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Steps

by Links

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Gifting the world with ‘STEPS’, the first release off his long awaited new album T.S.I.O., LINKS is trying to pass the word forward, advising those who are lost or unsure about what their next step should be to always have a plan. With a progressive trap beat, braced with LINKS’ genius lines and unique voice, ‘STEPS’ is in part quoting Benjamin Franklin: “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail”. A recurring theme in this album, cultivating growth and celebrating the process to success.

lyrics

INTRO:

- I wanna, thank God for my talent and tenacity/
- He got me working, working on a masterpiece/
- Long nights, no sleep, I do this naturally/
- Man that sh*t ain’t adding up if it ain’t adding me/


VS 1:

- Yea…
- They love it when you lie, even more when you tell the truth/
- ((You can’t fake being this real, for this long/))
- I’m highly hated, cuz that all they know how to do/
- Even Jesus had haters, I just focus on the loot/

- I ain’t wanna tell you, but I had to get this off my chest/
- ((I can’t stand people)), they always causing me to stress/
- Doctor diagnosed me with depression and anxiety/
- Pills for Insomnia, and classes for sobriety/

- This may sound weird, and slightly off topic/
- But my brain be talking to me at the same time that I’m talking/
- I swear, I be talking like the guy that run the auction/
- Better yet, like the MF auctioneer who taught him/

- Crack my eyes open, thank God for my health/
- Grab water out the kitchen, take a piss and roll an L/
- Sh*t, I conjure up some breakfast, then I jump in that water/
- ((Jump out, get fly, and get to it in that order/))


CHORUS 1:

- Step 1 - first make a plan, and then attack/
- Two!- accept the simple fact there ain’t no going back/
- Step 3 - Make sure you’re charged up on ya power pack/
- So you can keep going, and going, like the bunny rabbit/

- Step 1 - first make a plan, and then attack/
- Two!- accept the simple fact there ain’t no going back/
- Step 3 - Make sure you’re charged up on ya power pack/
- So you can keep going, and going, like the bunny rabbit/


VS 2:

- I say, it’s funny how they all tryna’ do it how I did it/
- But they can’t cuz, I’m just tryna’ get it how I live it/
- I came up from the bottom, the bed with the critters/
- Paper plates for my dishes, do you get the bigger picture/

- I had two older brothers, Im the youngest out my siblings/
- Growing up I was the dealer, so you know I had to deal it/
- I remember growing up and getting caught stealing skittles/
- If the owner told my momma, then I know she gone kill me/

- Everything cool MF just the way it/
- A week for Ice Cube but for me it was a day ago/
- They tell me play my jam, I tell em’ activate they radio/
- Slide through the video and come and get a cameo/

- I throw a pool party mid-day around noon/
- Plus it’s happy hour, bunch of drunk bitches in the pool/
- Told her, you should slide through if you free around 2/
- Gone’ and pack ya stuff up girl, cuz that’ll be the move/


CHORUS 2:

- Step 1 - first make a plan, and then attack/
- Two!- accept the simple fact there ain’t no going back/
- Step 3 - Make sure you’re charged up on ya power pack/
- So you can keep going, and going, like the bunny rabbit/

- Step 1 - first make a plan, and then attack/
- Two!- accept the simple fact there ain’t no going back/
- Step 3 - Make sure you’re charged up on ya power pack/
- So you can keep going, and going, like the bunny rabbit/


8-BAR BRIDGE:

- ((Im running to the money like an athlete/
- Like an athlete running in a track meet/
- Good sex, Good tree’s that relax me,
- Pocket full of money got it looking like a staff meeting/

- Check 1, Check 2, yea I’m on one/
- When they callllll, you know they want something/
- But man, ya’ll ni**as really don’t want none, no/
- Ya’ll ni**as better get that sh*t together/))

VS 3:

- When I’m done I retire as a legend/
- Nigga I been’at it since11 always knowing where I’m headed/
- I’m tired, my patience getting thinner than parrellies/
- When they ask me how I do it nigga this is what I tell em/


CHORUS 3:

- Step 1 - first make a plan, and then attack/
- Two!- accept the simple fact there ain’t no going back/
- Step 3 - Make sure you’re charged up on ya power pack/
- So you can keep going, and going, like the bunny rabbit/

- Step 1 - first make a plan, and then attack/
- Two!- accept the simple fact there ain’t no going back/
- Step 3 - Make sure you’re charged up on ya power pack/
- So you can keep going, and going, like the bunny rabbit/

OUTRO:

- Step 1 - first make a plan, and then attack/
- Two!- accept the simple fact there ain’t no going back/
- Step 3 - Make sure you’re charged up on ya power pack/
- So you can keep going, and going, like the bunny rabbit/

- Step 1 - first make a plan, and then attack/
- Two!- accept the simple fact there ain’t no going back/
- Step 3 - Make sure you’re charged up on ya power pack/
- So you can keep going, and going, like the bunny rabbit/

credits

released May 15, 2018
ENGINEER: JH Entertainment, LLC ~ John Hajek
SONGWRITER: Quinn Shaw

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Links Orlando, Florida

Links was born in Frankfurt, Germany, and grew up in cities all over The United States. He was a foster child in his early years. He grew up learning to adapt to different downs and finding new friends everywhere he went. Part of how he chose the name “LINKS” is because he's the only connection 'LINK-ing' them up together, although, it’s hard to ‘link’ him to one place.

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