I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Yeah...it's been a long time.
It's been a long time, right?
Kool Hurt! ...Yeah
Where's the magic? 16 years have passed, man I've seriously had it.
Rap is so tragic and now I'm sounding dramatic
I've been out the game, I just rolled out the attic.
Here to break up the static with all my rhyming schematics
And I know it's been traumatic, but yeah, I'm automatic
And yeah, I'm pragmatic
And yeah you're a fanatic
And yeah, you have to have it
And yeah I'm fantastic
And yeah we're gonna smash it
And yeah...I'm really back
And to you rappers that don't like it I'm not sorry I'll send ya
Flowers and phone calls, Flowers and phone calls
Rap has been my life for 20 years and I still have it
Oh yeah, I still got it
People want to try to stop me, but can't stop me
They don't like my style because it's too choppy
I'm still dropping
My albums are soaring while other people's are flopping
Those that don't like it I'm truly sorry I'm sending
Flowers and phone calls, flowers and phone calls
Rap has been boring for like 20 years, man I'm serious
I don't know what you guys been doing man, but...
You guys are lucky...lucky I'm here, man
All you rappers don't like that I'm back...
Sorry dawg, I'll send you a gift
Flowers and phone calls, flowers and phone calls
It's been a long time, right?
Kool Hurt! ...Yeah
Where's the magic? 16 years have passed, man I've seriously had it.
Rap is so tragic and now I'm sounding dramatic
I've been out the game, I just rolled out the attic.
Here to break up the static with all my rhyming schematics
And I know it's been traumatic, but yeah, I'm automatic
And yeah, I'm pragmatic
And yeah you're a fanatic
And yeah, you have to have it
And yeah I'm fantastic
And yeah we're gonna smash it
And yeah...I'm really back
And to you rappers that don't like it I'm not sorry I'll send ya
Flowers and phone calls, Flowers and phone calls
Rap has been my life for 20 years and I still have it
Oh yeah, I still got it
People want to try to stop me, but can't stop me
They don't like my style because it's too choppy
I'm still dropping
My albums are soaring while other people's are flopping
Those that don't like it I'm truly sorry I'm sending
Flowers and phone calls, flowers and phone calls
Rap has been boring for like 20 years, man I'm serious
I don't know what you guys been doing man, but...
You guys are lucky...lucky I'm here, man
All you rappers don't like that I'm back...
Sorry dawg, I'll send you a gift
Flowers and phone calls, flowers and phone calls
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get over it.
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