Menace

Menace started from a loop Ladi and Marcus created a while back. When I was putting together singles for 2023, I knew I wanted to use the loop. At first, I tried fitting an already written piece to it, but I wasn't loving how it came together.

I decided to try to write a new piece to it. The tone of it, along with the subject matter of my other songs in this batch of singles led me to want to write a more casual, braggadocios song.

 The word "menace" stuck out to me, and I tried to find associations to the word, and the overall energy of being a menace, a badass. This is a similar process of writing by association that I did for SLAY.

I also recently listened to a great interview with a songwriter who talks about this process. You can check it out here! It was so awesome to hear others approach it the same way.

 The first lines of the intro: "Relapsed like an alcoholic, picked it up like I never dropped it. Y'all put on a front for the camera lens, but I won't be deceived by the optics."  Come from a free write I did. Those lines had just stuck with me for a few weeks after, and I thought they would really set the stage and make it easier to write the rest of the song by establishing the tone. 

 Towards the end of the song, I make a reference to and old music industry personality: "Morris Levy, I want IP and opulence." 

You can find a great abridged version of his story is here.

I was inspired to throw that in there because I have been reading a lot lately on the history of the music industry! This reference came from the first book I read "Hit men". I also read "Appetite for self destruction" and I am currently reading "Ticket Masters", with a handful more music business books on my shelf to go afterwards,

I went out to Papertone studio to get this recorded. Aaron was my recording engineer, and also added to the track as a session musician.

I got this track mixed and mastered at Music in focus studio by Chico the engineer.

Hope you enjoy the track!

Talk soon,

- Sin

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Lyrics

Intro

Relapsed like an alcoholic 

Picked it up like I never dropped it 

Y'all put on a front for the camera lens 

But I won't be deceived by the optics 

With my 10 she hitting new octaves 

Get her phone and make her some content 

I like em a little bit toxic 

I need em the meanest and softest (yeah) 

 

Hook

It's been a minute 

I'm still a menace 

Wreaking havoc 

And I'm laying low 

I'm at my job 

I'm in the gym 

Getting to it 

Everything I know 

It's been a minute 

I'm still a menace 

Wreaking havoc 

And I'm laying low 

I'm at my job 

I'm in the gym 

Getting to it 

Everything I know 

I'm still a menace 

Still a menace 

 

Verse 1

Turning down shows before pandemic started 

Got cold shoulder goals 

Trying to be a silent partner 

You blew up her phone 

I'm sorry 

I was holding the rose to her hymen 

Choked her so hard 

thought she needed the heimlich 

I'm just 

Curious how rich I could get 

Investing in myself 

You know 

Back on my bull-ish 

Money come to me like 

Pulpit 

I got the juice 

With pulp bitch 

No interviews 

Like culprits 

I am 

Hard to intrude 

Like Culkin 

Read between the lines in cursive 

Stop, analyze, it's pertinent 

You're sulkin 

I'm bulkin 

Making it perfect 

And turning results in 

I'm back and I'm worsened 

I'm back and I'm worsened 

 

Hook

It's been a minute 

I'm still a menace 

Wreaking havoc 

And I'm laying low 

I'm at my job 

I'm in the gym 

Getting to it 

Everything I know 

It's been a minute 

I'm still a menace 

Wreaking havoc 

And I'm laying low 

I'm at my job 

I'm in the gym 

Getting to it 

Everything I know 

I'm still a menace 

Still a menace 

 

Verse 2

I got spirit like a cheaper fare 

You can hear it through the cheapest pair 

If you're asking for a song about you 

You ain't gon' get it so just be prepared 

I'm trying to be a millionaire 

Fuck all that being grateful just for being here 

Drew up plans and made moves 

Motion picture 

Give a hater emotion sickness 

They OMG 

like I quoted scripture 

Get under my poetry 

And hold a picnic 

I'm over indexed on confidence 

Shower my women in compliments 

Study game 

That's my two common cents 

Morris Levy 

I want IP and opulence 

 

Hook

It's been a minute 

I'm still a menace 

Wreaking havoc 

And I'm laying low 

I'm at my job 

I'm in the gym 

Getting to it 

Everything I know 

It's been a minute 

I'm still a menace 

Wreaking havoc 

And I'm laying low 

I'm at my job 

I'm in the gym 

Getting to it 

Everything I know 

I'm still a menace