- 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!