The solemn yet introspective “Low Key” takes the listener into the boys' cyclic struggles with addiction and misery for their most sorrowful bars yet. It is track 3 of Now the Moon’s Rising.
Ruby spoke about the track in an interview with XXL in 2017, describing the circumstances they were in when...
[Verse 1: Ruby da Cherry]
I got the drip, catch me duckin'
All of these bitches ain't fuckin' me, no
Can't hold a conversation with no-one but my cousin
He tell me, "Don't worry, the money is comin'
These bitches is coming"
Yeah
The only question I got now, will I see it before I end up dug in the ground?
Lay low at the bottom of a tulip bed
They know Ruby got a lot of useless thread
Cut me open, let me rest, there ain't nothin' in my chest
A hollow cage that caused my death
I'm hauled away, just pause my breath
[Verse 2: Yung $carecrow]
Woke up dope sick wit' a cut wrist
Lil' bad bitch saying, "Here's a plot twist"
When you cut it, you weren't even a little pissed
Just a grin on your face, sayin', "Watch this"
Now I'm sittin' back, thinkin' how sick am I?
But that went away the moment I got high
I'm saying now, "What it do, who are you?
Get the fuck out my living room
Get the fuck out my mental too
What, bitch? You can't hear when I talk to you?"
Now I'm back to square one, with my hand on the gun
Mama screamin', "Son, don't do it—I love you, don't do it, don't do it, don't do it"
I can't help this feelin'
Don't you see that I need all these prescriptions?
This ain't no livin'
It's only a vision of the vicious cycle that is my addiction
Low Key was written by Scott Arceneaux Jr. & Aristos Petrou.
Low Key was produced by Budd Dwyer.
$UICIDEBOY$ released Low Key on Wed Nov 18 2015.