“What Goes Up” is the first of four skits on Indigo Child that features a phone conversation between Raury and his mother. This conversation is continued on “Rest”, “Dreaducation”, “Sweet N Sour”.
This bears resemblance to a phone conversation between Chance The Rapper and his father on “Good Ass O...
Raury: It's because it's my dream mama, it's what I wanna do with my life mom. This is, it's my life, it's what I wanna do with my life
Raury's Mom: I mean you make me think if you made it then, your head would be so fucking big, that there wouldn't be no room for nothing else but what you think. What makes you think I don't wanna see you grow? What makes you think I'm hating on you? Are you serious? Are you really serious?
Raury's Mom: I don't need blood against blood. I ain't going against nothing, I want, but I want you to realize: There's a way of going to do it. When you think you got all your heart, everything in this one basket. What you trying to do, you wanna put everything, and just listen to what you said: It comes before everything. In your eyesight it may come before everything, but to me, it's not. You're gonna get your education. Just like you have the possibility of coming up, believe me you'll fall your ass right back down, because of that fucking attitude
What Goes Up was written by Raury.
Raury released What Goes Up on Mon Aug 25 2014.