robert, Cristela Rodriguez, Rory Webb, Julie Fong Co-Producers: Bryan Casallo, Jona Ward Executive Producers: Pegah Farahmand, Mike Lobikis, Sara Nix Written by: C.T. Robert, Kyra Andrews Film Presented by: Saba/Pivot Gang Production Company: Partizan Entertainment Production In Association With: SoundCloud Chicago Production Company: Pogi Studios Director of Photography: Eric Vera Production Designer: Natalie Bonanno Editor: C.T. Robert Film Composer: Daoud Cast: Saba, Carl Lewis, Shaun Vaughns, Ahmir Peterson, Joy Monique, Frank McFadden, Consuella Hollins, Samuel Pugh, Lottie Geanes, Sanaii Brown Casting Directors: Nachelle Pugh, Crystal Harris, Cristela Rodriguez, Jake Bloom, O’Connor Casting Production Manager: Miles Royal Partizan Coordinator: Koyote Meiners-Rios Additional Coordinator: Mary Munez Associate Producers: Pat Fischer, Michelle Tocash, Jonah Mueller Post Production & VFX: Therapy Studios Vine VFX: Digital Axis Color: Omar Inguanzo Color Assistant: Celene Curlee Sound Designer & Mixer: Dillon Cahill VFX Supervisor: Geoff Stephenson Flame Artists: Wren Waters, Faby Zumarman, Phil Apostle EP Therapy: Margaret Ward Post Coordinator: Bogui Adjorlolo 1st AD: Saro Melero Bonnin 2nd AD: Mike Knauer 2nd 2nd AD: Loiselle Morco Steadicam Ops: Austin Vinas, Jose Espinoza 1st AC: Cain Camacho 2nd AC: Bryan Wright DIT: JP Quindara Gaffer: Paskal Pawlicki Best Boy: Chris Vergara Electric: Steven Garcia, John White Key Grip: Mayank Mishra Grip: Q Worthy Swing: Maurice Wade Jackson Special Effects Tech: Linda Johnson Special Effects Tech Asst: Randy Johnson Location Audio: Joseph Vnuck Set Decorator: Anna Chandler Set Dresser: Diego Baltran Shopper: Robin Lee, Taylor Zielinski, Isra HMU: Jimeria Williams HMU Asst: Kendall Bararchy Wardrobe Stylist: Nadya Laska Wardrobe Asst: Amanda Tan Location Manager: Mary Munez Location Scout: Clare Bisignano Covid Compliance Manager: Lucia Agajanian Covid-19 Testers: Felix Velez, Jaron Wilson Fire Safety Officer: Mauricio Rodriquez Security: Rudy Martinez, Cesar Siguenza Key PA: Kayla Thomas Photo PA: Reese Amaru Production Assistants: Mark Capapas, Chris Totzke, Luis Casallo, Kevin Reodica, Julian Engle, Jon Gardner, Payton Fame Snell, Ricky Bustos, Courtney Johnson Assistant to Julie Fong: Mackenzie Swaney Catering: Raymond Luna BTS: Jude Appleby Clearance Rights: Kurator, Joel Wiebe Archival Footage: CBS2 Chicago, Veritone, WNET Chicago, Heart of the City Films Special Thanks: Tommy Jeans & People's Place Program, Li-Wei Chu
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Credit Written by Tahj Chandler, Sir Farris, Christopher Smith Jr, Carl Lewis Produced by Daoud, daedaePIVOT, Day Wave and Saba Additional vocals - Phoelix Bass - Daoud Electric Guitar - Daoud, Day Wave Piano - Daoud Keyboards/Synthesizers - Daoud, Day Wave Drum Programming - Saba, daedaePIVOT Recording Engineer - Josh Berg (Kingsize Soundlabs), Smino
Photography by Dawit N.M., on the Westside of Chicago
Lyrics Chilling on the westside Everything was perfect Back in 2012 before our records hit the surface Had a few girls I was juggling I ain't never did the circus Had a phone by motorola But that bitch was outta service My car go in and out like you tryna resuscitate it We on the way but only 50/50 chance we make it aye We never say goodbye no see ya round or see ya later aye This Chicago when you leave we say be safe here
Bout time I think it's bout time Back then we didn’t abide by Now I tend to spend my time Time flies, I think about us
Chilling on the uh yea everything was perfect All the small things about being broke I never got to notice I took everything for granted when the movement was slow motion Got into a fender bender whip so broken it was totaled Not to sound like I don’t appreciate what they pay me But all the days in the basement we trying to recreate it Was eyeing a freaky lady from my highschool now she hoeing She looking at how I glow up 50/50 chance she going
Chilling on the westside Everything was perfect Back in 2012 before our records hit the surface Had a few girls I was juggling I ain't never did the circus Had a phone by motorola but that bitch was outta service My car go in and out like you tryna resuscitate it We on the way but only 50/50 chance we make it aye We never say goodbye no see ya round or see ya later aye This Chicago
Credit Written by Tahj Chandler, Jerrel Chandler Produced by Saba, Daoud, and daedaePIVOT DJ Pharris vocal sample Michael Rapaport vocal sample Additional vocals - Daoud Electric Guitar - Saba Synthesizers - Daoud Drum Programming - Saba, daedaePIVOT Recording Engineer - Saba, Rudyard Lee Cullers (Kingsize Soundlabs), Daoud
Photography by Dawit N.M., on the Westside of Chicago
Lyrics Woke up today said I’m getting it right Been up some days and I been up some nights (Some nights, some days) I caught the plane and I didn’t look twice All for the simplest life (Simple life)
Doo doo doo doo Doo doo Doo doo doo doo Doo doo
She say the little things matter they show her she needed If you can provide em then she won’t be leaving The man in my family can’t be no teachers You learn what you see and no (We didn’t see it) Money can’t be the security for her But it’s important even if you’re poor White picket fence and a wreath on the door We from the basement concrete on the floor
Concrete on the deck with a rim I’m calling check In the simple autumn weather give my daughter all that’s left When her father laid to rest The money never made me I’m more than I invest In the morning I’mma mess but waking up next to (You) Makes it worth it, said I’ll put in more effort Shit I can’t be perfect but I
Woke up today said I’m getting it right Been up some days and I been up some nights (Some nights, some days) I caught the plane and I didn’t look twice All for the simplest life (Simple life)
I put the pain in the shit that I write Can’t frustrated gotta give it some time (Some nights, some days) Hop off the train at the end of the line That was a simpler time (Simple time)
[Mereba] Doo doo doo doo Doo doo Doo doo doo doo Doo doo Thank the sky for slowing time Shit got too complicated Pace myself, the paper swells I’m patient, not complacent Calm like the sea when it meets the horizon now No one can, no one can shake me Not even Poseidon now
Live long and sing my song, so black and free That’s all i really want this life to be Green trees blossom round my seeds With green stashed with the lock & key
Wouldn’t that be perfect? If the world ran on fulfilled purpose And not persons worked like they’re purchases Filling purses of wealthy serpents Kneel down and look up, filling up the place of worship Praying for days that hurt less Like karma come break the curses Maybe that’s what my worth is, Paint a new picture perfect
[Saba] Woke up today said I’m getting it right Been up some days and I been up some nights (Some nights, some days) I caught the plane and I didn’t look twice All for the simplest life (Simple life)
I put the pain in the shit that I write Can’t frustrated gotta give it some time (Some nights, some days) Hop off the train at the end of the line That was a simpler time (Simple time)
Credit Written by Tahj Chandler, Marian Mereba Produced by Monte Booker and Jacob Rochester Additional production by Daoud Drums - Jacob Rochester Drum Programming - Monte Booker Keyboards/Synthesizers - Monte Booker Recording Engineer - Saba, Rudyard Lee Cullers (64 Sound)
Photography by Dawit N.M., on the Westside of Chicago
Lyrics Yea Two students that had each other back in a world against em Who barely showed up to class once they had each other’s attention I’m down to spend every minute that I can to her limits Cause usually she down to kick it until she get tired of niggas Music’s our common interest we rambling about Kendrick And Kid Cudi I’m tryna put her on to shit that she missing But she had everything I mean everything I was listing So I even gave her my tapes and hoped she would try to listen The kinda bond where it get hard not to fall in ya feelings But she talking bout friendship (what?) A similar commute we on the same side of town and her school close to my campus So when I get off the bus it’s fuck it I’m bout to go down there I’ve always struggled to converse if it wasn’t a verse Social anxiety it got me stumbling on words But I always speak my mind and shit when I’m with her
Corner store to the porch with my new thing, yea a new thing We’ll get lost in the world like we wanted, hey you know me Corner store can’t afford shit but your chips, hey the choices We don’t gotta mature we’re just young kids, hey so fuck it
I had everything I needed, everything Yea I had everything I needed, everything
Yea My niggas that had each other back in a world against em From a poverty stricken parable that our hearts had written We come from fifty cent bags of candy and penny pitching It’s like a wishing well if we gave the concrete our wishes We dreamt so loudly we would wear it when the sun would slow up On the greyest day we on the train in our colorful clothing A childlike innocence we cherished it and tried to hold it We was either asking bout performances or where the hoes was My granny basement became the mecca like Eric Forman’s The cushion in my uncle couch fell out but we still on it Shit if you ever need a place to stay you can sleep over If not it’s back to CTA I’ll catch y'all in the morning The greenline dangerous for us it's just how we get home I wanted dreads I put a brush down and I grabbed a comb I can take you where it’s rough I mean the catacomb All these bodies dropping same blocks that we played tag For some old shit they wanted they payback So we escape it all in the booth with the playback Cause this the only place that we knew you were safe at
Corner store to the porch with my new thing, yea a new thing We’ll get lost in the world like we wanted, hey you know me Corner store can’t afford shit but your chips, hey the choices We don’t gotta mature we’re just young kids, hey so fuck it
I had everything I needed, everything Yea I had everything I needed, everything Say had everything I needed, everything Cause I had everyone I needed
Credit Written by Tahj Chandler Produced by Daoud and Nascent Additional production by Saba and Day Wave Additional vocals - Daoud Electric Guitar - Daoud Keyboards/Synthesizers - Daoud Drum Programming - Nascent Recording Engineer - Saba, Daoud
Photography by Dawit N.M., on the Westside of Chicago
Lyrics [Frsh Waters] Is this caution a cause It’s justified in my eyes sometimes I (you) got God But other times, other times we feel like We wanna let our guards down That’s not how to survive Never ending cycle of life Most times we on Guard
[Saba] Life is fighting while nobody notices Die a man or live out like the soldiers Life is filled with answers that make no sense Live a man or die out like the soldiers
I hope the world learn to value the life of my unborn yea Cuz what Imma tell them when the time get here I’m dying from asphyxiation from the weight of the world While in the waiting room I’m waiting for the birth of my girl How imma be a troop tryna lead a troop of my own You know what they do to a home That's why I bought this here chrome Don’t need a automatic Not Paula Patton But two guns yea I thought about it We caught a cab and Like a rally We drove it through the rain while my girl is in pain It's not impossible to think that we just made a mistake Cause to play the part of father is a sacred art to toddlers City made a mark upon us imma say the Our Father All I can do is pray that they don’t make me an example Cause safety is something that is not here like a bantu It’s like I’m drafted and I gotta leave the family I’m just hoping I return with all my body parts attached to me Yea, exactly
Life is fighting while nobody notices Die a man or live out like the soldiers Life is filled with answers that make no sense Live a man or die out like the
[Joseph Chilliams] I know I’m poor But I don’t wanna go to war The whole mission I’ll just miss mi amor In the trenches among henchmen and gore Calling for the lord like a slave with a sword Watching my back like my ass getting fat Told recruiters right before they shoot us That I can’t differentiate between blue and black so I can duck the draft and remain intact In camouflage I’ll still be a snack Be a star in the desert like the Bible Like beautiful girls I’ll have dudes suicidal They can’t shoot me they tryna shoot they shot fuck a bullet and a rifle And it’s too hot just imagine when the gun let Off in the crossfire more than one death Scope on my curves like I’m in a sundress Drones follow me around after sunset I’m getting hunted
Life is fighting while nobody notices Die a man or live out like the soldiers Life is filled with answers that make no sense Live a man or die out like the soldiers Forgive me I only meant well Still fighting everyday with myself
[MFnMelo] Through the land of the fallen While you wait Awake by the morning, someone prayed I was told to soak it all in like sun rays But the sun’s like a grenade
Photography by Dawit N.M., on the Westside of Chicago
Lyrics I put the punch in the kick instead of punching a clock It’s no wonder that this is timeless Nights spent sleeping on the floor need a bed or at least a cot Since his dreams starting to define him The grind never stopped for the working class fuck a birkin bag I learned my colors then I had to watch what color shirt I had Like I concierge I show the way of our concerning past But everybody can’t come along I come to terms with that I ain’t never been one to burn bridges or burn a bag Ironic money turn a man into a island and a friend into a financial advisor Take a family and divide it in America, the land of the tyrant Still with the same niggas and that mean the women too The only thing changed what I paid for the tennis shoe Like Eminem on stage for he blew, this is living proof Bad things come in threes, good things come, a few
Few All the fears we had to run from, and he only want a few things We went back to where we start from, not the only one All the fears we had to run from, and he only want a few things We went back to where we start from, not the only one
Niggas repping blocks like the taxi wars but the thing about turf is that it never actually grows I tried to focus on the sprouts like a grocery store But in the hood shit don’t always go how it supposed to go So we adjusted like a tailor making alterations Altercations in the Austin neighborhood was all for paper Group think swear that it was all contagious how we all complacent I said fuck it I’m all in like I was off to Vegas The followed days I grew my dreads like I was part Jamaican Know the journey waiting is a lonely one, they'll call him crazy Because believing in yourself not often celebrated People projecting a mirror image that is merely hatred The fear he faces is the same as me I’m peer adjacent All truth you know I don’t lie, like Shakira shaking Iridescent people show they colors I assume they true Bad things come in threes, good things coming soon
Few and he only want a few things
All the fears we had to run from (run from), and he only want a few things We went back to where we start from (start from), not the only one All the fears we had to run from (run from), and he only want a few things We went back to where we start from not the only one
[Black Thought verse]
[Saba] I tried that invincible shit but the principle is When it’s niggas defending ya wig it’s a pendulum shift I tried to spend a lil less like a minimalist But then I can confess that this gets harder the bigger you get The rich will get rich the poor get pissed that’s just what it is We seen everything from the gutter to glitz Adults in the crib telling the kids to cover they ears Fight with a youngin and watch they older brothers appear Like two in the front and one in the rear The fun subsides when you gotta swallow your anger or stomach your fear All the money a myth It’s a sunken abyss But necessary for the family to have somewhere to live So you stuck with making decisions more than some wouldn’t get The baggage that come with the bag hope you not fumbling it Marathon not a sprint like I’m honoring Nip When commas the common denominator all the percent Got us moving to the pacific In hopes that it would be different The boat we was on had physics That left some of us swimming Don’t ask bout my independence We not financially literate Dangle a million dollars When oxygen was the mission We just wanna breathe We been drowning down here for centuries Black and brown boy identity Families that depend on me Art get turn to assembly Line every line my lineage Glass half full The other half was the emptiness We turned a bunch of nothing to abundance Few good things
Photography by Dawit N.M., on the Westside of Chicago
Lyrics Been in a daze since the ink hit the seam now I think it's time for me to play My running days read the moment of me now I won’t stop until I find a way home The summers gaze gives me tingling ease now Anticipate a veil of shade But the shade is a gift from the tree now I won’t stop until I see the change I have made
Damn it’s been a while Since nights we saw you Under the viaduct If its fire, run run
To everybody that look like us Who fam don’t talk they tired This more than what meets your eyelids And living apart just dying Make you forget what you fight about Plus what good is that flight You ain’t flying out your entire house From camry cars to the fancy all without any thought Kids in the train cars hustling candy bars to play basketball I still get nostalgic seeing houses that my family lost They wished upon a star I caught it like I'm Randy Moss When granny fought for her property she would turn down any cost I’m the grandson of Carl, who lived across from the fosters Then fostered me to spread love through holiday poverty Hand me downs I was given I thought they were bought for me A tale of two Chicagos, this gets confused commonly Cause one you’re commemorated if you’re the hot commodity I tried that invincible shit but the principle is When its niggas defending ya wig then its a pendulum shift I tried to spend a lil less like a minimalist But then I can confess that this gets harder The bigger you get
Photography by Dawit N.M., on the Westside of Chicago
Lyrics Want the peace but don’t wanna die It’s a one way street though It’s a round trip when we fly Never one way one way New crib by the sea side On a one way street though It’s a million ways to get by Never one way one way
Need a million after taxes I might spend the shit on fashion All this flexing make me stronger Feel like Tony in a mansion And my baby momma looking like she coulda won a pageant I'm not vegan we been eatin Kick my feet up and get fatter Sit all day and I play madden and my mattress California My address California, when I can’t find my controller I say fuck it buy another It ain’t nothing, I got money We all splurgin on this dumb shit Cause we careless and we youngins Every nigga with a budget taking care at least 10 buddies What you need you know I cover
It’s a one way street though It’s a round trip when we fly Never one way one way New crib by the sea side On a one way street though It’s a million ways to get by Never one way one way
Imma order pasta that I cannot properly pronounce Keep my doors open case a nigga pop up on my couch Went from couldn’t afford it to a nigga copping without counting None my checks been voiding since a nigga got me an accountant Send my momma a quick thousand then we crash some open houses All the rappers in Tarzana, in the valley, Calabasas All my niggas wanna crash here and my women friends is ratchet All the neighbors looking at us looking different than they families A black man with the baggy so my people in my paddy Know I got it if you ask me
It’s a one way street though It’s a round trip when we fly Never one way one way New crib by the sea side On a one way street though It’s a million ways to get by Never one way one way
Photography by Dawit N.M., on the Westside of Chicago
Lyrics Yea I got everything I could ever need And I try to keep that in mind anytime I meet man tryna sell a dream It ain’t no one telling me what to sing And the people around me got better things To do with they life Than telling me what I should do in a rhyme Instead of being with my family I was in Canada I was in Tokyo I didn’t know before I learned as much as I love to perform at the show It’s the people close I gotta show up for Just lost a friend to an overdose Make me question what I’m even sober for Cause I used to think that I was scared to die but I don’t even know no more Look ma I made it it’s like we dreamed Look ma I made it it’s make believe Ya boy in LA in a fancy house and My car don’t got a key Some people I wanted to be proud of me Ain’t walking this earth and that shatters me but I learned to imagine things so I feel it when they looking after me My heart used to be filled with jealousy for what others had amongst other things And then when y’all sit in the same room you realize they ain’t what they seem
Look ma I made it it’s like we dreamed Look ma I made it it’s make believe Cause black boys on this side of town not supposed to be on the front page of the newspaper For doing greater I spent a lot of time wondering who’ll save us It’s food on the table I’m grateful I don’t give a fuck bout a label Yea they put a mil on the table But my granny really put meals on the table
Westside right on time We can play make believe Just like we did when we were 5 Save those looks for judgement time Do what feels right (Do what)
Compliments don’t get me high Sometimes I get overwhelmed And I feel I want to hide Fall in love when you’re 45 For now, Do what feels right (Do what)
Photography by Dawit N.M., on the Westside of Chicago
Lyrics If I had a dollar every time I failed I’d be a rich nigga Money that don’t mean wealth that just mean rich nigga Look at that soul on sale make you rich nigga Dollar all the time I fail
Take a loss take a win Take a breath take it in Take your time Take a loss take a win Take a breath take it in Take your time
If I had a dollar all the times I failed I’d be a rich nigga Money that don’t mean wealth that just mean rich nigga Look at that soul on sale make you rich nigga Dollar all the time I fail
Take a loss take a win Take a breath take it in Take your time Take a loss take a win Take a breath take it in Take your time
Reading the words of a few good men Childhood ways take the food out ya hand Long live the gang got the crew down a man Microscope to the moves that you made Enough labor without fruit Hop up out the bitch I’m Biggie Smalls gimme the loot They passed you the ball and you caused em to lose It was all on you I can’t even count all the shots I missed That Nick Anderson you’ll be scared to shoot But I can’t call it It is what it is Broke niggas love to break shit as a kid If had a dollar every time I did Fail nigga I’d be rich
If I had a dollar every time I failed I’d be a rich nigga (let’s go) Money that don’t mean wealth that just mean rich nigga (let’s go) Look at that soul on sale make you rich nigga (let’s go) Dollar all the time I fail If I had a dollar all the times I failed I’d be a rich nigga Money that don’t mean wealth that just mean rich nigga Look at that soul on sale make you rich nigga Dollar all the time I fail
Take a loss take a win Take a breath take it in Take your time Take a loss take a win Take a breath take it in Take your time
[Benjamin Earl Turner] Ay, still with the gang I had learned to get bands with Remember when we played our records the record executives pressing skip Guess it’s just they couldn’t download the messages Niggas just ain’t have the bandwidth Damn them If I had a dollar every time I failed I could pay a rich nigga ransom I could pay and make this the national anthem I had all these bags Like a Badu ballad Now we making bags Off the word salad Had to master patience Like I’m bout it bout it Had all them L’s That my brain turned to a purple haze And the future days looking hella clouded Fail like an angel God doubted Prevailing against any odd count it Rich rich rich
Credit Written by Tahj Chandler, Jerrel Chandler, Benjamin Turner Produced by Saba, Daoud, and daedaePIVOT Keyboards/Synthesizers - Daoud Drum Programming - daedaePIVOT Recording Engineer - Saba, Hope Brush (Revival Studio LA), Rudyard Lee Cullers (Kingsize Soundlabs)
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#SABA #FEWGOODTHINGSSaba ft. @gherbo - Survivors Guilt (Official Audio)Saba Pivot2022-01-28 | Few Good Things, a short film: youtu.be/bkI_5ouHUFI Sheltered and innocent. And guilty by association. When you see enough of your friends go, you learn the true difference money can make, whereas before you could only imagine.
Saba presents 'Few Good Things' The Short Film, directed by C.T. Robert Premiere screening and digital experience provided by Moment House Moderated by veteran multi-media journalist Brandon 'Jinx' Jenkins in conversation with Saba and C.T. Robert
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LYRICS Even in the winter time They identifying all these niggas dying Ain’t no break in time for the bacon, swine Is a peace of mind worth leaving everything you knew behind Move another town and Hope the trauma don’t amount to what you do in life Cause some people didn’t make it, doing life Yea my people need vacation on an island All the people say we made it sorta lying I got no alliance to no corporate buyers Raise the mortgage higher Imma stand my ground like a fucking squatter My father told me that the world was mine and I believed him My momma said I was a heathen My grandma was the one to feed us I’m the one that pay my sister tuition I should probably go to the meetings My grandpa smiling with no teeth in My cousin still supposed to be here Aye Aye Aye Raised below poverty Now I keep it sacred geometry I’m with my circle I’m training for mayhem but y’all are more triangle cause I saw silly niggas don’t change up I’m still on my square like a plaintiff Be careful they armed and they dangerous For diamonds some niggas is spiraling They want us in boxes but can’t contain us oh my god I’m trying to move better what's really eating when you from a food desert I see the news letters can’t listen to them they be moving to careless This album’s confessions of a man moving quick wonder he regret it Once I make a band and get rich rich rich rich
Break in the door Nother day in the ‘go I can’t take it no more Once I make a band and get rich rich rich rich
Let the snakes do ya cold It’s the same as before If they hate, they some hoes Once I make a band and get rich rich rich rich
Break in the door Nother day in the ‘go I can’t take it no more Once I make a band and get rich rich rich rich
Let the snakes do ya cold It’s the same as before If they hate, they some hoes Once I make a band and get rich rich rich rich
Even in the summer time It be mother’s crying Talking outta line You get undermined It’s some real niggas here that wanna die No stopping Make as much as you can it ain’t no option I’m all across the land Imma globetrotter Cause I left the fam on my old block and Now I got no choice but to go harder I plotted on everything Said Imma kill everything Survivor’s guilt rhetoric I coulda been a B But that thinking deadly We facing the pressure of family that we watched suffer I gotta lift em up outta gutter I make a check I send that to my mother They root for me like Ireland and Conner Mcgregor Loaded up the van some of them didn’t fit I got you next time we do this again don’t trip Had zero to my name so did the gang I was with Said once we make 10 bands we’ll be rich rich rich rich
Break in the door Nother day in the go I can’t take it no more Once I make a band and get rich rich rich rich
Let the snakes do ya cold It’s the same as before If they hate, they some hoes Once I make a band and get rich rich rich rich
Break in the door Nother day in the ‘go I can’t take it no more Once I make a band and get rich rich rich rich
Let the snakes do ya cold It’s the same as before If they hate, they some hoes Once I make a band and get rich rich rich rich
Break in the door Nother day in the ‘go I can’t take it no more
Let the snakes do ya cold It’s the same as before If they hate, they some hoes
#Saba #SurvivorsGuilt #GHerbo #PivotGang #2022 #MixSaba - Few Good Things The Short Film (Official Trailer)Saba Pivot2022-01-21 | Few Good Things, a short film: youtu.be/bkI_5ouHUFI Saba presents 'Few Good Things' The Short Film, directed by C.T. Robert
Premiere screening and digital experience provided by Moment House Film scored by Daoud Anthony
Moderated by veteran multi-media journalist Brandon 'Jinx' Jenkins in conversation with Saba and C.T. Robert
1/31 - 6pm ET - North + South America (East) 1/31 - 6pm PT - North + South America (West) 2/1 - 6pm JST - Asia + Australia + New Zealand 2/1 - 6pm GMT - Europe + UK + Africa
Artist's Note from Saba The concept of Few Good Things is the realization of self after a search for exterior fulfillment. It is the satisfaction and completeness you gain by simply living a life that is yours. Few is a small number, but few is not lonely. In the face of all adversity, a few good things is recognizing and accepting blessings. Few is to count them, one by one. An empty glass is full of air. An empty bank is full of lessons. An empty heart is full of memories. Few good things is to grow comfortable with the empty, and despite that, finding your fullness.
Director's Note from C.T. Robert As a storyteller, I've always been drawn to stories that attempt to identify what makes us who we are. The ones that ask questions like: What does having everything you need really look like? Is it sitting at a dinner table with your loved ones? Is it waking up next to the woman you love? Is it having cherished memories for all of those you care for, those still in the physical and those who passed on?
It's hard to pinpoint the exact answers to all these but we know that it's nothing that can be achieved from monetary fulfillment or anything materialistic. It's a weight that can only be carried with you through years of experiences and memories made from putting the time in with those around you. No amount of money could ever replace that. In this film we want to refocus the conversation surrounding these ideas and help shed light on what's really important in the grand scheme of it all.
Pivot Gang, LLCSaba ft. Krayzie Bone - Come My Way (Official Audio)Saba Pivot2022-01-14 | Few Good Things, a short film: youtu.be/bkI_5ouHUFI Poverty song was a concept I considered for this one. “All I’m doing [is] thinking how to get some money, and then we’ll be good.” A false statement, but one that I believed at a point, and many others believe right now. This song also takes place in that nostalgic kind of setting. I’m describing many things that are normal on the westside of Chicago, so that it plays like just any other day. Pretty stagnant but having so much life. “We ain’t got no time to relax.” A harsh reality for so many people experiencing this type of poor. The focus is on work and survival. “Had to run them niggas shooting shit, I wish that the guys had shields.” An acknowledgement of grief, but the song is not written as to feel sad or sorry for ourselves. It is a reality, not one I or anyone else can change, so this song is getting up the next day and getting to work, or getting to it however you provide, but just moving on in that fashion. “And then we’ll be good.” Throughout whatever adversity, and challenges, and otherwise just fucked up shit comes our way.
Come My Way Lyrics: [Saba] Daydreaming thinking how to get some money And then we good And then we good And then we’ll be good
All I’m doing thinking how to get some money And then we good And then we good And then we’ll be good
This sound like tube socks on Madison Ave Students acting bad up in the class Drop out but family will ask Lie like you plan on going back aye We ain’t no time to relax Work the only priority in tact Posted on the porch shooting the shit Had to run them niggas shooting shit I wish that the guys had shields Stop lights cleaning windshields Fiends will do it free for a feel Had the same friends since I was little Used to hoop with Poppy and Jaleel Spooky bent the block I dropped a tape Talked to Walt and watched him fly away Multiply my problems by the day Westside chilling with a faithful Knock it out the park it's like the base loaded I’mma get it booming like I’m Metro Me I’m getting to it how I’m meant to Blood i mean a vessel Imma tell them to be careful Cuz a copper wanna kill em And the family in the ghetto From the bottom of the barrel I’mma run it like the pharoah Nigga this is for the peasants We be worried bout the Peso peso
Daydreaming thinking how to get some money And then we good And then we good And then we’ll be good
All I’m doing thinking how to get some money And then we good And then we good And then we’ll be good
[ Krayzie Bone] Kray type love grindin hard so really I’ll be fine Shinin, ballin til the end of my time Stuck in my prime, I’m always at my best Sick in the mind, go all day never rest Keep em in line, the flow got em in check Me and mine, you niggas gotta respect Leisure time, for me that don’t exist I seek to find my peace, so a nigga drift sometime Never no worry from me cause I’m knowing that I’m truly blessed Caution my steps, if I see majority go to the right then I walk to the left (ayy) Truly innovative, even niggas that be hatin they be motivated Cause I’m so creative, motivator, and them suckas we could never relate to Trust no faker, shakin these snakes Ain’t no haters making me wait All I gotta say is they gon see me shine They gon have to bottle Kray, ooh don’t come around my way Bone diggy done yep we go over time
[ Saba ] Daydreaming thinking how to get some money And then we good And then we good And then we’ll be good
All I’m doing thinking how to get some money And then we good And then we good And then we’ll be good
Daydreaming thinking how to get some money (tell em that I’m on my way) And then we good (dollar bill come my way) And then we good (dollar bill come my way) And then we’ll be good (dollar bill come my way)
All I’m doing thinking how to get some money (tell em that I’m on my way) And then we good (dollar bill come my way) And then we good (dollar bill come my way) And then we’ll be good (dollar bill come my way)
"Come My Way" ft. Krayzie Bone Written by Saba and Krayzie Bone Additional vocals by Daoud Produced by Daoud and daedaePIVOT
Europe/UK with @Ennyintegrity(*) & @gaidaa 03/01 — Dublin, Ireland @ Academy 03/03 — Manchester, England @ Manchester Club Academy* 03/05 — London, England @ Forum* 03/07 — Birmingham, England @ Institute 2* 03/09 — Brussels, Belgium @ Botanique / Orangerie 03/10 — Cologne, Germany @ Luxor 03/11 — Paris, France @ FVTVR 03/13 — Zurich, Switzerland @ Dynamo 03/14 — Vienna, Austria @ Grelle Forelle 03/16 — Milan, Italy @ Circolo Magnolia 03/18 — Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg Main Hall 03/19 — Hamburg, Germany @ Gruenspan 03/20 — Berlin, Germany @ Yaam 03/22 — Copenhagen, Denmark @ Amager Bio 03/23 — Oslo, Norway @ Parkteateret 03/24 — Stockholm, Sweden @ Debaser
North America with @LuteWest9 & @amindikfrost 04/11 — Phoenix, AZ @ Van Buren 04/14 — Dallas, TX @ House of Blues 04/15 — Houston, TX @ House of Blues 04/16 — Austin, TX @ Emo’s 04/19 — Orlando, FL@ Celine 04/20 — Atlanta, GA @ Centerstage 04/21 — Charlotte, NC @ Underground 04/22 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre 04/25 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel 04/27 — Washington D.C. @ Fillmore 04/28 — Philadelphia, PA @ TLA 04/29 — Boston, MA @ Paradise (SOLD OUT) 05/01 — Toronto, ON @ Phoenix 05/03 — Detroit, MI @ El Club 05/04 — Columbus, OH @ Newport 05/05 — Chicago, IL @ Aragon 05/06 — Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue 05/07 — Lawrence, KS @ Granada 05/09 — Denver, CO @ Cervantes 05/12 — Seattle, WA @ Showbox 05/13 — Portland, OR @ Crystal 05/15 — Vancouver, BC @ Vogue 05/19 — San Francisco, CA @ Regency 05/20 — Santa Cruz, CA @ Catalyst 05/21 — Los Angeles, CA @ Novo
Video directed and edited by Michael del Rosario (@michael_delro)
Pivot Gang, LLCSaba - Fearmonger / Stop That (Performance Video)Saba Pivot2021-12-10 | Few Good Things, a short film: youtu.be/bkI_5ouHUFI Poverty felt inescapable. And growing up, that was true. But what comes with that now as an adult, is a fear that anything can be the end of your success.
Director/Editor - Ian Lipton EP - Krista Worby Producer - Cat McCabe AC - Austin Suhr Gaffer - Julian Ross Key Grip - May Turk PA - Alex Padilla PA - Cecile Lardot Colorist - Steven Wetrich Audio Enginner - Papi Beatz
FEARMONGER LYRICS (Saba) Okay the money on the way it’ll lay by the first Adolescence I would curse on the way to the church My career just turned to cursive how I connect the words Ain’t grow up with much of shit but still it coulda been worse He ain’t focused on her pants he want get in her purse I need it all in advance if they book me to work From we barely had a chance left the crib on alert To a crib with alarms and security perks Insecurity hurts the same way jewelry works So if you paying to flex, pay your security first No point in paying for whips to ride a funeral hearse We be prepared for the best but also fearing the worst
Okay every nigga that I know is scared of going broke I know if I fall back down ain’t no one there to lend me rope Okay and every nigga that I know takes care of so and so So ain’t no option option option You best go make more
(Saba and Daoud) Cause fearmonger live amongst us I feel hunger hunger but guess I feel something at least I need something to eat
When fearmonger live amongst us I feel hunger hunger but guess I feel something at least I need something to eat
(Saba) And scared money never made money what I was taught But once you make money you’ll be more afraid than us all My grandfather drove a corvette convertible car He passed away and left his will to the fate of the stars I made a cool mmmmm all for saying a bar I was scared to spend a dime like what if I die tomorrow Would my fam intervene for a bag of the g’s In a black model 3 sheesh passenger seat Would my fans leave if I can’t put asses in seats If I log out an app or I lack a retweet I’m just scared to go back didn’t have shit to eat Half my bread go to taxes the actual thieves
Okay every nigga that I know is scared of going broke I know if I fall back down ain’t no one there to lend me rope Okay and every nigga that I know takes care of so and so So ain’t no option option option You best go make more
(Saba and Daoud) Cause fearmonger live amongst us I feel hunger hunger but guess I feel something at least I need something to eat
When fearmonger live amongst us I feel hunger hunger but guess I feel something at least I need something to eat
I’m dropping pounds I hear my stomach growl
I’m dropping pounds I hear my stomach growl
I’m dropping pounds I hear my stomach growl
(Daoud) Yes fearmonger lurk among us I done clawed my way up But that bottoms callin me down Slip and I’ll drown
STOP THAT LYRICS Yea Today some feelings are leaving Couldn’t help but feeling mistreated They sleep on my shit and then tell me to drop I don’t see the reason My misses run shit like a chief Together we getting mischievous The bottom is way lonelier than the top But these niggas ain’t seen it Stop that, stop it please You more concern what others earn That says a lot to me I turned a million down a million times That’s not a lot to me (no) The game is changing I do the best that I can to attain it If we gotta gamble I bet on myself All that other shit dangerous I just made a way for myself From out west and my grandmomma basement So I think you hoe niggas should Bow in the presence of greatness let's go Woah Woah Woah Woah Woah Woah Woah Woah Stop that, stop it please Stop that, stop it please We talking bout generational wealth The pressure I built for myself For all of the people who pics on my grandmama shelf Who heard her say gimme the belt I would imagine one day Call it manifestation A man would get taken away We wasn’t planning vacation Like internet bandwidth was laggin This feel like it’s back in day Shit is all ours like a captain would say Treasure map is a trap and this rap is raft Til you back on the ave it’s a matter a fact That you gotta protect your neck like a giraffe While calendar counting the days The days only count if it’s cash When you hit the mattress imagine a mansion I feel like I’m a mad man amassed in the vein living I’m pretending I’m thankful at Thanksgiving I just bought a chain you can’t change niggas I see all my potential in pain dealing With the weight of success and it taste bitter Sweet I mean You far from yo kin You not one of them to them to dim Yo light and get grim like a gremlin It is what it is Until feelings switch and then Woah Woah Woah Woah Woah Woah Woah Woah Stop that, stop it please Stop that, stop it pleaseFew Good Things Coming February 4th (Day N Vegas Recap)Saba Pivot2021-11-30 | Few Good Things, a short film: youtu.be/bkI_5ouHUFI Pre save Few Good Things, an album by Saba: orcd.co/fewgoodthings
Pivot Gang, LLCSaba - Stop That (Official Music Video)Saba Pivot2021-11-19 | Few Good Things, a short film: youtu.be/bkI_5ouHUFI I feel like more often than not, we let our own judgement of ourselves knock our confidence off before anyone else even offers any feedback. Our own insecurities ring really loudly in our heads, to the point where we make ourselves smaller before giving anyone else the chance to. This is something that I feel like I found myself beginning to do over the years. Hiding from the uncomfortable moment. And this song works as my noticing and correcting that.
LYRICS Yea Today some feelings are leaving Couldn’t help but feeling mistreated They sleep on my shit and then tell me to drop I don’t see the reason My misses run shit like a chief Together we getting mischievous The bottom is way lonelier than the top But these niggas ain’t seen it Stop that, stop it please You more concern what others earn That says a lot to me I turned a million down a million times That’s not a lot to me (no) The game is changing I do the best that I can to attain it If we gotta gamble I bet on myself All that other shit dangerous I just made a way for myself From out west and my grandmomma basement So I think you hoe niggas should Bow in the presence of greatness let's go Woah Woah Woah Woah Woah Woah Woah Woah Stop that, stop it please Stop that, stop it please We talking bout generational wealth The pressure I built for myself For all of the people who pics on my grandmama shelf Who heard her say gimme the belt I would imagine one day Call it manifestation A man would get taken away We wasn’t planning vacation Like internet bandwidth was laggin This feel like it’s back in day Shit is all ours like a captain would say Treasure map is a trap and this rap is raft Til you back on the ave it’s a matter a fact That you gotta protect your neck like a giraffe While calendar counting the days The days only count if it’s cash When you hit the mattress imagine a mansion I feel like I’m a mad man amassed in the vein living I’m pretending I’m thankful at Thanksgiving I just bought a chain you can’t change niggas I see all my potential in pain dealing With the weight of success and it taste bitter Sweet I mean You far from yo kin You not one of them to them to dim Yo light and get grim like a gremlin It is what it is Until feelings switch and then Woah Woah Woah Woah Woah Woah Woah Woah Stop that, stop it please Stop that, stop it please
"Stop That" Written and performed by Saba Produced by Saba, Daoud and daedaePIVOT
Music Video Credits EP: Boosh Producer: Jeremy Ivory Chambers Production Company: Parallel Agency Director: Jared Royal and C.T. Robert Management: Cristela Rodriguez and Rory D. Webb Production Design: Maya Iman Stylist: Damaris Flores DP: Aiden Ulrich 1st AC: Riley Keeton Steadicam: Dan Willard Gaffer: Charles A. Schaefer Grip: Vincent Dale Photographer: Virisa Yong Editor: C.T. Robert Colorist: Alex Jimenez PA: Nosidam PA: Jerel Early PA: Kalimah Small Grandmother: Dorette G. Young Mother: Janay D. Henry Father: Charles Andrews Daughter: Ariyah Johnson Son: Austin Willis
At the time of making this record I was beginning to realize how big of a hold fears actually had on me. With big decisions to make, I was never sure if I was doing the right thing. Fearing if I was actually doing enough. I’m saying we’re embedded with this “irrational fear”. The song takes this concept and kind of turns it slightly abstract by assigning a character to “fearmonger”. I’ve never made a record that sounded anything like this and part of the fun of releasing music is to create worlds sonically and have people trust you to show them around your own imagination.
LYRICS (Saba) Okay the money on the way it’ll lay by the first Adolescence I would curse on the way to the church My career just turned to cursive how I connect the words Ain’t grow up with much of shit but still it coulda been worse He ain’t focused on her pants he want get in her purse I need it all in advance if they book me to work From we barely had a chance left the crib on alert To a crib with alarms and security perks Insecurity hurts the same way jewelry works So if you paying to flex, pay your security first No point in paying for whips to ride a funeral hearse We be prepared for the best but also fearing the worst
Okay every nigga that I know is scared of going broke I know if I fall back down ain’t no one there to lend me rope Okay and every nigga that I know takes care of so and so So ain’t no option option option You best go make more
(Saba and Daoud) Cause fearmonger live amongst us I feel hunger hunger but guess I feel something at least I need something to eat
When fearmonger live amongst us I feel hunger hunger but guess I feel something at least I need something to eat
(Saba) And scared money never made money what I was taught But once you make money you’ll be more afraid than us all My grandfather drove a corvette convertible car He passed away and left his will to the fate of the stars I made a cool mmmmm all for saying a bar I was scared to spend a dime like what if I die tomorrow Would my fam intervene for a bag of the g’s In a black model 3 sheesh passenger seat Would my fans leave if I can’t put asses in seats If I log out an app or I lack a retweet I’m just scared to go back didn’t have shit to eat Half my bread go to taxes the actual thieves
Okay every nigga that I know is scared of going broke I know if I fall back down ain’t no one there to lend me rope Okay and every nigga that I know takes care of so and so So ain’t no option option option You best go make more
(Saba and Daoud) Cause fearmonger live amongst us I feel hunger hunger but guess I feel something at least I need something to eat
When fearmonger live amongst us I feel hunger hunger but guess I feel something at least I need something to eat
I’m dropping pounds I hear my stomach growl
I’m dropping pounds I hear my stomach growl
I’m dropping pounds I hear my stomach growl
(Daoud) Yes fearmonger lurk among us I done clawed my way up But that bottoms callin me down Slip and I’ll drown
#Saba #Fearmonger #PivotGang #2021 #MixSaba - Fearmonger ft. Daoud (Official Audio)Saba Pivot2021-11-05 | Few Good Things, a short film: youtu.be/bkI_5ouHUFI At the time of making this record I was beginning to realize how big of a hold fears actually had on me. With big decisions to make, I was never sure if I was doing the right thing. Fearing if I was actually doing enough. I’m saying we’re embedded with this “irrational fear”. The song takes this concept and kind of turns it slightly abstract by assigning a character to “fearmonger”. I’ve never made a record that sounded anything like this and part of the fun of releasing music is to create worlds sonically and have people trust you to show them around your own imagination.
LYRICS (Saba) Okay the money on the way it’ll lay by the first Adolescence I would curse on the way to the church My career just turned to cursive how I connect the words Ain’t grow up with much of shit but still it coulda been worse He ain’t focused on her pants he want get in her purse I need it all in advance if they book me to work From we barely had a chance left the crib on alert To a crib with alarms and security perks Insecurity hurts the same way jewelry works So if you paying to flex, pay your security first No point in paying for whips to ride a funeral hearse We be prepared for the best but also fearing the worst
Okay every nigga that I know is scared of going broke I know if I fall back down ain’t no one there to lend me rope Okay and every nigga that I know takes care of so and so So ain’t no option option option You best go make more
(Saba and Daoud) Cause fearmonger live amongst us I feel hunger hunger but guess I feel something at least I need something to eat
When fearmonger live amongst us I feel hunger hunger but guess I feel something at least I need something to eat
(Saba) And scared money never made money what I was taught But once you make money you’ll be more afraid than us all My grandfather drove a corvette convertible car He passed away and left his will to the fate of the stars I made a cool mmmmm all for saying a bar I was scared to spend a dime like what if I die tomorrow Would my fam intervene for a bag of the g’s In a black model 3 sheesh passenger seat Would my fans leave if I can’t put asses in seats If I log out an app or I lack a retweet I’m just scared to go back didn’t have shit to eat Half my bread go to taxes the actual thieves
Okay every nigga that I know is scared of going broke I know if I fall back down ain’t no one there to lend me rope Okay and every nigga that I know takes care of so and so So ain’t no option option option You best go make more
(Saba and Daoud) Cause fearmonger live amongst us I feel hunger hunger but guess I feel something at least I need something to eat
When fearmonger live amongst us I feel hunger hunger but guess I feel something at least I need something to eat
I’m dropping pounds I hear my stomach growl
I’m dropping pounds I hear my stomach growl
I’m dropping pounds I hear my stomach growl
(Daoud) Yes fearmonger lurk among us I done clawed my way up But that bottoms callin me down Slip and I’ll drown
#Saba #Fearmonger #PivotGang #2021 #MixSaba - Ziplock / Rich Dont Stop (Music Video)Saba Pivot2021-03-18 | Few Good Things, a short film: youtu.be/bkI_5ouHUFI Ziplock Lyrics // I was in West Oakland California when I found out about a piece of me All this solitude around I’m starting to see when I’m alone the shit I think I come from the part of town not talked about but chalk ya outline if you blink I can’t go outside today that shine’ll fade and that go along with my piece All these energies and entities and people that just want shit from me I can’t make this up the luxuries of being broke as fuck been escaping Not to sound ungrateful bout the blessings but my best days are all in my past I been working like a slave I’m proud to say now lil bitch I’m in my bag And it ain’t a ziplock Went and got a wristwatch Cop’ll never respond Anytime I risked my life Clocking out it tic toc Watch it all on tiktok I’m willing to bet it all I’m willing to risk my life And it ain’t a ziplock Went and got a wristwatch Cop’ll never respond Anytime I risked my life Clocking out it tic toc Watch it all on tiktok I’m willing to bet it all I’m willing to risk my life I was in Bronx New York when I decided this the type of life that I’d live I make sacrifices what the fuck you writing for you know you do not give I got right back on my feet I fell face first the first time I’ll admit I did Took a couple years for me to feel like I did not fall upon all deaf ears Niggas wanna wait but I call that fear At least I got a place for if all else fails Nigga I went on a date told her call that lyft I told her lose my line and don’t call back here Yeah I’m bout to lose my mind I got all that care They listen to me rhyme and can’t hold back tears Gamble on a life but it won’t be fair Trade it all for some sand and a beach chair And it ain’t a ziplock Went a got a wristwatch Cop’ll never respond Anytime I risked my life Clocking out it tic toc Watch it all on tiktok I’m willing to bet it all I’m willing to risk my life And it ain’t a ziplock Went and got a wristwatch Cop’ll never respond Anytime I risked my life Clocking out it tic toc Watch it all on tiktok I’m willing to bet it all I’m willing to risk my life
Rich Don't Stop Lyrics // Don’t stop She say the shit don’t stop Tears don’t stop At home scared so the fear don’t stop Speaking of the crib Nigga rent don’t stop Don’t stop And the fear don’t stop The kids don’t stop That’s why she overdrive swear sis don’t stop Cause the rich don’t stop Yeah don’t stop Okay Text don’t call Fail don’t fall Yeah the grind one of a kind like a damn snowball I put gang in my name like I am Mozart And if they saying you a stain no they ain’t gone wash Wash my soul Watch my bro We were both struggling How he cope He need dope Give me no substances I get on He get caught now he gone for a minute I ghetto my household was the oldest one here It ain’t no fear up in my eyes They was tryna catch me like fireflies Whether westside or the southside They’ll televise I’m top 5 Dead or alive like Killa Cam in a pink mink What I tell the guys I metamorph Fuck around might teleport I tell the sky Racking the list we were stacking the grip to give back to the crib Like Colin Kaepernick on a knee In the midst of being from where you have to get rich Whether passing assist or grabbing a Sack and a stick to attack were you live She said the shit don’t stop Tears don’t stop At home scared so the fear don’t stop Speaking of the crib Nigga rent don’t stop Don’t stop And the fear don’t stop The kids don’t stop That’s why she overdrive swear sis don’t stop Cause the rich don’t stop Yeah don’t stop Don’t stop Microphone hot I forgive my enemies because they know not White collar job that’s like a bowtie Meanwhile we just let the whole week go by Thinking bout the past that I’ve grown from Focused on the bag bat that’s a homerun Falling from the cliff with nothing to hold on I’m just like you look how I put my clothes on Yeah a lot of niggas quit just cause the road long A lot of people fear what really goes on A lot will follow doubt I think they chose wrong You’re only talking loud just cause you’re unsure I said the grind don’t stop till my vitals stop I was 18 but I know my mind was a lot More ready for the world, worldwide won’t stop Got too much to keep it moving for I won’t stop She said the shit don’t stop Tears don’t stop At home scared so the fear don’t stop Speaking of the crib Nigga rent don’t stop Don’t stop And the fear don’t stop The kids don’t stop That’s why she overdrive swear sis don’t stop Cause the rich don’t stop Yeah don’t stop
Director/DP/Editor - Ian Lipton Producer - Cat McCabe Production Design - Sam Neidenbach 1st Asst Cam - Carolina Rodriguez Gaffer - Colvin Ang PA - Johnny Mojica
Ziplock Prod by D. Phelps & Coop The Truth Bass by Karim Hutton Guitar by Justin Zim
Rich Don't Stop Prod by daedaePIVOT & Daoud
Text me +1 773-345-9523 http://instagram.com/sabapivotSaba - Areyoudown? Pt. 2 ft. @tobilou (Lyric Video)Saba Pivot2021-02-05 | Few Good Things, a short film: youtu.be/bkI_5ouHUFI LYRICS [Verse 1: Saba] JG Wentworth its my money so I need it now aye I pulled up I got my windows up my speakers loud aye Granny left too soon if only she could see me now Walt right off 290 I might go and see him now I see them act like they cannot see when we around aye I forgot what hate feel like I cannot keep around aye Bro on papers if it’s drama we can’t be around I don’t make assumptions I asked her if she is down Are you down then
[Hook: Saba] Are you down for whatever Down we not with the talking Down for whatever nonsense No we don’t do the drama
Are you down for whatever Down we not with the talking Down for whatever nonsense No we don’t do the drama
[Verse 2: Saba] If you make less what you spend then that is not alright aye All these n-ggas hitting women that is not alright aye I dared hip hop to be different they say I’m alright 50 million independent on my spotify Listen from the start to ending you can’t spot a lie My key unlocking the doors I just crossed off all my goals Prophecy profitable I might deposit a boat I’m from Chicago the go They quick to cock it and blow And whether Austin or Low I made them hop at a show They call me Saba the goat hey
[Hook: Saba] Are you down for whatever Down we not with the talking Down for whatever nonsense No we don’t do the drama
Are you down for whatever Down we not with the talking Down for whatever nonsense No we don’t do the drama
[Verse 3: tobi lou] I don’t really do no drama I don’t really listen if you ain’t my momma My lil b-tch got that ill nana And my president still Obama b-tch It’s tobi lou and Saba b-tch You don’t really want no problem b-tch Y’all can not tell me nada b-tch I’m hotter than Atlanta I’m feeling like Kawhi (Kawhi) I think I could fly (goodbye) I don’t have no ceilings Southside in the building That b-tch hurt my feelings Yeah that b-tch hurt my feelings Thought we had a real thing
[Hook: Saba] Are you down for whatever Down we not with the talking Down for whatever nonsense No we don’t do the drama
Are you down for whatever Down we not with the talking Down for whatever nonsense No we don’t do the drama
Pivot Gang, LLCPivot Gang Fanline: John Walt DaySaba Pivot2020-11-25 | Donate to the John Walt Foundation: johnwaltfoundation.org/donateSaba - Areyoudown? Pt. 2 ft. @tobilou (Visualizer)Saba Pivot2020-11-25 | Few Good Things, a short film: youtu.be/bkI_5ouHUFI There'll be more songs that sound like this, there'll be more songs that sound like that. There'll be a variety of sh-t because as a human you have a variety of emotions, you don't always feel like one thing. But because I have this idea in my head of what I'm 'supposed' to do, I kinda like limit what I allow people to hear. It's just expressing yourself truly and fully, and trying to get to a point where that is what you're known for. You're not known for a certain sound or style or dressing a certain way, you're just known for saying what the f-ck is on your mind.
LYRICS [Verse 1: Saba] JG Wentworth its my money so I need it now aye I pulled up I got my windows up my speakers loud aye Granny left too soon if only she could see me now Walt right off 290 I might go and see him now I see them act like they cannot see when we around aye I forgot what hate feel like I cannot keep around aye Bro on papers if it’s drama we can’t be around I don’t make assumptions I asked her if she is down Are you down then
[Hook: Saba] Are you down for whatever Down we not with the talking Down for whatever nonsense No we don’t do the drama
Are you down for whatever Down we not with the talking Down for whatever nonsense No we don’t do the drama
[Verse 2: Saba] If you make less what you spend then that is not alright aye All these n-ggas hitting women that is not alright aye I dared hip hop to be different they say I’m alright 50 million independent on my spotify Listen from the start to ending you can’t spot a lie My key unlocking the doors I just crossed off all my goals Prophecy profitable I might deposit a boat I’m from Chicago the go They quick to cock it and blow And whether Austin or Low I made them hop at a show They call me Saba the goat hey
[Hook: Saba] Are you down for whatever Down we not with the talking Down for whatever nonsense No we don’t do the drama
Are you down for whatever Down we not with the talking Down for whatever nonsense No we don’t do the drama
[Verse 3: tobi lou] I don’t really do no drama I don’t really listen if you ain’t my momma My lil b-tch got that ill nana And my president still Obama b-tch It’s tobi lou and Saba b-tch You don’t really want no problem b-tch Y’all can not tell me nada b-tch I’m hotter than Atlanta I’m feeling like Kawhi (Kawhi) I think I could fly (goodbye) I don’t have no ceilings Southside in the building That b-tch hurt my feelings Yeah that b-tch hurt my feelings Thought we had a real thing
[Hook: Saba] Are you down for whatever Down we not with the talking Down for whatever nonsense No we don’t do the drama
Are you down for whatever Down we not with the talking Down for whatever nonsense No we don’t do the drama