AntoneNow - ANTONE'S STORY Lyrics

Yeah, yeah, back to the start
8 years old, I ain't know how to start
Found an app called GarageBand, I hope I go far, yeah
Back room of the barbershop, cooking up
Putting loops together was my favorite hobby, loosen up
Couple beats a day, can't wait to play these for my pops
Then he make me play them for his customers, I gotta stop being nervous 'bout it
Walk out like, "Hi, my name is Anthony"
My dad getting mad, he sayin', "Tell them Antonenow"
I said, "Hi, my name is Antonenow
Here's a beat I just made, I hope y'all dig my style"
I press play, now my loops is blasting through the barbershop
Got these people looking at me shocked, they don't know how to act about it
And now I'm super hype, no more being sad about it
I get up and then I do it again
For like a year and a half
For like 2 years and a half
For like 3 years and a half
And now I'm 10 years old
Something happened to my auntie, now we moving up to Florida
Staying in the 305, got to see what it was like for my mom and dad, but no, not for long
Now we moving to the west of Florida
239 is where I start to get the best of Florida, yeah
6th grade and still nobody knows I do music
After all, I'm using Looperman, to me that ain't music
That's just BS, picking up these other people's drums don't take a genius, my baby sister probably coulda done it Now I'm on YouTube, and my history is full of videos for FL Studio, I back up
Something happened in my neighborhood that shocked us
Racism still ain't gone and it attacked us
Now I'm back in the 305, lil' ol' me got in too many fights
I got pulled outta school
Not much long after, we fell deep into pandemic mode
Locked up in my grandma's house, but lucky for me
I had more time to let my passion out, yeah
I had more time to let the passion out, yeah
I met the homie Zaug online, he really taught me how to make it art instead of music
He always said he wasn't a rapper, he was an artist
I'm thinking about finding a pen 'cause I'm steady making beats in a pen, but
I ain't find no vocalist to eat a quick meal
So I should do it myself, right
(I think I should do it, I should do it myself, I'mma go do it my, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Look, 7th grade, I was sitting in my Zoom class
I think that I was failing all my Zoom class
I was bored so I thought up, "Screw it"
Muted the class, opened FL, and got to it
In the middle of class, I started writing a song on a
Bsterthegawd beat, it took me so long, but I
Loved it so much and I cherish it still
From that moment on, the Antone you know was here, yeah
Yeah
But that's not all
It's 2022 and I been rapping for some years now
Back in 239 and my dad is my new manager
He emails Shade 45, gets me a spot on the demo battle
I don't know what it is, but I'mma try it out
Gotta go against another rapper, wear 'em out
Take the cake, making them embarrassed 'cause I'm walking out
Started working on my first track for the battle
Titled "Dark Cloak," different, but it was hard and that's what really matters I can't wait to throw it up on the radio
I hope they love the Antone
Five weeks later, I'm the champion of all of them Carried on my back, they so livid, I'm on top of 'em How they 'bout to let a 14-year-old kid beat a battle? I'm a menace living in my own skin, yeah
Hella opportunities are showing up, I'm taking 'em
Pinky promise when I make it, I'mma buy my mom her dream car
And when I make it big, swear my pops gon' have anything he wants because he brought me to this level of greatness I'm on the grind, I'm on the grind and I can't stop
That was exactly one year ago, I can't stop
'Cause right now I'm 15, right now got big dreams
Right now I stay clean, nah, I can't stop
Man, I can't stop, that was exactly one year ago, I can't stop
'Cause right now I'm 15, right now got big dreams
Right now I stay clean,
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