Many Thanks Songtext
von GRIP

Ayy, if you ain′t in the mood for gratitude
Then cut this motherfucker off, yeah
Haha, I got a lot of, uh, thank you's in order
Or whatever


Yeah, first and foremost, I gotta start with the kids
Wouldn′t make it far as I did without Zari and Riz
My favorite girls, y'all take away the weight of the world
When this shit too heavy to lift and I ain't able to curl
And, mama, you the GOAT, you kept my head on straight
Kept food on plates, even when you ain′t ate
And you still gon′ call or text when I be out late
A superhero in my eyes, givе this lady a cape
And, Daryl, we been through shit, but much love and respеct
Raisin' somebody else′s kids, it can be tough to connect
But you showed me how to throw hands and taught me sports
Even though I never applied it on the field or a court
Gave advice, a lot of niggas never got that support
Ended up dead or in prison once they hopped off the porch
Uncle Tim, you treated me like your kid, gave me my street smarts
Aunt Esther, Aunt Nae Nae, and Kim, y'all some sweethearts
Ant, nigga, you know what it is, let′s keep this thing strong
Mama Hicks, I stayed at your crib like I was one of your own
Jim the big brother I never had
Your mama like my mama and your pops like my second dad
Your daughters like my daughters and I know you would say the same
You ever need somethin' and I got you, it ain′t a thing
Kerrick my brother for real, we been through the struggle for real
Huddled and hustled for meals, writin' to brush up on skills
Met you through Smoove, that shit is tragic, he no longer here
Called you as soon as I heard the news, we shed thug tears
Yam, you my closest cousin, we waitin' on you to get home
Just know that I got you and you ain′t gotta go through it alone
Growin′ up, who would've known? We fall to the system
Taken for granted all of the wisdom we was handed
And somehow I managed
To beat the odds, although the cards ain′t play out how we planned it
But blood is blood forever, we could never be disbanded
Forgive me if you feel that the fame got to my head
'Cause I ain′t pick up your call or I left your message on read
Sometimes I wake and spend a few hours layin' in bed
No phone, music, or TV, I rather silence instead
Replayin′ the good times in my mind
I'd trade it all if I could rewind
But that ain't how life is designed
Shoutout the local blogs that shed light on my rhymes
And young niggas on the same grind, fightin′ to shine
Yeah, me and 2Legit brothers beyond this music shit
You kept the fuses lit when I felt as if I was losin′ it
Shoutout Jacob Moore for postin' my shit on PMP
Jumpstarted my career, I gotta keep it G
And my nigga Tig, ′cause I know bein' my manager ain′t an easy feat
I love you 'cause you believe in me more than I believe in me
Justin, Sydney, Lee-Lee, and Bri, can′t forget 'bout Key and Dee
All of the producers that let me rap on they beats for free
J-Good was straight out the den, you let me rip them stages
Todd, we still got money to get, was just on different pages
Ameer put me on Sylvan tour, I appreciate it
Jittz took me to Europe, I'm honored to be affiliated
The day Em spit me my lyrics, I knew I really made it
To have him and Royce on my album, that shit feel amazin′
′Cause they giants in my eyes, residin' where I aim to be
Remember buyin′ they CD and now they give me game for free
A major key, 'cause once upon a time, they was the same as me
Pray I′m half as successful as them, just gotta wait and see
Paul, Mike, and all of the Shady fam, the crazy fans
Y'all saw somethin′ in me when nobody gave a damn
Post gave a nigga a bag before I had a buzz
Gotta give Lauren and Ash some love
And shoutout to the ones who went and bought Porsche after Snub
Pulled up to my shows and wait around for the daps and hugs
Purchased merch and know my whole discography verse for verse
And play me every day from the first to the thirty-first
Even those who found out about me through dirty work
And tell me I'm a star on the track, that's word to Kirk
To know my music helped ′em out through some of they darkest times
I hold it dearer than they′ll ever know in this heart of mine
So know you appreciated for wipin' my tears when they fall
Lendin′ your ears when I call, I'm only here ′cause of y'all
Thank you


So, yeah, huh
Niggas goddamn dropped IDFT
You know, did my first headlinin′ tour, uh
You know, brought the dogs with me and shit
Shoutout Marco, shoutout, uh, Wale
Motherfucker, Chris Patrick, you know
Uh, so, yeah, man, we did that
Came back home, I was motivated and shit
You know what I'm sayin'? So I went ahead and, uh
Matter of fact, I had already had most of the project recorded
So I was recordin′ my follow-up
Um, which I ain′t gon'— I ain′t gon' call the name of it
Y′all know the name of it if y'all be on social media and shit
Um, but, uh, recorded that
And, goddamn, we was gettin′ through it, pushin' through it
We recorded it fast as hell and, um
Was 'bout to turn it in
But, fuckin′ samples, you know what I′m sayin'?
So— And— And it′s a song that I feel
Is like, is very important and shit
So it's just was takin′ a little longer than we wanted to
We was tryna drop it before we goddamn jumped on tour with Boogie
Shoutout the nigga Boogie
Uh, so what I kinda, like, decided to do was, um
I don't know, it was just, like, a quick idea one day
We was just sittin′ around and shit and I was like, "Man, shit
How 'bout we make a project in a week? We'll make an EP in a week"
So, you know, I hit a couple producers and, um
Yeah, it was just like, "Yo, I′m tryna do
Somethin′ in a week," you know what I'm sayin′?
Like, quick, quick as hell type shit, like, seven, eight songs
So, uh, first nigga who I goddamn ended
Up talkin' to was, uh, Latrell James
Of course, Tu, you know what I′m sayin'? Shoutout that nigga Tu, man
Um, and he got on board with it
Then Latrell, uh, Latrell James, Tann Boyd, and they sister Lila
Uh, she pulled up, they all pulled up to the studio
And, uh, was playin′ beats and shit
And, uh, I got a couple ideas, like, that night
So then from there, we ran with it, you know what I'm sayin'?
So shoutout to them for that shit
So, did that, um
Too laced, goddamn, the beat, uh
What was the, what was the, what′s the beat, goddamn? Uh
"Popular Demand," so, we did "Popular Demand," uh
SK, my nigga SK, man, shoutout SK
He goddamn came through with a beat
Uh, Scalez, of course, Scalez and BG, my niggas, um
Rocky, uh
Man, my nigga Rocky
Goddamn came through with two of them
Guys, man, you know, that′s my niggas
He had some shit on, uh, the last project and shit
Uh, Cozy and War
Surprisingly, goddamn, War got down
You know what I mean, these niggas had done pulled up and, uh
Cozy had the pack, man, Cozy got heat, so, y'all fuck with him too
Um, shit, man, yeah, I think that′s all the producers on there
Of course, DJ Khalil, uh, you know, all the co-producers
Uh, shit, Reggie, um, you know
I don't know who else the co-producers is, but you know
What I′m sayin', I fuck with y′all niggas, I love y'all
If it is more co-producers, uh
But yeah, nah, so, did that, and after that
I was like, "Shit, alright, bet, let's turn it in"
So I goddamn went to turn it in
And then we kind of seen like, alright
Damn, the project was too short
So, you know, I was like, "Damn, we
Ain′t gonna be able to do this in a week
We ain′t gonna be able to finish it in a week," so
Goddamn jumped back in, you know what I mean
Jumped back in, did like a couple more songs
I really wanted all new songs, like all original songs
I had a fire-ass song with D'Ante Hitchcock, but
Uh, shoutout BeatButcher, but
BeatButcher had already goddamn gave the sample
To somebody, so that shit ain′t work out
Uh, so, me and him gon' get something in in the future though
But, um, yeah, man
Went back in, added like three more songs
Uh, four more songs, or whatever, so, uh
Last but not least, man, my dog Jumper
I appreciate you, man, for real, Ryan Jumper, uh
Awesome engineer
He′s actually mixed two projects without
Either one of 'em being released yet
So like, shoutout to you, dog, ayy, you really killed the mix
Shoutout my nigga Henry on the master
And, uh, yeah, for having a fuck you