Released on July 18th, 2016, Ivan B’s “Aggression” is an emotional track featuring intoxicating vocals and a harmonious contemporary R&B instrumental. The song explores Ivan’s deepest of concerns, including his past relationships, his faith, and “the box” he’s put in as a musician.
The hook is...
[Verse 1: Ivan B]
These days are feeling cold, but my heart is feeling colder
Seems like everybody grows apart when they get older
If I started drinking, I think I'd be hardly sober
Chips on my shoulders are turning out to be boulders
I'm trying to keep my composure
And they're like, "Why are you changing?
This ain't how you started
Don't tell me you're broke, I want to hear you broken hearted
Talk about the stars, man, don't tell me you're starving
I want to hear about a girl who broke you down and departed"
And man, I've been done with it
What I feel, I run with it
Always real, I come with it
Know that you in love with it, so listen up
Heartbreaks give you breaks for the heart
'Cause it's hard to be together when it's falling apart
And I ain't trying to write it down when I don't know where to start
They want me to pick at these scars to give 'em light in the dark
And it's killing me, we're living all these moment inside
And I've been building up aggression on the mic and she's like...
[Hook: Breana Marin]
Baby, leave your struggles in the streets
Take your aggression out on me
You know I'm always down to be
Discreet discretion
Baby, leave your struggles in the streets
Take your aggression out on me
You know I'm always down to be
Discreet discretion
[Verse 2: Ivan B]
The things I used to love, I would feel many things
You ask me nowadays, I don't feel anything
Giving up on love or whatever it means
To keep somebody around who just eventually leaves
Like, is this gonna last? Back in the feelings I trash
I'm tired of opinions, tell me, when did I ask?
I hit up an ex like I've been wanting us back
How am I thinking of the future when I'm stuck in the past?
Okay, back in the feelings I go, listen I'm letting you know
I don't need a phone for me to tell you I'm letting you go
Everybody's like, "What's with the heartbreak songs, man?"
Honestly, I've been staying up way to long
And nobody gets it, no matter what I'm confessing
If I told you I'm hurting, no ones down to address it
They hear my words, not the message
Baby, I'm used to this lesson
She's standing there like always looking at me and says...
[Hook: Breana Marin]
Baby, leave your struggles in the streets
Take your aggression out on me
You know I'm always down to be
Discreet discretion
Baby, leave your struggles in the streets
Take your aggression out on me
You know I'm always down to be
Discreet discretion
[Verse 3: Ivan B]
They say I sound like this, you say I sound like him
I write what I go through, there's no playing pretend
Could care less who you think I am, all of you I can see through
Kids wanna rap, man, I do this 'cause I need to
This life ain't a movie, you ain't getting a sequel
This world is so beautiful, I'm just sick of the people
Our flag says united, but nobody is equal
If people didn't kill each other, things would be simple!
Looking up to God like, "Give me the strength"
Surrounded by evil, but it ain't breaking my faith
Talking to too many people to find the feeling you gave
You can find someone new, but nothing is ever the same
Looking at the mirror like, "You're not to blame"
Lying to myself as if I'm not in the rain
'Cause look, even if you're feeling numb, you'll feel all the pain
And every night's just the same and all this mic's ever saying is...
[Hook: Breana Marin]
Baby, leave your struggles in the streets
Take your aggression out on me
You know I'm always down to be
Discreet discretion
Baby, leave your struggles in the streets
Take your aggression out on me
You know I'm always down to be
Discreet discretion
Aggression was written by Ivan B.
Aggression was produced by Mantra.
Ivan B released Aggression on Mon Jul 18 2016.
Breana Marin does! She is featured in many of Mantra’s beats.