"Who the fuck is fuckin Steven" hit me hard when I was at work. I'm picking an order and then I just start laughing out loud when that line came out. I ordered a physical copy of this album, I always pay for an Aesop Rock album even though I can listen to it on Spotify. I've been listening to him since I was 17, I am 40 now. He's my favorite rapper, hands down. There is no one like him and there will never be another one like him. You can listen to his albums for years and they never get old because there's just so much in there.
As long as people are listing lines that hit them hard "This isn't working, the energy is berserk and we're backing up to the hallway and down to the office nervous." Not sure why, but I just love it
I just had a silly argument with an Em stan over on Facebook. Bro gonna tell me I don’t know anything about Hip-Hop and then say Em is the best “statistically” in the same breathe. LOL
@mydogsnameislucy768 show them the chart that shows how many unique words each rapper used and point out how Aesop is #1 by far, and how Eminem is close to the middle
Man, it's so clear how natural this has become for Aes, dude's voice acting in the flow, the prose's got personality while still flawlessly fitting in the meter, the story is compelling, the message hits, the jokes land. Whole album slaps but this one completely got me all the best to steven
Way to show people how to treat others Aes, "do you wanna be a victim?" is one of the most important lines of the whole album. Easily one of my favorite songs of the year.
Hell yeah man. This song is hella important. "Oh, you're doing a script over communin' bout the nuance of a human at risk" STRUCK. I work in human services so this song hits home.
I just caught the part where she says that's definitely a tweaker's pile of stuff, but it was Aes's stuff, so he's questioning himself and his own habits. Beautiful
The same way we look back on the masters like Rembrandt, Rubens, Michelangelo, Raphael, etc, I firmly believe they will look back hundreds of years from now on Aesop Rock in the same light. An absolute master of his craft. I am SO inspired by his unwillingness to sell out. He could have made music that was easier to digest, he didn't, he did what HE wanted to do. Thank God for Aesop Rock! Long live tha king!
All these rappers come up with names that sound cool, but ultimately mean little. Aesop rock, imo, embodies his moniker with deep subjects and nuanced takes. He makes you think, just like aesops tales.
add *poignant to the end too, well said, my G. I had to stop listening with 44 seconds left to post about how amazing it was. The point, the whole scene and emotional roller-coaster, handling so many different angles of what someone would go thru in that scenario... Truly an amazing track, Aes
@ju4408 Well said, Man. The emotional colouring and articulation of that discovery is … he painted a complete scene, bottom to the top of his loft and …. Like if Van Gogh didn’t like his own work, except for that one painting… I hope it was this one.
@@mycroftwilde4742 It's got the bop of The Harbour is Yours, but so much more over-analysis of every aspect of the scenario. Ruby '81 and Cycles Gehenna are still his ultimate masterpieces for me, but Stephen's already up there in the rafters after only 2 days. How does Aes just keep cutting so deep?
@@ju4408 Cycles of Gehenna definitely up there for me, a few off that album. Daylight/Nightlight and that whole project, as well. RE: the other thing, I saw it and I get you, man. Never... think that your expression of pain is a burden on another, please. Do it for me, lol, like I don't see myself, have a hard time saying, in the mirror: you matter. Early programming and trauma, but it got to a point, man, where I was in that place and I couldn't say to another "I ... could use someone else to show me I matter." which is all I needed...stuck between childhood anxiety on weakness and giving another person a problem... It felt like I was giving pain, "you don't need to hear this" in a sort of idea... I was worth it, so are you. If someone else ever takes offense to your expression of your experience, like it is a burdon.... it is absolutely and 100% their issue. Always be free to express, my friend. You don't need to feel even more alone in those moments. We either change or the environment does, it's positive, if not always easy. If you ever need to talk, reach out. And, consider the tentpoles, I'll write em out in a few ;)
I really like Aesop’s perspective on this song. He clearly has a lot of sympathy for Steven, feels bad for him, and wishes he gets helped, but ALSO doesn’t feel safe around him and agrees something’s gotta be done about it.
Fucking incredible. I try to stop myself from replaying tracks when im listening to the album for the first time, but the god damn "who the fuck is fucking Steven" made me press replay immediately.
I cant remember listening to an album this much in opening couple of weeks, especially with having a kid now but its so goddam addictive! This is the song i look forward to most though. Its so funny, unnerving, sad and real all at same time with crazy flow. Thank you Aes!
Man the storytelling in this track is INCREDIBLE. The imagery he uses to tell the story really makes you feel like you’re there watching this unfold yourself. What a great song and album. The fact that he managed to make this song hilarious at some parts and incredibly sad at others shows true talent.
This song is lyrical fire. What a fun coincidence, My name is Steven and I work at a Psychiatric Hospital. This song is an amazing encapsulation of the problem with the USA's approach to mental health. A revolving door of lack of community supports/understanding, under-funding, and over prosecution (among other things). I have met SO many people with stories almost exactly like the Steven in this song. Aesop Rock knocked it outta the park with this one.
It is not the community's problem. It is a family problem. I do not have the time nor patience to deal with other people's kids that ended up with issues. Nor should anyone else in the world. This is the result of too many people looking to the government for a fix. The government is not your parent, and we would all be much better off if people took care of their own in lieu of throwing them out and making the community and government responsible.
@@BryanRoach Wow... You must not be very friendly with mirrors if you take issue with what I said. Move out of the city and maybe you will stop thinking that everyone else's business is yours. Someone is only my problem when they step onto my property or mess with my family.
@@BryanRoach The fact that you think it is anyone else's problem to deal with the fact that people cannot raise their children properly is quite telling. The fact that you think the me saying people should rely on family more and government less is "indoctrinated" is also quite telling. Keep being Slavic. That is exactly how the government wants you. Nice and docile.
I love how he gets there at around 10am, ends up aending him on his way after time had passed and dude was back on the street by lunch (12 noon) too dope
This is one my favorite tracks on the record, it brings back a funny memory for me. I immediately busted out laughing at "Yea hi...so there's a naked guy in my ceiling, The staff look up at me tripping like "Oh my god, is it Steven?!" Uh...who the fuck is fucking Steven?" I laugh because I had the same exact response about 20 years ago when my boss told me I will be working with this guy named Frank, whom I never met. I was like "who the fuck is fucking Frank?" exactly the same way. Incredible story telling Aes!
This is such a wonderfully constructed song. The way Aes rolls down the scales perfectly and so smooth. The melody of his voice keeps you in pace while youre trying to keep up with his metaphors
We absolutely need this. The lyrics are AR regular insane level of articulation both spoken and versed AND his regular level of artistry. We don't need to talk about the topic being actual for any place in the modern world, probably. But also the beat's produced in a regular ear bliss way and hits you like a brick wall greased with butter. I fucking love AR legacy.
"Got home one morning maybe 10 o'clock Grabbed a coffee, ran into my friend outside the hair salon She said, she on her break, can she come up and roll a jay? We'll say her name is Abby, though Abby is not her name Ok, scan the FOB talking neighborhood goss' Elevator to a maze, it snake around to my spot Before the key hit the lock, she was asking me "Is that yours?" Beside the door a navy button down balled up on the floor Weird, I take a knee on some "I do have one like it, but no" And pick it up slow to revеal a few other items Abigail likе "Oh that is certainly a tweaker's pile of stuff," A realization that demand a weaker tea inside my cup White noise hummin' in my ear to the wood I hear the bath water running something is clearly afoot Someone is clearly inside, I look at Abby like "I'm going in Maybe you should stay here", she said "No, I'm in." Holy shit... Be cautious... keep calm... Sneak the door open the apartment is tossed Everything everywhere all at once, all the faucets are on Let's draw the room so you can better picture all that befalls I got this loft that when you walk in the ceilings are pretty normal Then a dozen feet later it's 20 feet of beams and mortar I inch in far enough to peek around that first corner No sign of life in the bathroom only debris and disorder We baby stepping 7 feet in, where the kitchen begin Records and books in the sink, the condition start to sink in Another few to that rubicon where the pad opens up To see the answer to my questions in the rafters above There is a man with no shirt on wearing his pants around his ankles Jungle gym-ing over both us, I mean we are talking angles He's mumbling incoherently, there's something in his system I'm processing but need to make decisions, ok let's go "Hey! You need to get down right now" Abby yelling "Get the fuck down and get out!" He's on a different planet, drifting to a distant moon I'm pretty sure he don't even know we are in the room Hey, you need to get down right now, get the fuck down and get out You need to get down right, get the fuck down and get out Hey, you need to get down right now, get the fuck down and get out Get the fuck down and get out, get the fuck down and get out This isn't working, the energy is berserk and We're backing up to the hallway, then down to the office nervous "Yea hi... so there's a naked guy in my ceiling" The staff look up at me tripping like "Oh my god, is it Steven?!" Uh... who the fuck is fucking Steven? Y'all seem to know some shit I don't, I ain't exactly meet him The manager on some he and this building have got some history We'll attempt to go and talk and him down, but also called the city 30 go by, when the elevator ding And drop a trio in the lobby and heaven and nature sing It's the manager and super with a man in my Nikes Oh that's my leather too, ejected, but god damn he look nice Steven is glum and despondent, wafting a brutal bouquet They sit him down on the sofa, he look confused and ashamed But if I'm honest also looks like he could pull out a blade That's when 2 officers show up and all is fully explained... Ok the police are with Steven to see if he's even lucid I'm on the other side of the lobby completely stupid The super and the manager finally get a sec To offer some backstory 'bout this morning's events They tell me Steven suffers from mental illness and drug addiction His episodes have kept him in and out the shelter system Some lady in the building use to give him her couch But his condition led to far too many issues to count He's even scaled up the building before and jimmied inside And been aggressive with the tenants like infinity times He not permitted on the premises, but this is your life That's when the officer invited me to give him my side I said "Well, first of all I ain't the one that called But also we're like a meter from the player involved I can brief you on the basics if the aim is resolve But I ain't trying to agitate him if I say something wrong How 'bout we move 10 feet around the corner to talk?" He said "I can't leave my partner alone with someone this gone" Ok uh... seems fast to be at an impasse Then he pulled the pen and paper out, and this is what he ask "Do you wanna be the victim?" "What? No, I didn't want it. I'm not sure what you want" "Do you want to be the victim?" "Ohhh... you're doing a script Over communing 'bout the nuance of a human at risk How bout we skip to where you tell me what the future can hold?" He said "A felony B&E and whatever he stole We'd take him down to the jail and they'd put him back on the street They just just ain't got the kinda resources a Steven would need" I said "He doesn't need a felony he doesn't need a cell There's gotta be a way to get him headed for some help." He said "Programs exist but none of them work It's either charge him with the crime or feed him back to the earth." That's the bleakest shit I ever heard I don't even have the words I'm 'bout to run to see what evil was done I guess the jacket was a gift but he can leave in the dunks Upstairs sucked, the cat's doing fine, the rest is just stuff... I just seen Steven eating lunch..."
Everytime i listen to one of aes' songs, it's like I've delved into a sacred text, hidden in some forbidden library. It's more magic than it is music at this point.
I think the best line in this song is “I don’t even have the words…” cause like; this is Aes. And even he is so caught off guard by the blatant disregard for this dude, that Aes, of every person on this planet, is at a loss for fucking words. I think that speaks volumes.
My favorite song for about the past week. Usually i don't like to replay stuff too frequently. This though. This does it. On like play 7. I dunno man. Reminds me of my dad. I gotta sober up and get ready for the class im teaching in 8 or so hours.
The under the breath, I just saw Steven eating lunch….boinggggg. Just picturing the most confusing look of false worry this could be a film, the shift of tempo when the cops get there like this is music opera
Aes is the goat! I’m sure this wasn’t his intention but now any time I see a junkie all fucked up out on the street my mind immediately goes “Oh my god is it Steven?!” 😅😅🤣
Doing better now then I was earlier life is hard sometimes you know and it's scary but I know my strengths I know my weaknesses and my breaking points. I know my flaws my faults and accept it I know my lineage and purpose and am proud. I know my value and am wise 😌 I'm contemplative when watchful and accurate when I fire. my aim is always true and my fire is always warm. I'm one with all and am here to protect earth and her water in here to lead and guide and my trials are stepping stones. My obstacles are opportunities. I'm strong and soft when I need to bend. I am there for those whom I can help. I reach my love to all at all times. I believe in good. I have seen miracles. I have built something from nothing. I've put my everything out there and it was heard and recited word for word note for note. I never asked for anything I only put it all in prayer for every one. When I didn't see the whole picture it was confusing and foreign. Each piece builds up another together people prevail. Alone we have already fallen. With sun comes light giving life and with dark we shake the day to make way for new holding loved ones close each day we go on but we can't just try to hold on we move on.! Running free as wolves flying high like eagles. Only the man on the mountain can explain the view.
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You know the situation is grim if even Aesop is like “I don’t even have the words”
Underrated comment.
Truth. If nothing else, Aesop is known for being grandiloquent.
If Aes is at a loss for words, the doomsday clock just struck midnight.
Lmao! well said.@@charlesboaz9130
@charlesboaz9130 I feel like you've been waiting for the proper opportunity to use that word, and frankly, you found it.
under our current resource distribution system, yeah
going forward its either socialism or barbarism
"Who the fuck is fuckin Steven" hit me hard when I was at work. I'm picking an order and then I just start laughing out loud when that line came out. I ordered a physical copy of this album, I always pay for an Aesop Rock album even though I can listen to it on Spotify. I've been listening to him since I was 17, I am 40 now. He's my favorite rapper, hands down. There is no one like him and there will never be another one like him. You can listen to his albums for years and they never get old because there's just so much in there.
Laughing at your story…😂😎
I would be a different person had I heard him 23 years ago. I basically got on board at “Gates” album (Spirit World).
Definitive Jux Baby!!!
There is one other I've found similar but different to him. Deca is on a similar plane
Shit is so dense! #swoup
Same af 😂
As long as people are listing lines that hit them hard
"This isn't working, the energy is berserk and we're backing up to the hallway and down to the office nervous."
Not sure why, but I just love it
Because the flow is near perfect
“Wafting a brutal bouquet” is just.. damn, that’s poetry
pissing me off how aes can make an album this amazing and not immediately get over 100k views he deserves more fucking recognition
I just had a silly argument with an Em stan over on Facebook. Bro gonna tell me I don’t know anything about Hip-Hop and then say Em is the best “statistically” in the same breathe. LOL
@mydogsnameislucy768 show them the chart that shows how many unique words each rapper used and point out how Aesop is #1 by far, and how Eminem is close to the middle
Honestly, this song is absolutely heartbreaking.
Mascara ruiner, don't listen on the way to work protip
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Man, it's so clear how natural this has become for Aes, dude's voice acting in the flow, the prose's got personality while still flawlessly fitting in the meter, the story is compelling, the message hits, the jokes land. Whole album slaps but this one completely got me
all the best to steven
Way to show people how to treat others Aes, "do you wanna be a victim?" is one of the most important lines of the whole album. Easily one of my favorite songs of the year.
Hell yeah man. This song is hella important. "Oh, you're doing a script over communin' bout the nuance of a human at risk" STRUCK. I work in human services so this song hits home.
@@IcedOutGiantthe crescendo/passion in "Oh, you're doin a script?" is possibly my favorite moment on the album.
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I just caught the part where she says that's definitely a tweaker's pile of stuff, but it was Aes's stuff, so he's questioning himself and his own habits.
Beautiful
Its the manager and super with a man in my nikes, oh thats my leather too, eject him but God Damn he look nice. 😂😂😂 Love it.
The same way we look back on the masters like Rembrandt, Rubens, Michelangelo, Raphael, etc, I firmly believe they will look back hundreds of years from now on Aesop Rock in the same light. An absolute master of his craft. I am SO inspired by his unwillingness to sell out. He could have made music that was easier to digest, he didn't, he did what HE wanted to do. Thank God for Aesop Rock! Long live tha king!
All these rappers come up with names that sound cool, but ultimately mean little. Aesop rock, imo, embodies his moniker with deep subjects and nuanced takes. He makes you think, just like aesops tales.
🤣
@@skachor Didn't he just get that name from a short film he was in?
@@ambskater97 well then it was prophetic
Powerfully true words
The cadence switch in the second half is milk on my brain.
Might be my favourite song on the album, amazed at how Aes manages to have it shift from hillarious to depressing so quickly
add *poignant to the end too, well said, my G. I had to stop listening with 44 seconds left to post about how amazing it was. The point, the whole scene and emotional roller-coaster, handling so many different angles of what someone would go thru in that scenario... Truly an amazing track, Aes
@@mycroftwilde4742Yeah, no punchline ending here. Just disappointment in the system we live in.
@ju4408 Well said, Man. The emotional colouring and articulation of that discovery is … he painted a complete scene, bottom to the top of his loft and …. Like if Van Gogh didn’t like his own work, except for that one painting… I hope it was this one.
@@mycroftwilde4742 It's got the bop of The Harbour is Yours, but so much more over-analysis of every aspect of the scenario. Ruby '81 and Cycles Gehenna are still his ultimate masterpieces for me, but Stephen's already up there in the rafters after only 2 days. How does Aes just keep cutting so deep?
@@ju4408 Cycles of Gehenna definitely up there for me, a few off that album. Daylight/Nightlight and that whole project, as well. RE: the other thing, I saw it and I get you, man. Never... think that your expression of pain is a burden on another, please. Do it for me, lol, like I don't see myself, have a hard time saying, in the mirror: you matter. Early programming and trauma, but it got to a point, man, where I was in that place and I couldn't say to another "I ... could use someone else to show me I matter." which is all I needed...stuck between childhood anxiety on weakness and giving another person a problem... It felt like I was giving pain, "you don't need to hear this" in a sort of idea... I was worth it, so are you. If someone else ever takes offense to your expression of your experience, like it is a burdon.... it is absolutely and 100% their issue. Always be free to express, my friend. You don't need to feel even more alone in those moments. We either change or the environment does, it's positive, if not always easy. If you ever need to talk, reach out. And, consider the tentpoles, I'll write em out in a few ;)
Aesop can describe any situation and turn it into pure poetry
banger of bangers, king of kings, all the best to Steven
Here's to that and all the best to Steven ❤
I really like Aesop’s perspective on this song. He clearly has a lot of sympathy for Steven, feels bad for him, and wishes he gets helped, but ALSO doesn’t feel safe around him and agrees something’s gotta be done about it.
This album was superb
Fucking incredible. I try to stop myself from replaying tracks when im listening to the album for the first time, but the god damn "who the fuck is fucking Steven" made me press replay immediately.
This track needs an animated video ASAP
Please for the love of God someone do this
@@hiropon2985 I would but I can’t draw a stick figure
A live action one would be so much stevan
*better, oops
@@mistifowl5893 what an incredible typo
Use to live next to Ace and can verify this is a true story... been keeping this to myself this whole time
I believe you, I'm from Portland and people are wildin'
@SsykeWard yea it's pretty crazy..little better lately but still crazy
Were you under an NDA?
@@StanHowse no..just respectful of people's private life
Is Aes still in Portland?
Very strong "long legged larry" vibes on this one. Just as good of a story too.
And Lucy.
The description is so good you can really see every moment of this insane story play out 🤣
His flow on on the last verse is absolutely absurd. What a record. What an album.
This instrumental is incredible.
This entire album is one funky joint.
I cant remember listening to an album this much in opening couple of weeks, especially with having a kid now but its so goddam addictive! This is the song i look forward to most though. Its so funny, unnerving, sad and real all at same time with crazy flow. Thank you Aes!
The album is over an hour long?! Praise whoever!
Tbh this whole album slaps hard af.
Man the storytelling in this track is INCREDIBLE. The imagery he uses to tell the story really makes you feel like you’re there watching this unfold yourself. What a great song and album.
The fact that he managed to make this song hilarious at some parts and incredibly sad at others shows true talent.
The flows and beats on this album have been on a whole nother level man
Anyone else can see the video-clip to this song right before his eyes? What a great telling... i love this song and the message!
This song is lyrical fire. What a fun coincidence, My name is Steven and I work at a Psychiatric Hospital. This song is an amazing encapsulation of the problem with the USA's approach to mental health. A revolving door of lack of community supports/understanding, under-funding, and over prosecution (among other things). I have met SO many people with stories almost exactly like the Steven in this song. Aesop Rock knocked it outta the park with this one.
It is not the community's problem. It is a family problem. I do not have the time nor patience to deal with other people's kids that ended up with issues. Nor should anyone else in the world. This is the result of too many people looking to the government for a fix. The government is not your parent, and we would all be much better off if people took care of their own in lieu of throwing them out and making the community and government responsible.
@@SinEater_It's sad how indoctrinated you are
@@BryanRoach Wow... You must not be very friendly with mirrors if you take issue with what I said. Move out of the city and maybe you will stop thinking that everyone else's business is yours. Someone is only my problem when they step onto my property or mess with my family.
@@SinEater_The fact you think what you posted has any sort of redeeming point is pathetic
@@BryanRoach The fact that you think it is anyone else's problem to deal with the fact that people cannot raise their children properly is quite telling. The fact that you think the me saying people should rely on family more and government less is "indoctrinated" is also quite telling. Keep being Slavic. That is exactly how the government wants you. Nice and docile.
Aes isn't like anyone else. He can write these poetic stories and set them to sick fat beats
Glad Kirby doing good though.
master class of lyrical poetry. Aesop Rock, Alan Ginsberg....pick your poison they're both amazing.
This is the kinda shit that made me fall head over heels for Aes' stuff. Absolutely masterful storytelling.
goated storytelling
Wow. Just wow. Almost hits as hard as TV on 10. Such an amazing flow and storytelling. Obviously not as devastating of circumstances
10 tv on 10 is absolutely amazing.
Ruby '81 as well.
Such a good dog
This the one, right here. This is the best song of 2023.
Been on heavy repeat for the past 48 hours
"Programs exist but none of them work, its either charge him with the crime of feed him back to the earth " I'm very much Steven at this point
Definitely in my top 5 boy!
2 tracks on the same day!, what a way to go into the weekend. Time to burn this into my mind.
The entire album is out buddy. There's 16 full tracks and 2 interludes.
@growwoodlands6121 yeap saw that after this track, currently letting my ears feast.
I love how he gets there at around 10am, ends up aending him on his way after time had passed and dude was back on the street by lunch (12 noon) too dope
Aes has to be the only rapper alive where 'I dont even have the words' means so much.
He literally has the most words
Thank you Ace Rock!! Missed ya
AES forever.
the beats cut so nice, its like a reggae drag. Always good stuff
ABSOLUTE FIRE
This is one my favorite tracks on the record, it brings back a funny memory for me. I immediately busted out laughing at "Yea hi...so there's a naked guy in my ceiling, The staff look up at me tripping like "Oh my god, is it Steven?!" Uh...who the fuck is fucking Steven?" I laugh because I had the same exact response about 20 years ago when my boss told me I will be working with this guy named Frank, whom I never met. I was like "who the fuck is fucking Frank?" exactly the same way. Incredible story telling Aes!
Haha I'm so happy Aesop is still rapping
This is such a wonderfully constructed song. The way Aes rolls down the scales perfectly and so smooth. The melody of his voice keeps you in pace while youre trying to keep up with his metaphors
S tier story telling ❤
We absolutely need this. The lyrics are AR regular insane level of articulation both spoken and versed AND his regular level of artistry.
We don't need to talk about the topic being actual for any place in the modern world, probably.
But also the beat's produced in a regular ear bliss way and hits you like a brick wall greased with butter.
I fucking love AR legacy.
aesop rock and kool keith are the few rappers I'm still interested in since I got known of them decades ago!!!
"Got home one morning maybe 10 o'clock
Grabbed a coffee, ran into my friend outside the hair salon
She said, she on her break, can she come up and roll a jay?
We'll say her name is Abby, though Abby is not her name
Ok, scan the FOB talking neighborhood goss'
Elevator to a maze, it snake around to my spot
Before the key hit the lock, she was asking me "Is that yours?"
Beside the door a navy button down balled up on the floor
Weird, I take a knee on some "I do have one like it, but no"
And pick it up slow to revеal a few other items
Abigail likе "Oh that is certainly a tweaker's pile of stuff,"
A realization that demand a weaker tea inside my cup
White noise hummin' in my ear to the wood
I hear the bath water running something is clearly afoot
Someone is clearly inside, I look at Abby like "I'm going in
Maybe you should stay here", she said "No, I'm in." Holy shit...
Be cautious... keep calm...
Sneak the door open the apartment is tossed
Everything everywhere all at once, all the faucets are on
Let's draw the room so you can better picture all that befalls
I got this loft that when you walk in the ceilings are pretty normal
Then a dozen feet later it's 20 feet of beams and mortar
I inch in far enough to peek around that first corner
No sign of life in the bathroom only debris and disorder
We baby stepping 7 feet in, where the kitchen begin
Records and books in the sink, the condition start to sink in
Another few to that rubicon where the pad opens up
To see the answer to my questions in the rafters above
There is a man with no shirt on wearing his pants around his ankles
Jungle gym-ing over both us, I mean we are talking angles
He's mumbling incoherently, there's something in his system
I'm processing but need to make decisions, ok let's go
"Hey! You need to get down right now"
Abby yelling "Get the fuck down and get out!"
He's on a different planet, drifting to a distant moon
I'm pretty sure he don't even know we are in the room
Hey, you need to get down right now, get the fuck down and get out
You need to get down right, get the fuck down and get out
Hey, you need to get down right now, get the fuck down and get out
Get the fuck down and get out, get the fuck down and get out
This isn't working, the energy is berserk and
We're backing up to the hallway, then down to the office nervous
"Yea hi... so there's a naked guy in my ceiling"
The staff look up at me tripping like "Oh my god, is it Steven?!"
Uh... who the fuck is fucking Steven?
Y'all seem to know some shit I don't, I ain't exactly meet him
The manager on some he and this building have got some history
We'll attempt to go and talk and him down, but also called the city
30 go by, when the elevator ding
And drop a trio in the lobby and heaven and nature sing
It's the manager and super with a man in my Nikes
Oh that's my leather too, ejected, but god damn he look nice
Steven is glum and despondent, wafting a brutal bouquet
They sit him down on the sofa, he look confused and ashamed
But if I'm honest also looks like he could pull out a blade
That's when 2 officers show up and all is fully explained...
Ok the police are with Steven to see if he's even lucid
I'm on the other side of the lobby completely stupid
The super and the manager finally get a sec
To offer some backstory 'bout this morning's events
They tell me Steven suffers from mental illness and drug addiction
His episodes have kept him in and out the shelter system
Some lady in the building use to give him her couch
But his condition led to far too many issues to count
He's even scaled up the building before and jimmied inside
And been aggressive with the tenants like infinity times
He not permitted on the premises, but this is your life
That's when the officer invited me to give him my side
I said "Well, first of all I ain't the one that called
But also we're like a meter from the player involved
I can brief you on the basics if the aim is resolve
But I ain't trying to agitate him if I say something wrong
How 'bout we move 10 feet around the corner to talk?"
He said "I can't leave my partner alone with someone this gone"
Ok uh... seems fast to be at an impasse
Then he pulled the pen and paper out, and this is what he ask
"Do you wanna be the victim?"
"What? No, I didn't want it. I'm not sure what you want"
"Do you want to be the victim?"
"Ohhh... you're doing a script
Over communing 'bout the nuance of a human at risk
How bout we skip to where you tell me what the future can hold?"
He said "A felony B&E and whatever he stole
We'd take him down to the jail and they'd put him back on the street
They just just ain't got the kinda resources a Steven would need"
I said "He doesn't need a felony he doesn't need a cell
There's gotta be a way to get him headed for some help."
He said "Programs exist but none of them work
It's either charge him with the crime or feed him back to the earth."
That's the bleakest shit I ever heard
I don't even have the words
I'm 'bout to run to see what evil was done
I guess the jacket was a gift but he can leave in the dunks
Upstairs sucked, the cat's doing fine, the rest is just stuff...
I just seen Steven eating lunch..."
Everytime i listen to one of aes' songs, it's like I've delved into a sacred text, hidden in some forbidden library. It's more magic than it is music at this point.
The fact that this beat was made by him makes this worth it.
What a wild beat! Anyone know what the sample used is !? That vocal break down at the end of the verses is heavenly
I think the best line in this song is “I don’t even have the words…” cause like; this is Aes. And even he is so caught off guard by the blatant disregard for this dude, that Aes, of every person on this planet, is at a loss for fucking words.
I think that speaks volumes.
My brother is a similar Steven. Definitely needs help, but he's likely just eating lunch in a hotel with a few felonies.
He doesn't need a felony, he doesn't need a cell.
There's gotta be some way to get him headed to some help 💯
Yeah, this is superb
Holy my man the shhhh fire 🔥🔥🔥
Definitely bomb gonna have to listen thoroughly to get the points that Aesop always have,but definitely lyricism is the shizzx, Bomb track for sure
This is just.. absolutely brutal. Absolutely brilliant work of art.. it’s still kinda hard to stomach tho
"ITS. ITS, the future." - I had to write that down to appreciate ITS beauty lol
This is the 1st video ever i picked up the phone to like
This is aes' version of MTV CRIBS! Aesop Rock is flossing about his dope digs! The loft sounds swanky!
I need this animated
I wish Aes and Ra scion would do a joint together. That'd be dope.
Love these story songs.
WHO THE FUCK IS FUCKIN STEVEN? Shit got me 😂
Weekend!!! Just got home… thnx
So cool that he got Link from Good Mythical Morning to pose for this art.😆
Damn, ITS the future.
The part where Stephen wearing his Nikes and leather 😂😂😂
This one needs a video 🔥
This is the best Aesop Rock song title I've ever seen.
"No, I'm in! Holy shit!"
The beats and bass are reaching a new level always 🔥
My favorite song for about the past week. Usually i don't like to replay stuff too frequently. This though. This does it. On like play 7.
I dunno man. Reminds me of my dad. I gotta sober up and get ready for the class im teaching in 8 or so hours.
Hope work went well brother
Stay strong 🙏🏻
Thanks man
The under the breath, I just saw Steven eating lunch….boinggggg. Just picturing the most confusing look of false worry this could be a film, the shift of tempo when the cops get there like this is music opera
I need these lyrics under here!
Fire
Aesop fables
Aes is the goat! I’m sure this wasn’t his intention but now any time I see a junkie all fucked up out on the street my mind immediately goes “Oh my god is it Steven?!” 😅😅🤣
Best ever
Leave it to Aesop to make a song about the homeless and vagrancy problem and it's still a fucking banger.
Dankie Bazooka Tooth Kruger!
This has rusen to become my favourite on the album
If you live in the city and you had to deal with tweakers then this track hits way harder😂😂😂😂
Fuckin warrior! We are all responsible to make the right choices in these situations. Aesop is the most underrated in this shit!
Doing better now then I was earlier life is hard sometimes you know and it's scary but I know my strengths I know my weaknesses and my breaking points. I know my flaws my faults and accept it I know my lineage and purpose and am proud. I know my value and am wise 😌 I'm contemplative when watchful and accurate when I fire. my aim is always true and my fire is always warm. I'm one with all and am here to protect earth and her water in here to lead and guide and my trials are stepping stones. My obstacles are opportunities. I'm strong and soft when I need to bend. I am there for those whom I can help. I reach my love to all at all times. I believe in good. I have seen miracles. I have built something from nothing. I've put my everything out there and it was heard and recited word for word note for note. I never asked for anything I only put it all in prayer for every one. When I didn't see the whole picture it was confusing and foreign. Each piece builds up another together people prevail. Alone we have already fallen. With sun comes light giving life and with dark we shake the day to make way for new holding loved ones close each day we go on but we can't just try to hold on we move on.! Running free as wolves flying high like eagles. Only the man on the mountain can explain the view.
We NEED a music vid for this
This song desperately needs a video treatment omg
From now on if I encounter a person who has an unpleasant fragrance I'm just going to let them know by saying "you're wafting a brutal bouquet"
Dude is getting way too real with the flow.
Aes is always ride the flow, he just has to open his mouth to show you where he is in it.
YO, please make an animated video for this beauty
I hope this song gets a dedicated video.
My brother name is Steven so I’ve just been imagining my brother doing all this crazy shit