IDK interestingly released “Digital,” the first track from his upcoming record Is He Real?, on his 27th birthday, May 24, 2019. While delivering a catchy chorus, he reminisces of the past.
The track is produced by Dallas native Kal Banx, who has producing credits on majority of the tracks on IDK’s...
[Intro]
I like that
Uh, uh, uh, uh
Uh-huh, uh, uh, uh
Ooh, uh, yeah, uh, uh
[Chorus]
Flashback, digital dash
He used to run with a gun and a mask
He used to take all your shit and then stash
Now he a good boy, used to be bad
Flashback, digital dash
Go on a run if it's 12 on his ass
Load up the chopper if they tryna clash
Now he a good boy, used to be bad
Flashback, digital dash
He used to run with a gun and a mask
He used to take all your shit and then stash
Now he a good boy, used to be bad
Flashback, digital dash
Flashback, digital dash
Flashback, digital dash
Flashback, digital dash
[Verse 1]
Huh, shit
Nine times out of ten
He gon' die or he gon' go to jail
Let's not pretend
Huh, look, everybody starts as a kid with a pure heart
Then they turn to him
Papa died, mama died, all the nigga know is sin
Traumatized, freedom jeopardized, he just wanna win
What's a smile when you dodging strikes, dodging every pen'?
Fifteen on his head, he ain't tryna go in
Fifteen on his head, make the po-po grin
Five years later, all that po-po talk is just a...
[Chorus]
Flashback, digital dash
He used to run with a gun and a mask
He used to take all your shit and then stash
Now he a good boy, used to be bad
Flashback, digital dash
Go on a run if it's 12 on his ass
Load up the chopper if they tryna clash
Now he a good boy, used to be bad
Flashback, digital dash
He used to run with a gun and a mask
He used to take all your shit and then stash
Now he a good boy, used to be bad
Flashback, digital dash
Flashback, digital dash
Flashback, digital dash
Flashback, digital dash
[Post-Chorus]
I've been sending away all the feelings inside
I'm feeling defeat, I'm feeling demise
Running the streets, dodging the sirens
Run from the heat, stay with the iron
Cop killing me, that's not a crime
I sell the weed, I'm doing five
I sell the weed, I'm doing five
I sell the weed, I'm doing five
I've been sending away all the feelings inside
I'm feeling defeat, I'm feeling demise
Running the streets, dodging the sirens
Run from the heat, stay with the iron
Cop killing me, that's not a crime
I sell the weed, I'm doing five
I sell the weed, I'm doing five
I sell the weed, I'm doing five
[Verse 2]
Fully auto with the chopper, make an opper drop up (Brrt)
That's the same shit that send a nigga straight to lock up (Brrt)
That's the system put in place they use to try to stop us (Brrt)
The same system put in place that niggas always fall for
Far from where I was, guns, drugs, 12 come, run
But I'm still a felon, if I fuck up then I'm done
Where I'm from, niggas that don't tough up get stomped on
And niggas that get looked at as a target get locked on (Uh)
I ain't going back to jail, that's a dub
Five years later, all that jail talk is just a...
[Chorus]
Flashback, digital dash
He used to run with a gun and a mask
He used to take all your shit and then stash
Now he a good boy, used to be bad
Flashback, digital dash
Go on a run if it's 12 on his ass
Load up the chopper if they tryna clash
Now he a good boy, used to be bad
Flashback, digital dash
He used to run with a gun and a mask
He used to take all your shit and then stash
Now he a good boy, used to be bad
Flashback, digital dash
Flashback, digital dash
Flashback, digital dash
Flashback, digital dash
[Post-Chorus]
I've been sending away all the feelings inside
I'm feeling defeat, I'm feeling demise
Running the streets, dodging the sirens
Run from the heat, stay with the iron
Cop killing me, that's not a crime
I sell the weed, I'm doing five
I sell the weed, I'm doing five
I sell the weed, I'm doing five
I've been sending away all the feelings inside
I'm feeling defeat, I'm feeling demise
Running the streets, dodging the sirens
Run from the heat, stay with the iron
Cop killing me, that's not a crime
I sell the weed, I'm doing five
I sell the weed, I'm doing five
I sell the weed, I'm doing five
[Outro]
PG County Police! Get your hands above your fuckin' heads!
Stick–
Digital was written by Kal Banx & Eden Eliah Nagar & IDK.
Digital was produced by Kal Banx.
Yes, as he explains in this Tweet, he made “Digital” for kids in Inner-City Schools to recite.
In an Instagram story post, IDK revealed that this song is an expression of emotional honesty and holds an important place in his heart. The song recounts IDK’s criminal past, something he talks about frequently in his music and has tried very hard to grow from.
Yes, a week after release he shared a live performance on Twitter:
In an interview with Genius IDK said:
That song is when I take the idea of faith in God and believing in a higher power and bring it back to reality and my reality and what I had to deal with and how I overcame that “without God”. It’s like me saying “Okay, I went to jail, I did this, I did that, b...
Yes, live at 2019 Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival: