Greatness
Descrição
Em "Greatness", Quavo oferece uma reflexão profunda sobre sucesso, perda e a busca por um propósito maior. A faixa mistura a celebração das conquistas materiais, simbolizadas por joias e dinheiro, com uma melancolia evidente pela perda de um ente querido, expressa no desejo de rever seu "dawg" uma última vez. A narrativa aborda a ascensão do artista "out the mud" e o impacto de seu grupo, Migos, no cenário musical, ao mesmo tempo em que lida com a dor da separação e a impossibilidade de "voltar". A faixa transmite uma mensagem de resiliência, fé e a convicção de que, apesar das tempestades e desafios, o indivíduo é construído com grandeza, incentivando a perseverança e a valorização do tempo presente como um momento de realização pessoal e coletiva.
Letra
(Al Geno on the track)
Yeah yeah, Huncho, yeah
My chain, my watch, my wrist
My motherfuckin' house
My rise and grind (grind)
I'd give away all this shit just to see my dawg
Just one more time (one time)
Look up at the lights one time (one time)
Hit the stage, rock the mic one time (one time)
Roll one get right one time (hey)
Two cups, two cups, two cups (ooh)
You remember them MCM backpacks?
We was runnin' around with them racks (racks)
No wock, no wock
I ain't never took wock to Poland
I was drinking that act (on God)
Came in
Swept the game like a storm with the motherfuckin' flow
Nigga, take' did that (on God)
So don't ask about the group, he gone
We gone, young nigga, it can't come back (Damn)
I'ma make sure mama straight (Mama)
Especially mama take' (Treet)
I can't kick it with a fake (Nah)
And I won't sleep with the snakes (snakes)
I'd rather eat with the greats (greats)
I wanted peace but I can't (peace)
I gotta get somethin' straight
Hold on, wait, huh (pew, pew, pew)
Tryna move forward but I don't got all the answers
(I don't got the answers)
But I know I can't look backwards
That's dangerous (that's dangerous)
Uh, I had to go read the Bible and take a few pages (take a few pages)
Huncho on floors, lil' nigga
Now I turn the pages, I turn the pages (uh)
Never forget that the Migos amazin' (Migos)
Look at the ice and the knot in my pants
You know that them young niggas made it (ice)
Get your mind right, lil' nigga, you never know
You could be famous (you)
I got this shit out the mud and caught a lil' buzz
Then QC changed it (QC)
Faces, faces (faces), all kinda faces (for real)
All kinda faces (on God), we all God's babies (on God)
We all built with greatness (built)
We all came in dangerous (dangerous)
We bound to fall against the odds
We get up and go crazy
And we face it (face it), we face it (come on)
Whatever time, we face it (whatever)
The time it takes to get it (time)
The time it take to make it (to make it)
The time it take to lose it (time)
The time it take to take it (take it)
The time it take to win (time)
The time you made the greatest (greatest, yeah)
Yeah, you made the greatest time with your life
Right now, it's greatness
You pick the perfect time in the world, it's right now
That time is greatness
I don't care how long it take
I don't care what storm you been through, it's greatness
This how legends was born
Greatness
I couldn't do it without the greatest group in the world
Hmm, greatness
I couldn't do it without the greatest nephew in the world
Greatness
I love my mama (mama, mama), I love my sister (greatness)
My niece (greatness)
Lingo (huh, greatness)
To infinity, the strongest link in the world (greatness)
Gírias
Na letra, "wock" e "act" referem-se a marcas de xaropes para tosse com codeína, comumente usados na preparação de "lean", uma bebida recreativa. A expressão "out the mud" descreve a ascensão de origens humildes ou de uma situação de grande dificuldade para o sucesso. "QC" é a abreviação de Quality Control Music, a gravadora à qual o artista estava afiliado. "Migos" refere-se ao influente grupo de trap do qual o artista principal fez parte. Por fim, "Huncho" é um dos apelidos do artista, Quavo, frequentemente usado para se referir a si mesmo como líder ou chefe.