“STAINS” is the second officially released single off of SATURATION III. Released a mere 10 hours before the album, the song premiered in an interview with Zane Lowe on Beats 1.
On the song, Ameer Vann, Matt Champion, and Dom McLennon reflect on how well their lives turned out compared to the far w...
[Verse 1: Ameer Vann & Ashlan Grey]
I spent like a year and a half on the Greyhound bus
On the way to see this girl
Take a flight back just to keep my job
Used to fly standby, late to the airport
Where the buddy pass? Stuck in the traffic
Whole lotta hours, real long distance
But I've grown since then
Learned to be on my own since then
Marble floor in my brand-new crib
This the life that I wanted, still
Got a hole and it burn my chest
Mash the chip that's still in my shoulder
Ain't a day that I still been sober (You motherfuckers made three albums, still talkin' 'bout the same shit)
These the things that I'm tripping over
[Interlude: Ashlan Grey]
The one gay, the one selling drugs
The one that's, uh, tryna act like Lil Wayne
What the fuck is this shit, man?
Y'all better turn this shit off when y'all get in the whip
When y'all enter my whip, y'all better not play this shit
'Cause it's gon' go right the fuck off
[Verse 2: Matt Champion]
Now how them boys hooked on heroin
Parents always asking like, "Where y'all get it from?"
Rehab poppin' like when Amy had the single out
Single out the reasons how I quit before I failed out
I used to pick Ameer up
Talk about what's got us fucked up
We vent 'til the sun up, ayy
Hopefully, get our funds up, ayy
And if I didn't know y'all, maybe I would have a desk job
Ticking 'til I off myself
[Bridge: Matt Champion]
Used to drive around for some hours (Oh-oh)
Used to get paid by the hour (Oh-oh)
Now I'm just pickin' up a check (Oh-oh)
Now I'm just pickin' up a sweat (Yeah)
Used to drive around for some hours (Oh-oh)
Circle 'round the block for some hours (Oh-oh)
Now I'm just pickin' up a check (Oh-oh)
Now I'm just pickin' up a sweat (Yeah)
[Chorus: Joba]
Be there any minute, I'll be on it, in it, baby
Be there any minute, I'll be on it, in it, baby
Be there any minute, I'll be on it, in it, baby
Be there any minute, I'll be on it, in it, baby
[Verse 3: Dom McLennon]
I spent like a year and a half feeling sorry for myself
'Cause I thought love ain't make sense anymore
If I drank, you would probably see a fifth on the floor
And a hole in the door, up the rest, a few more
Scared of the past I've been tryna avoid from before I was born
Running from the shoes that my grandfathers wore
Tryna pick the better battle so I win the war
Feel the sun in my pores
But I still got clouds in my head now
Rain for a little bit, stay for a little bit
Moved along with my head down
That's what mama taught me and I never let them fault me
When they handed me a dead king's crown
Told 'em think of what you doing before I'm the one you're choosing
I just wanna be a human when I share myself
Hear the things I'm saying and I scare myself, goddamn
[Chorus: Joba]
Be there any minute, I'll be on it, in it, baby
Be there any minute, I'll be on it, in it, baby
Be there any minute (Ooh), I'll be on it, in it, baby
Be there any minute, I'll be on it, in it, baby
Be there any minute, I'll be on it, in it, baby
Be there any minute, I'll be on it, in it, baby
Be there any minute (Ooh), I'll be on it, in it, baby
Be there any minute, I'll be on it, in it, baby
STAINS was written by Merlyn Wood & Kevin Abstract & Jabari Manwa & Cody Hernandez & Romil Hemnani & Ashlan Grey & Dom McLennon & Joba & Matt Champion & Ameer Vann.
STAINS was produced by Jabari Manwa & Romil Hemnani.
BROCKHAMPTON released STAINS on Thu Dec 14 2017.