Pocket Full of Bands

Lyrics

A-T FOREVER Young A-T — Full Song Draft V2 [INTRO — A CAPPELLA / LOW MENACING VOICE] (Yeah...) (A-T...) [Deep breath. Faint mechanical clicking. Distant low bass rumble.] They tried to play me... [Whispered voice, panned left] Can't replace me... [Deep layered voices] A-T FOREVER. [808 SLAMS IN] (HEY!) --- [VERSE 1 — ORIGINAL LYRICS / HARD SOUTHERN BOUNCE] I'm taking off like the rockets, You better go pack up yah stick and go cock it (Hey) I been out packing up boxes, But yo ass can also get packed up for talkin (Hey) I just been rollin like bosses, I don't get exhausted, I been put the work in (Hustlin) [Beat strips back. Vocal comes forward.] They tried to play me, but they can't replace me, Bitch it's A-T forever [BRIEF BEAT DROP — FLOW SWITCH] I'm like a wizard, I'm making it sizzle [SFX: Sharp sizzling sound] Drip too hard, I been making it fizzle [SFX: Deep bubbling sound] Lil bro said, keep ya head on a swivel, I said shit boy, I been doing this shit since I's little. (Bang) [Hard 808 reentry] Trap to hard, big bandz, 6 figures Come to me, ain't no man in the middle, Get ya work, I might just pay ya rental, Subaru, baby driii-verrr, no Sentra! [SFX: Short engine rev. Bass punches on "Sentra."] --- [CHORUS — HEAVY VOCAL STACKING / DARK STREET CHANT] [ALL DRUMS CUT — DRY LEAD] They tried to play me— [Whispered background voices] (Play me... play me...) But they can't replace me— [DEEP VOICE] (CAN'T REPLACE ME!) [808 EXPLODES — FOUR STACKED LOW VOICES] BITCH, IT'S A-T FOREVER! (FOREVER! FOREVER!) Ain't no man in the middle, tell the middleman move! (MOVE!) You was tryna look rich, I was tryna make moves! (BOY!) Name ring bells, I ain't gotta ring twice! (NAH!) A-T forever, better say them letters right! (A-T!) [STUTTERED VOCAL ECHO] A-T... A-T... FOREVER! --- [VERSE 2 — NEW / COCKY STOP-AND-GO FLOW] Phone on DND, still got business on the line, (Brr!) Everybody want a cut, ain't nobody bought the knife, (What?) Boy say he the plug, why his phone disconnected? [Phone disconnect tone] I don't need no co-sign, shit, I signed my own check then! (A-T!) She said, "A-T, you movin' different" — that's what motion do, (Huh?) You was busy watchin' me, I was busy makin' moves, (Work!) I don't do the back-and-forth, that's a round trip for free, (Nah!) Tell the middleman excuse me, ain't nobody speakin' for me! (HEY!) [FLOW SWITCH — LOWER, SLOWER, MORE DISMISSIVE] Everybody say they bosses till the invoice hit the table, Boy was talkin' six figures, couldn't even pay the cable. (Ha!) He said he got motion, I said, "Show me where it's at," He pulled up a picture, I said, "Boy, what the fuck is that?" (WHAT?) [808 CUT — SHORT A CAPPELLA LINE] I ain't gotta raise my voice, I let the numbers do the talkin'. [808 RETURNS] I been steady runnin' plays while these other boys just watchin', (Sit down!) He keep sayin' he ahead, somebody tell him check the score, I ain't worried 'bout a title, bitch, I'm who they call for more! (BANG!) --- [BRIDGE — A CAPPELLA / BUILDING TENSION] [BEAT COMPLETELY STOPS] They tried to play me... [Quiet low octave vocal] (They tried...) But they can't replace me... [Whispered layers growing wider] (Can't replace... can't replace...) I been doin' this shit since I's little... [Single deep voice] A-T forever. [ONE FULL BEAT OF SILENCE] [GROUP SHOUT] FOREVER! [808 DROP / CRASH / DARK CHANT] --- [FINAL CHORUS — FULL VOCAL STACKS] They tried to play me— (PLAY ME!) But they can't replace me— (CAN'T REPLACE ME!) BITCH, IT'S A-T FOREVER! (FOREVER! FOREVER!) Ain't no man in the middle, tell the middleman move! (MOVE!) You was tryna look rich, I was tryna make moves! (BOY!) Name ring bells, I ain't gotta ring twice! (NAH!) A-T forever, better say them letters right! (A-T!) [Deep group vocals, rhythmic repetition] A-T! A-T! A-T FOREVER! [Beat drops out on final word] --- [OUTRO — DEEP VOICE / NO DRUMS] A-T forever... [Low whispered echo] (Forever...) Bitch, they can't replace me. [SFX: Cash counting machine clicks, slowing to a stop] [One final distorted 808 hit] (A-T.)