- Klassik: So "Active."
I feel like, and as time has gone on,
this song probably best encapsulates, I guess,
like, my artist statement, my mission statement.
And that is claiming ownership and responsibility
in your own life and inspiring people to wanna make change,
to feel like they are a part of this human experience
and not just watching it happen.
So for me, most songs start with piano.
I mean, a song like "Active" is literally just two chords.
Starting with those chords,
and that dictates what the melody is,
kind of where I want to go with my vocal inflections.
And then usually do a combination
of, like, bass and drums.
Everything kind of starts from here.
[heavy beat]
[piano notes]
Some of the best pop songs, the science and the intricacies
and, like, the art of keeping something simple
without dumbing it down,
so, like, that's the space that I try to exist in,
of, I want this to be accessible.
I want this to have color,
but I want it to be something that you can latch into.
♪ Can't be passive, gotta get active ♪
♪ You can't be passive, you gotta get active ♪
♪ Can't be passive, gotta get active ♪
♪ You can't be passive, you gotta get active ♪
♪ Can't be passive, you gotta get active ♪
♪ Ah ♪
♪ Can't be passive, you gotta get active ♪
[piano notes]
♪ I've seen some things ♪
♪ That you would find hard to believe ♪
♪ These ain't nightmares ♪
♪ These ain't dreams ♪
♪ This is happening ♪
♪ Can't be passive ♪
♪ In this life, you can't be passive ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ Can't be passive, you gotta get active ♪
♪ I've seen some things ♪
♪ That you would find hard to believe ♪
♪ These ain't nightmares ♪
♪ These ain't dreams ♪
♪ This is happening ♪
♪ Can't be passive ♪
♪ In this life you can't be passive ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ Can't be passive, you gotta get active ♪
[uptempo beats]
♪ Yeah, please take your time ♪
♪ Relax, relax, hold up ♪
♪ Please take your time ♪
♪ Relax, relax, hold up ♪
♪ Please take your time ♪
♪ Relax, relax ♪
♪ Please take your time ♪
♪ Relax, relax ♪
♪ La, da, yeah ♪
[stuttered reverberation]
♪ Ah, yeah ♪
♪ Relax, relax ♪
♪ Please take your time ♪
♪ Relax, relax, hold up ♪
♪ Please take your time ♪
[deep bass beats]
♪ One, two, three, let's do ♪
♪ I've seen some things ♪
♪ That you would find hard to believe ♪
♪ These ain't nightmares ♪
♪ These ain't dreams ♪
♪ This is happening ♪
♪ Ha-- ha-- ha-- ♪
♪ Happening ♪
♪ In this life, you can't be passive ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ We want all the smoke ♪
♪ I've seen some things ♪
♪ That you would find hard to believe ♪
♪ These ain't nightmares ♪
♪ And these ain't dreams ♪
♪ This is happening ♪
♪ It is happening ♪
♪ In this life, you can't be passive ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ We want all the smoke ♪
♪ I've seen some things, I've seen some things ♪
♪ Some things that cannot be erased ♪
♪ Confront my demons face-to-face ♪
♪ I'm in a space of elevation ♪
♪ The elevator cannot take me down or take me out ♪
♪ The pace of my own race ♪
♪ I might as well go crazy ♪
♪ See it's been raining in a purple hue ♪
♪ When kingdoms fall, this Prince will do ♪
♪ My print is new, this ink is fresh ♪
♪ And dripping through the pages ♪
♪ Burn some sage ♪
♪ And grip these raging views of distant nations ♪
♪ Why be patient ♪
♪ When you can just mold a new civilization ♪
♪ I'm alive, nation's wanna stop a fella ♪
♪ But I been rocking hella stages ♪
♪ Slaying them per usual ♪
♪ Just use the tools of ancient movements ♪
♪ Move the fools who are just way too complacent ♪
♪ This groove's adjacent, never parallel ♪
♪ I pair with hells in heavenly bodies ♪
♪ My reverence is godly, but I'm no patron saint ♪
♪ These patrons can't even afford these pieces ♪
♪ Peace I cannot paint with all this hate around me ♪
♪ Surrounding with sounds in stereo ♪
♪ Oh, there he go ♪
♪ Speaking that ""new-new" in mono ♪
♪ But U2 like Bono can shred the hate ♪
♪ If you were more aware of the things that scares you ♪
♪ Stare it in the eye and tell it ♪
♪ Yo, I dare you to climb the stairs to a higher place ♪
♪ Not unlike Heaven ♪
♪ I preach to reverends and the pastor ♪
♪ If your pasture is not green ♪
♪ My fertilizer will get you there so much faster ♪
♪ Ooh, ahh ♪
♪ Whoo ♪
♪ Please take your time ♪
♪ Relax, relax ♪
♪ Please take your time ♪
♪ And you... ♪
♪ I've seen some things ♪
♪ That you would find hard to believe ♪
♪ These ain't nightmares ♪
♪ These ain't dreams ♪
♪ This is happening ♪
♪ In this life you can't be passive ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ We want all the smoke ♪
♪ I've seen some things ♪
♪ That you would find hard to believe ♪
♪ These ain't nightmares ♪
♪ And these ain't dreams ♪
♪ This is happening ♪
♪ Happening, it's happening ♪
♪ In this life, you can't be passive ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ We want all the smoke ♪
♪ You can't be passive ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ You can't be passive ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ You can't be passive ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ You can't be passive ♪ [reverberating]
♪ You can't be passive ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ You can't be passive ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ You can't be passive ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ We want all the smoke ♪
♪ You can't be passive ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ Can't be passive ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ Can't be passive ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ Can't be passive ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ Can't be passive ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ Can't be passive ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ Can't be passive ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ Can't be passive ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ Can't be passive ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ I've seen some things ♪
♪ That you would find hard to believe ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ These ain't nightmares ♪
♪ These ain't dreams ♪
♪ This is happening, yeah ♪
♪ In this life, you can't be passive ♪
♪ Gotta get active ♪
♪ Can't be passive ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ Can't be passive ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ Can't be passive ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ Can't be passive ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ Can't be passive ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ Can't be passive ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ I've seen some things ♪
♪ That you would find hard to believe, yeah ♪
♪ These ain't nightmares ♪
♪ These ain't dreams ♪
♪ This is happening ♪
♪ In this life, you can't be passive ♪
♪ Gotta get active ♪
♪ Can't be passive ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ Can't be passive ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ I've seen some things ♪
♪ That you would find hard to believe, yeah ♪
♪ These ain't nightmares ♪
♪ These ain't dreams ♪
♪ This is happening ♪
[echoing]
♪ Can't be passive ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ Can't be passive ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ Can't be passive ♪
♪ You gotta get active ♪
♪ Can't be ♪
Whoo!