Saba ft. Black Thought and Eryn Allen Kane - Few Good Things (Official Audio)
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Photography by Dawit N.M., on the Westside of Chicago
Lyrics
I put the punch in the kick instead of punching a clock
It’s no wonder that this is timeless
Nights spent sleeping on the floor need a bed or at least a cot
Since his dreams starting to define him
The grind never stopped for the working class fuck a birkin bag
I learned my colors then I had to watch what color shirt I had
Like I concierge I show the way of our concerning past
But everybody can’t come along I come to terms with that
I ain’t never been one to burn bridges or burn a bag
Ironic money turn a man into a island and a friend into a financial advisor
Take a family and divide it in America, the land of the tyrant
Still with the same niggas and that mean the women too
The only thing changed what I paid for the tennis shoe
Like Eminem on stage for he blew, this is living proof
Bad things come in threes, good things come, a few
Few
All the fears we had to run from, and he only want a few things
We went back to where we start from, not the only one
All the fears we had to run from, and he only want a few things
We went back to where we start from, not the only one
Niggas repping blocks like the taxi wars
but the thing about turf is that it never actually grows
I tried to focus on the sprouts like a grocery store
But in the hood shit don’t always go how it supposed to go
So we adjusted like a tailor making alterations
Altercations in the Austin neighborhood was all for paper
Group think swear that it was all contagious how we all complacent
I said fuck it I’m all in like I was off to Vegas
The followed days I grew my dreads like I was part Jamaican
Know the journey waiting is a lonely one, they'll call him crazy
Because believing in yourself not often celebrated
People projecting a mirror image that is merely hatred
The fear he faces is the same as me I’m peer adjacent
All truth you know I don’t lie, like Shakira shaking
Iridescent people show they colors I assume they true
Bad things come in threes, good things coming soon
Few
and he only want a few things
All the fears we had to run from (run from), and he only want a few things
We went back to where we start from (start from), not the only one
All the fears we had to run from (run from), and he only want a few things
We went back to where we start from
not the only one
[Black Thought verse]
[Saba]
I tried that invincible shit but the principle is
When it’s niggas defending ya wig it’s a pendulum shift
I tried to spend a lil less like a minimalist
But then I can confess that this gets harder the bigger you get
The rich will get rich the poor get pissed that’s just what it is
We seen everything from the gutter to glitz
Adults in the crib telling the kids to cover they ears
Fight with a youngin and watch they older brothers appear
Like two in the front and one in the rear
The fun subsides when you gotta swallow your anger or stomach your fear
All the money a myth
It’s a sunken abyss
But necessary for the family to have somewhere to live
So you stuck with making decisions more than some wouldn’t get
The baggage that come with the bag hope you not fumbling it
Marathon not a sprint like I’m honoring Nip
When commas the common denominator all the percent
Got us moving to the pacific
In hopes that it would be different
The boat we was on had physics
That left some of us swimming
Don’t ask bout my independence
We not financially literate
Dangle a million dollars
When oxygen was the mission
We just wanna breathe
We been drowning down here for centuries
Black and brown boy identity
Families that depend on me
Art get turn to assembly
Line every line my lineage
Glass half full
The other half was the emptiness
We turned a bunch of nothing to abundance
Few good things
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Credit
Written by Tahj Chandler, Tariq Trotter, Deborah Lewis, Carl Lewis
Produced by Daoud, daedaePIVOT, Saba, and Cheflee
Additional vocals - Daoud
Additional drums - Brandon Farmer
Bass - Daoud, Cheflee
Acoustic Guitar - Daoud
Electric Guitar - Cheflee
Keyboards - Daoud
String Arrangements - Daoud
Drum Programming - daedaePIVOT, Saba
Recording Engineer - Saba, Rudyard Lee Cullers (Kingsize Soundlabs), Daoud
Executive Producers - Saba, Daoud, daedaePIVOT
Mixing Engineer - Papi Beatz (all tracks)
Mastering - Joe LaPorta (Sterling Sound)
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Can we all agree that whenever saba makes a song over 7 minutes it's a beautiful masterpiece
Can we all agree that whenever Saba makes a song (pretty much ever), it's a beautiful masterpiece?
Facts
Pure facts
Fax 🖨
Agreeee
from Bucket list to Few good things I'm still listening all the way from 🇿🇦
ME TOO!!!
Good Things coming in a Few! 🇿🇦 through this strange times of the Beautiful Nations, We need to cherish the Few Good Things we got. ❤️🤰
Im the.😎❤️
This song is the epitome of INCREDIBLE music
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The way the strings come in on Black Thought’s verse
My favorite song off the album. Can't stop playing it.
Ladies and gentlemen, the best song on the album.
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Difficult to choose a best song on this album of infinite vibes!
Not gonna lie, the end where saba lays out his soul speaks to my heart everytime, shit hits deep man
I spent an hour soaking up and vibing with this jam. Packed with so many gems it’s heavy. Saba keep this up, the world hears you you’re representing our voice so well!
Beautifully said
The Saba verses were gold but Black Thought came in floating. BT is a Goat.
Blackthought tells our stories I'm convinced. He deserves his name
Beautiful comment 🙌🏽
Iridescent, people show they colors I’ll assume they’re true, bad things come in threes good things coming soon. COME ON MAN Saba don’t miss
Saba and Black Thought, I’m shaking. This album is filled to the brim with beauty. I’m so proud, Saba! I listen to Whip every other day and to think of where you are now, and where you are going ….good things coming soon!
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This album was better than expected. The amount of beauty and musicality going into this album is something that a majority of rappers lack these days. Saba is seperating himself from being a rapper and is forming into a genuine musician. Played this album 3 times through today alone. Will be on repeat for as long as I can imagine.
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Rappers are genuine musicians.
Words and flows are their instruments.
I love who you grew into as an artist Saba. This doesn’t sound like comfort zone, or care for me, but it does. Because it’s a continuation of YOU. Beautiful black music. This will be playing for me for years. Please don’t stop
Couldn't have said it better myself and the fact that he features Eryn Allen on this track says it all.
The last verse with the guitar riff in the background is chef’s kiss 🤌🏾 Thank you Saba
this is legitimately a masterpiece
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Wow!!!! What a fucking masterpiece!!! This track is one of the best put together Hip Hop tracks of all time!!! And to get Black Thought on this track!!!! Saba and Black Thought I never "Thought" of before this, but makes perfect sense!!! And man oh man did Black Thought ever bring it like he always does!!! This man always prove why he's one of the best if not the best and not most artistic and complex and intelligent lyricist of all time!!! And Saba's last verse was absolutely crazy!!!! What a way to close the album out!!! Perfect closure!!!🤯🤯🤯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
One day this song will get the attention it deserves.✌🏾
album of the year so far and will most likely stay that way
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“All the fears we had to run from, and he only want a few things.”
That shit resonates with me so hard. Such a deep line.
Tears are falling from my eyes, my throat is closed and my heart is full.
Saba come to South Africa 🇿🇦🔥🔥🏆bro
Man been a fan of Black Thought since ‘94. Now I know why, his mom a South Carolina Gullah just like me haha. Charleston 843💯
The first Half reminds me of the outro to Broken Girls on Care For Me. Just slowed and pitch down a little bit. Almost like he finally found people that care for him. His family, his music and his art. Or I could be reading way too much into this? Could be both.
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That's so on point! I definitely get that listening back to it
This is a timeless classic album! A 9.5/10 album for all time. What a perfect way to and an already close to perfect album. This is honestly one of the best albums I have listened to in a long time. It struck all of the right chords and I listened to it all the way through at 12 am. I don't do that often. Nostalgia, wisdom, relatability, imagery, lyricism, beautiful singing, great background sounds, chill vibes, sonically pleasing, and a colorful aesthetic. The sounds just melt into my ears and pour down into my heart and soul! Take notes! This is what we need! The album we didn't even know we needed, but it came at the right time. 🌹🌹🌹
Love you blood.. Whitey ford from Gary Indiana. G.I., IN MY HEART UNTIL I DIE.. when I hear your lyrics is hard to rip cry..
Bro really said "You know I don't lie, like Shakira shakin'" 😮💨
Aye man Daedae got them drums are on LOCK.
Should of been Grammy nominated
We turned a bunch of nothing to abundance 🔥
Mental capoeira gets me every time. Transition from Black Thought to Saba’s last verse makes me stop everything im doing and just listen and soak in the ambience. Saba’s last verse is pure poetry. His emotions are palpable. This song.
I love how black thought talks about the ancestral roots of his late mother being a gulla geechie from South Carolina.
We all need albums like this. Not genre breaking or trying to do something so wild and different. Just a joy to listen to.
This song is literally too much for my mind to handle in one sitting
you so underrated its not even funny, ily man keep up on that grind
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Saba I am grateful. It all makes sense. All of it. You deserve everything God gives you.
i feel sorry for the people who be sleeping on Saba. And the production is Fire🤯 🔥
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"Glass half full, the other half was the emptiness" sheesh my dude. Whole project was out of this world. Thanks for making this exist. 🔥
Saba's title tracks are consistently my favorites. Wonder if they're the first or last songs he writes for his projects (like this one and Bucket List)
This beat so fyee 🔥🔥 Nah bruh Saba is coldd asf I been sleepin 😭 This my first time listening to him besides on Sacrifices by Dreamville. Whole album hit different fr!
Damn bro this whole time 😭
Welcome brotha!
You should listen to bucket list and care for me.... Those are amazing albums too.... As my fellow Jamaicans would say of talented artists... Saba nuh miss! Him find di formula everytime!
Do yourself a favour and go listen to his bucket list album
Yo Saba this is the one ..no shit
Started tearing up in the 2nd half, beautiful track
Appreciate the love BlackThought. One time for South Carolina 🙏🏾✊🏾.
I pray for the day when music like this is more mainstream not all that violence propaganda
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No this gotta stay on the low, we dont wanna corrupt this
Hangs down my favourite Track of the project, it gives you all the feelings that everything in the end will be alright. Thank you Sab what a Masterpiece this Project is, 9.7/10. Mos Def gonna end 2022 as one of the best Hip-Hop/Rap Album.
"Like Eminem on stage before he blew - this is living Proof..."?
Oh My God!
Dope bars aside, this album is really something to be cherished. After the first listen I was already in love with it as a body of work. By the second and third, I was convinced that this is going to be one of the better hip-hop albums of '22. Saba is a treasure and should be protected! Artists like him are a breath of fresh air!
This song been stuck in my head all day. Everything bout it is perfect
Str8 🔥🔥🔥 especially with Black Thought on tha track…
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The way he came in though! 🔥 🔥 🔥
It’s no wonder that this is timeless!! 🏆
The outro to this song almost brought a tear to my eye. Saba’s the only artist that I know of that really make me feel the music
I'm never disappointed in his music when I play it I expect a master piece every time and he delivers it to me .I will always cherish the art he puts out , the positive influence and life changing music he puts out for the world to hear . The world needs artist like this man much love to pivot gang cant imagine how excellent the next few projects he creates its
Saba's voice is so instrumentalic
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i came for eryn and i was sold on saba from the moment i heard that intro. i cant wait to go and listen to the rest of this album
This song is beautiful... but then again so is the whole album!
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I only want a few things in life, though it may be hard to achieve I will obtain them and cherish them.
damn black thought on the album! hell yeah
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I get chills listening to this, amazing
I don't think it's too early to say this is AOTY.
my favourite track from this album.
One of the most played songs on my playlist in the past few years…🔥🔥🔥
That living proof bar was cold af
Saba and illadelph's best 🐐 shit
This has to been my most played track this year
Saba is a huge inspiration to me and I WILL produce a song for him one day.
I've been a fan since early 2021 but GETCOMFORTable was my first project to listen to then CFM, then BLP, then Comfort Zone and you have not disappointed me once. You litteraly inspired my style of rap that I do along with Kendrick. Thank you for this masterpiece.
all your albums dont disappoint
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You have evolved as a artist 👍 this is beautiful
This is legendary. Thank you Saba.
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I just listened to this album for the first time. I used to listen to some Saba tracks a few years back but never really checked him out. So happy I did now 🤍 crazy ending to the album too 🔥
That is the best lead in to a legend coming on a track EVER!
You Got This Champ!!!.💪🏿🇿🇦
This nigga boutta make me cry at work bruh
😂
I really needed this, thank you for your art.
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This song fell soooo damn good🥲
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This is beautiful
This album is beautiful
This guy really top 5 right now
W album. lived up to its hype fr
I want to hear a remix with Mos Def 🔥
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Mos Def would absolutely eat this beat alive with his poetic flow.
My Lord 🙏🙏🙏 This Is Probably the Best Shit I've Heard All Year 🔥🔥
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@@yeatmeat936 keep going G 👍🏾🔥
Has Saba ever had a bad feature? I swear this man don't miss🤣.
Does the second half of the song sample God (Interlude) by Outkast? Also this is an incredible album that has a LOT to absorb. Definitely gonna have this one on constant repeat. Saba has an incredible ability to really express humanity in its entirety in his body of work.
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Timeless🗝
Can we say a song wit black thought you doing something 🤔 right
Amen. You are cultured
Believing in yourself not often celebrated
God bless Saba🙏🏽
Damn Black !!!!
Increible hermano, muchas gracias por la musica!
The black thought verse😭
I don't know what to say when I hear this song
Maybe a few things...
love, from outta space. 🚀🌙❤️
You made my day better.
captivating..it captures your attention..
I unintentionally & uncontrollably cried to this song in shrooms 😂😂😂
how do you keep leveling up
outro verse making me cry, shit
Waaaaaaavey👌
Can someone recognise this man like me please 🙏. Takes time to make a really good song
It looks like the Saba video that I was in got the most views! All hail Saba 🙌
Does anybody know what sample/sound the initial background synthesized vocals are from??? I swear it’s from something I’ve heard before but I can’t remember it and it’s driving me insane!
sounds similar to Logic's "I'm Gone"