“Slave II” is a proclamation by Logic that he deserves to be in this position of the rap game. He contrasts his life from struggling in poverty, to signing a record deal and performing for the masses.
The song’s beat is an alternated version of Bryson Tiller’s “Rambo” due to complications with Def...
[Intro]
East side, west side, we ride, we die, everyone knows
Everyone knows, everyone knows
East side, west side, we ride, we die, everyone knows
Everyone knows, everyone knows deez nuts
[Verse 1]
Tell me what you know about forty days, forty nights
No lights, all for this
Tell me what you know about sleeping outside
No ride in the wintertime, all for this
Tell me what you know about commas in the bank
Lookin' in the mirror, yeah, I did all of this
X you out, you get solved with this
Everybody know I...
[Interlude]
I'm a slave
I'm a slave
You a slave (Yeah)
You a slave (Alright)
I'm a slave for this shit
I'm a slave (Yeah)
You a slave (Alright)
I'm a slave
You got to slave for this shit
[Verse 2]
Walk inside of Def Jam
Step on the president table and dap 'em up with the left hand
'Cause I'm countin' money with the right
In a different city every night
And I'm sellin' records like it's white
It's another day, another flight
Paris in the morning, L.A. at night
What a beautiful sight
Now tell me who be fuckin' with me, alright?
Everybody know I'm livin' this life
Everyone know I got the baddest wife
This shit right here, everybody gonna like
Hold up, I know what I, know what I like
Tell me why everybody in the pipe
'Cause I'm the only one doin' it right
I'm a rap genius like Rob Markman
Spent a couple of million on my new apartment
Down in Manhattan, that's a multi-million dollar view
And I got it from rappin'
Damn everyone nappin' on the boy, heh, shit
I'm not a mad rapper, but what?
I'm angrier than Kanye
Angrier than Kanye when he talkin' about clothes
That's a fashion line
And my last album went number one
So what that mean?
I did better than you, you, you
Sold way more than that pop bitch
And I dare Def Jam to drop this
I just drop hits
Check the Instagram fam
I got fifty-thousand people in the crowd, singin' out loud
Every word, that's every lyric
You can hate, shit, just stop actin' like you don't hear it
This shit right here for the party
That album that comin', that's shit for the spirit, woo!
[Outro]
5-0 triple-0
Slave II was produced by 6ix.
Because I was like, “you know what would be weird? If I put ‘Slave II’ first.‘”
So I just decided to do that and be weird. I always do crazy shit and put clues out like with “Nikki” —and then you get the song and find out later.
But with “Slave II” and “Slave I,” I just did it just to do it.
Logic has never had any sort of issue with Taylor Swift, so no. Logic stated that the line isn’t about anyone specifically, it’s just about the pop industry in general, where he sells more albums than the majority of pop artists, most of which being “one-hit-wonders” these days.
He spoke of this he...
Yes, Logic broke down the song in an interview with HardKnockTV: