Like a lot of the other comments are saying, I think this mainly about voyeurism. If the song was about his girlfriend, then why would he use the word spy. If you are a spy it means you shouldn't be caught, that is kind of the whole point, and if you are a voyeur, the whole point of the pleasure you get from it, is the fact that the other people don't know you are watching them. See a bit of a connection there?
[Intro: Jerrod Carmichael]
Sometimes you gotta close a door to open a window
[Verse 1: Tyler, The Creator]
I saw a photo, you looked joyous
My eyes are green, I eat my veggies
I need to get her out the picture
She's really fuckin' up my frame
She's not developed like we are
[Refrain: A$AP Rocky]
Like magic, like magic, like magic, gone
New magic, new magic, new magic wand
Like magic, like magic, like magic, gone
New magic, new magic, new magic wand
[Verse 2: Tyler, the Creator]
My brother said I'm on the spectrum
Don't call me selfish, I ain't sharin'
This 60-40 isn't workin'
I want a hundred of your time, you're mine
[Chorus: Tyler the Creator, A$AP Rocky & Santigold]
Please don't leave me now
Please don't leave me now (Don't leave)
Please don't leave me now
Please don't leave me now (Don't leave)
Please don't leave me now (Don't leave)
(Like magic, like magic, like magic, gone)
Please don't leave me now (I can make her leave)
(New magic, new magic, new magic wand)
Please don't leave me now (Don't leave)
(Like magic, like magic, like magic, gone)
Please don't leave me now
(New magic, new magic, new magic wand)
[Verse 3: Tyler the Creator & Santigold]
I wanna be found, passenger in your car (Don't leave)
You wanna be mean, mixed signals don't talk (I can make her leave)
She's gonna be dead, I just got a magic wand (Don't leave)
We can finally be together
[Bridge: Tyler, The Creator]
You roll the dice, hit a seven, sure you right
Beginner's luck, you not my first, who gives a fuck?
Your other one evaporate, we celebrate
You under oath, now pick a side and if you don't
(Run, run, run, run)
I'll pick you both
(Run, run, run, run)
It's not a joke, murder she wrote
[Verse 4: Tyler, The Creator]
Ayo, take one look in the mirror, implications so clear
I live life with no fear, except for the idea
That one day you won't be here
I will not fetch the ball
Eyes are green, I eat my vegetables
It has nothin' to do with that broad
But if it did, guarantee she'd be gone, well
I got a plan, 'bout to walk in the pen
If you can't understand, I'm a hawk in the gym
Eyes on the prize, got weight on my chest
That I need to get off, or I ain't talkin' to them
Can't be in the picture if it got no frame
Gon' let the world know 'cause I ain't got no shame
Blow the whole spot up, 'cause I ain't–
I wanna share last names, I wanna be your number one
Not the other one, keep it on the low
I'm in my right mind, keep it on a high
Janis Joplin spillin' feelings, now I'm out here moppin' 'em
Four on the floor, pack up your bags, we hit the store
Grab our supplies, no need for masks, bust through the door
Get the job done like retirement, I admit you look concerned
New magic wand
Sometimes you gotta close a door to open a window
[Verse 1: Tyler, The Creator]
I saw a photo, you looked joyous
My eyes are green, I eat my veggies
I need to get her out the picture
She's really fuckin' up my frame
She's not developed like we are
[Refrain: A$AP Rocky]
Like magic, like magic, like magic, gone
New magic, new magic, new magic wand
Like magic, like magic, like magic, gone
New magic, new magic, new magic wand
[Verse 2: Tyler, the Creator]
My brother said I'm on the spectrum
Don't call me selfish, I ain't sharin'
This 60-40 isn't workin'
I want a hundred of your time, you're mine
[Chorus: Tyler the Creator, A$AP Rocky & Santigold]
Please don't leave me now
Please don't leave me now (Don't leave)
Please don't leave me now
Please don't leave me now (Don't leave)
Please don't leave me now (Don't leave)
(Like magic, like magic, like magic, gone)
Please don't leave me now (I can make her leave)
(New magic, new magic, new magic wand)
Please don't leave me now (Don't leave)
(Like magic, like magic, like magic, gone)
Please don't leave me now
(New magic, new magic, new magic wand)
[Verse 3: Tyler the Creator & Santigold]
I wanna be found, passenger in your car (Don't leave)
You wanna be mean, mixed signals don't talk (I can make her leave)
She's gonna be dead, I just got a magic wand (Don't leave)
We can finally be together
[Bridge: Tyler, The Creator]
You roll the dice, hit a seven, sure you right
Beginner's luck, you not my first, who gives a fuck?
Your other one evaporate, we celebrate
You under oath, now pick a side and if you don't
(Run, run, run, run)
I'll pick you both
(Run, run, run, run)
It's not a joke, murder she wrote
[Verse 4: Tyler, The Creator]
Ayo, take one look in the mirror, implications so clear
I live life with no fear, except for the idea
That one day you won't be here
I will not fetch the ball
Eyes are green, I eat my vegetables
It has nothin' to do with that broad
But if it did, guarantee she'd be gone, well
I got a plan, 'bout to walk in the pen
If you can't understand, I'm a hawk in the gym
Eyes on the prize, got weight on my chest
That I need to get off, or I ain't talkin' to them
Can't be in the picture if it got no frame
Gon' let the world know 'cause I ain't got no shame
Blow the whole spot up, 'cause I ain't–
I wanna share last names, I wanna be your number one
Not the other one, keep it on the low
I'm in my right mind, keep it on a high
Janis Joplin spillin' feelings, now I'm out here moppin' 'em
Four on the floor, pack up your bags, we hit the store
Grab our supplies, no need for masks, bust through the door
Get the job done like retirement, I admit you look concerned
New magic wand
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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Verde 1 : using some glass from a photo frame to make a runway for some fine lines Refrain : what happens to all the magical goodies , they go real fast. Like whoop! It's magic Verse 2: get your own fuckin 8 ball man , this cut ass shit is nasty , when I get the good it's all mine. get your own Chorus: please don't make my sack get smaller Passenger in your car (early century slang for I wanna get high) Just got a magic wand (sweet. Glass pipe) We can finally be together (time to schmoke)
Roll dice, 7 (eught balllll) Not much first time whooop Evaporate schmoke we celebrate ooo up the nose Your under oath yo I'm judging the effectiveness of this roa Pick a side or I'll pick you both (haha nostrils) RUN RUN RUN runny nose It's not a joke (fuck yeah it is) I'm doing all this COKE and DOPE bahaha Murder she wrote (because he killing it with these nose coke jokes )
Musical entourage in the bathroom with the picture frame and drugs on top of the glass ... Snorts the drugs... Woo woo woo woo initial yippee guggila guggula shreed shreed feeling... Stares at self
No more fear besides reasonable existential , no fetching balls by getting addicted and having to go back and get more 8balls, eyes are green I eat my vegetables (a saying that counteracted stupid behaviors back in the day) has nothing to do with that broad (heroine) Blow the whole spot up bahahags
I wanna be your other one keep it on the low (keep the high on the down low) play with words , in my right mind keep it on the high (yeah yeah)
Janis Joplin spilling feelings (why that fool gotta make her drug use so obvious and so deadly?) Pack up your bags bahaha put that shit away in yo baggies Grab our supplies (drug paraphernalia)
No need for masks (no need to hide it) Bust through the door (literally of the bathroom) Annoying jackass interrupting your emergence from that beautiful moment looks "concerned" ... shut up fool I eat my vegetables
Sometimes you have to close (a bathroom door) to open up a window (to flying away weeeeee) plus you open the window anyways so the schmoke waifs off
Tl;Dr - cocaine, crack cocaine or crystal meth use with a glass pipe and/or nasal inhalation with a sharp disdain and comparison with highly addictive downers and justification for such "unhealthy behavior" with "healthy behaviors" simultaneously using slag and hilarious plays on words and the visual nature of the elements of music to create a scene and the most plausibly deniable song, ever
Tyler the creator probably has an IQ that exceeds the top 5 percentile of the worlds most intelligent population . This fool dresses up like that coke head European privilege dude at random Hollywood parties and goes on stage making fun of all the dipshits in the audience. . . and not only are they clueless but they love it too. His performances make it funnier...Hilarious beyond my ability to comprehend. And his musicianship is commendable. He makes his own samples and beats and records every sound and sample himself. I assume he is someone who laughs himself to sleep every night and lives a very happy life. Nothing better than the timeless joke that only you know about....