Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
[Lyrics]
Young Sabastian, back in office
Slipped outta the back in back in a flying saucer
Cristela where we at? Declining offers
I hear niggas rap and can make salsa
Tomato Tomato it’s all sauce less
This feel like draino to y’all faucets
Superhero, this my negro solstice flow
They hear my shit and then adopt it like a foster home
My granny working hard, the main person I call up on
Gold chain hang from my collar bone
I was the same guy in her college dorm
And I ain’t never had a college dorm
Body like a bottle and her skin tone terracotta
I’m from Chicago, we invented mobsters
Some call me Saba, others call me Saba
As long as it’s love it’s not a problem
I fillet a voyeur, like I'm Oscar de la Hoya
Fuck is y’all looking at?
Hot potato oil, I can fry the game or boil
They like fuck is y’all cooking crack?
Got niggas asking, is it jazz or is it rap?
I’m a bit imaginative I’m where the ribbon at
In the sky I could write like Jack Kerouac
I can say anything, it don’t even have to match
I can wear anything, it don’t even have to match
When it comes to rap peers, I don’t even have a match
Like a smoker looking for a light patting they jacket flaps
Raised by the old school gpa in a cadillac
That’s
Young Sabastian, back in office
Slipped outta the back in back in a flying saucer
Cristela where we at? Declining offers
This is for the amateurs, this is what a master raps
Some of them not amateurs, but next to me they sound like that
My city like Gotham, but no I am not Ben Affleck
Turn your head into a fraction, yeah they will take half of that
I am not a hunter but I grew up in that habitat
Life a uphill battle, but for me was more a avalanche
Stacking up the bread now I need everything I haven’t had
Milli after milli, y’all gone hear me like i’m Bangladesh
Cole passed on this beat back in 2009
I was but a young lad waiting to have my time
knew that one day my story’d be celebrated
I guess I’m still waiting, so fuck it imma take it
Love myself enough, I can dodge thru the stunts
Acting like a ruler but could never measure up
Knew myself enough I never questioned what I was
Manifested paradise and I was in the hood
10 years plus now I been this good
Honey on me now she heard about the buzz
Sign should say keep out the dogs on a hunt
Labels tryna reach out, that’s every other month
Young Sabastian, back in office
Slipped outta the back in back in a flying saucer
Cristela where we at? Declining offers
I hear niggas rap tell em take caution
"Back In Office"
Written by Saba and Ernest Wilson
Produced by No I.D.
Lyric Video: by.hassan
Footage: Ian Lipton
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[Lyrics]
Young Sabastian, back in office
Slipped outta the back in back in a flying saucer
Cristela where we at? Declining offers
I hear niggas rap and can make salsa
Tomato Tomato it’s all sauce less
This feel like draino to y’all faucets
Superhero, this my negro solstice flow
They hear my shit and then adopt it like a foster home
My granny working hard, the main person I call up on
Gold chain hang from my collar bone
I was the same guy in her college dorm
And I ain’t never had a college dorm
Body like a bottle and her skin tone terracotta
I’m from Chicago, we invented mobsters
Some call me Saba, others call me Saba
As long as it’s love it’s not a problem
I fillet a voyeur, like I'm Oscar de la Hoya
Fuck is y’all looking at?
Hot potato oil, I can fry the game or boil
They like fuck is y’all cooking crack?
Got niggas asking, is it jazz or is it rap?
I’m a bit imaginative I’m where the ribbon at
In the sky I could write like Jack Kerouac
I can say anything, it don’t even have to match
I can wear anything, it don’t even have to match
When it comes to rap peers, I don’t even have a match
Like a smoker looking for a light patting they jacket flaps
Raised by the old school gpa in a cadillac
That’s
Young Sabastian, back in office
Slipped outta the back in back in a flying saucer
Cristela where we at? Declining offers
This is for the amateurs, this is what a master raps
Some of them not amateurs, but next to me they sound like that
My city like Gotham, but no I am not Ben Affleck
Turn your head into a fraction, yeah they will take half of that
I am not a hunter but I grew up in that habitat
Life a uphill battle, but for me was more a avalanche
Stacking up the bread now I need everything I haven’t had
Milli after milli, y’all gone hear me like i’m Bangladesh
Cole passed on this beat back in 2009
I was but a young lad waiting to have my time
knew that one day my story’d be celebrated
I guess I’m still waiting, so fuck it imma take it
Love myself enough, I can dodge thru the stunts
Acting like a ruler but could never measure up
Knew myself enough I never questioned what I was
Manifested paradise and I was in the hood
10 years plus now I been this good
Honey on me now she heard about the buzz
Sign should say keep out the dogs on a hunt
Labels tryna reach out, that’s every other month
Young Sabastian, back in office
Slipped outta the back in back in a flying saucer
Cristela where we at? Declining offers
I hear niggas rap tell em take caution
"Back In Office"
Written by Saba and Ernest Wilson
Produced by No I.D.
Lyric Video: by.hassan
Footage: Ian Lipton
Follow
Instagram // instagram.com/sabapivot
Twitter // twitter.com/sabapivot
Facebook // facebook.com/sabapivot
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SoundCloud // soundcloud.com/sabapivot
Spotify // open.spotify.com/artist/7Hjbimq43OgxaBRpFXic4x?si=c0TxYxaRQ1iLEzRBw0cMGA
Tidal // listen.tidal.com/artist/8031942
Pivot Gang, LLC


![Saba ft Mereba — a Simpler Time (Official Audio)
Few Good Things, a short film: https://youtu.be/bkI_5ouHUFI
Few Good Things, an album by Saba: https://orcd.co/fewgoodthings
Back Home, a tour by Saba tickets on sale now:
http://sabapivot.com/tour
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)
Watch
Few Good Things, full album: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy8w3wlWi4jBVnrTyIG5-YSYRtOSGEtpz
Follow
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SoundCloud // http://soundcloud.com/sabapivot
Spotify // https://open.spotify.com/artist/7Hjbimq43OgxaBRpFXic4x?si=c0TxYxaRQ1iLEzRBw0cMGA
Tidal // https://listen.tidal.com/artist/8031942
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)
Pivot Gang, LLC
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![Saba - Catch Me If You CARE [Vlog 1]
Behind the scenes, on stage, and in the tour bus with Saba on the Catch Me If You Can Tour starring J.I.D and featuring Mereba, King Mez, and Deante Hitchcock. Vlog 1 directed by Cameron Contact Robert, with appearances from Buddy, Pivot Gangs Frsh Waters and Dam Dam.
Directed By // Contact
Edited By // Cameron Robert
Special Effects // Cameron Robert
Additional Footage // Dam Dam
Lighting // Dam Dam, JP
Listen to Sabas CARE FOR ME http://sabapivot.com
Listen to Pivot Gangs You Cant Sit With Us http://pivotgang.co
Saba tour dates http://sabapivot.com/sabatour
May-03 - Washington DC @ Fillmore
May-04 - Fresno, CA @ Grizzly Fest
May-05 - Swarthmore, PA @ Swarthmore College
May-07 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
May-09 - Virginia Beach, VA @ Elevation
May-12 - New York City, NY @ Irving Plaza
May-13 - New York City, NY @ Irving Plaza
May-15 - Toronto, ON @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre
May-16 - Montreal, QC @ LAstral
May-18 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave II
May-19 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
May-22 - Winnipeg, MB @ Garrick
May-24 - Calgary, AB @ Palace
May-25 - Edmonton, AB @ Union Hall
May-28 - Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
May-29 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox
May-30 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
June-01 - New York, NY @ Governors Ball
June-02 - San Diego, CA @ Soma
June-03 - Los Angeles, CA @ Fonda
June-04 - Los Angeles, CA @ Fonda
June-05 - San Francisco, CA @ The Regency
June-07 - Phoenix, AZ @ Marquee
June-09 - Denver, CO @ Cervantes
June-12 - San Antonio, TX @ Aztec Theater
June-13 - Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo
June-14 - Houston, TX @ House of Blues
June-15 - Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
June-18 - Orlando, FL @ The Beacham
June-19 - Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage
June-20 - Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage
June-22 - Dover, DE @ Firefly Festival
July-11 - Germany @ Splash Festival
July-13 - Switzerland @ Frauenfeld Open Air Festival
July-14 - Netherlands @ WooHah Festival
July-20 - Seattle, WA @ Capitol Hill Block Party
July-27 - Rothbury, MI @ Electric Forest Festival
August-1 - Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza Festival
August-3 - Montreal, QC @ Osheaga Festival
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