"A Wise Tale" is a song by Chicago Hip-Hop duo Abstract Mindstate that serves as the lead single to their second studio album, Dreams Still Inspire (2021).[1] Similar to the rest of the record, the song features production from collaborator Kanye West.[2]
Production[]
The song features production done by Kanye West and is heavily built around a sample of Mind & Matter's song "My Love Is Like A Fire".[3] The song runs at a tempo of 105 BPM in the B key with a major mode and an alt key of 1B.[4]
Background[]
The song was initially made in early-2021 during Kanye's sessions at the Pio Pico Art Gallery for his album Donda which the Chicago duo had been helping him with writing-wise.[5] The duo recorded over the Kanye-produced beat and would use it for their next studio album.
The song would release on July 21st of that year as the lead single to their second studio album Dreams Still Inspire. 16 days later, the song would release onto the album as the third song along with an accompanying music video that had been set to premiere the day of the album's release.[6]
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1: Olskool Ice-Gre]
This might be a small thing kind of revolving
Around a situation that don't happen often
I mean, this involving something that's scalding
Hot the topic is, it needs some resolving
It's kind of puzzling, sometimes solving
But after I thought about it, sent her to Walgreens
To pick up a few things to stop me from stalling
Otherwise, I'ma be blunt and she gon' be bawling
And I don't need that or her brother calling
Talking them fighting words, now we gon' be brawling
I'm more of a stand-up, I won't be falling
For that okey-doke, it's better dissolving
Call me a nice guy, yeah, I like nice things
It's best to stay away from chicks that's trifling
I'm not a rival, so I won't be rivaling
But end up in this scene, I won't be wifing, you know?
[Chorus: E.P. Da Hellcat & Olskool Ice-Gre]
Avoid a quick fail, take heed to this wise tale
If you feel me like braille, take heed to this wise tale
Whether male or female, take heed to this wise tale
Outside or in jail, take heed to this wise tale
[Verse 2: E.P. Da Hellcat]
She got a secret, don't know where she keep it
Don't know why she hide it, guess it's convenient
She like a zebra, two things at one time
It ain't black and white when you lived it a lifetime
She got a story, might be a fable
No categories, she don't like labels
She like a loner, maybe she's selfish
Something is fishy, but she don't like shellfish
She say that her phone broke and she need a new phone
She got a night job, now she got two phones
One for the pubic, one for the public
I Freudian slipped, y'all, I dig that you dug it
She got a curfew, she live in a group home
But she in Miami getting her Luke on
She can't be truthful, not what she built for
Mouth might be useful, but nothing to kill for, you know?
[Chorus: Olskool Ice-Gre & E.P. Da Hellcat]
Avoid a quick fail, take heed to this wise tale
If you feel me like braille, take heed to this wise tale
Whether male or female take heed to this wise tale
Outside or in jail, take heed to this wise tale
References[]
- ↑ https://open.spotify.com/album/0zYflSgnSEuSQKoIbdkNFK?si=uWbj2ILgToiEK8I8f9TGMw
- ↑ https://genius.com/Abstract-mindstate-a-wise-tale-lyrics/q/producer
- ↑ https://www.whosampled.com/sample/868463/Abstract-Mindstate-A-Wise-Tale-Mind-%26-Matter-My-Love-Is-Like-a-Fire/
- ↑ https://tunebat.com/Analyzer
- ↑ https://pillowcase.su/f/c50c134ab376fa7946300b7eacf5d8e5
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOgcC-uG2Lw