Soul Searching Lyrics
No-no, no, no
Yeah
[Chorus]
I don't step out the house, I be workin'
On my 'Gram, on my 'Gram, they be lurkin'
On my own, by myself, soul searchin', yeah
Soul searchin', yeah
[Verse 1]
Smoke, burn my lungs, I been on the run
Used to get crumbs, now I like my steak well done, for real
Happy, Happy Meal, I'm a player off the field
I'ma take it if I feel like it is mine, yeah (Ayy)
Remember days, I would pray, there was no hope for me, yeah
Now I see majesty over me, yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
Remember when they never showed me love? Ye-yeah
Remember when they said I'm not enough? Ye-yeah
Now I pull up flyer than a dove, ye-yeah
Yeah, than a dove
[Chorus]
I don't step out the house, I be workin'
On my 'Gram, on my 'Gram, they be lurkin'
On my own, by myself, soul searchin', yeah
Soul searchin', yeah
Soul searching, wait
I might hit the interstate, yeah
What if I just took a break? Yeah
Bought a house up on the lake, I'm from where the lakes are great
I'm from where the people say how they feel
They not afraid to be real
Oh, yeah, in my car
I'm from the 734, where the people want it more
[Pre-Chorus]
But remember when they never showed me love? Ye-yeah
Remember when they said I'm not enough? Ye-yeah
Now I pull up flyer than a dove, ye-yeah
Yeah, than a dove
[Chorus]
I don't step out the house, I be workin'
On my 'Gram, on my 'Gram, they be lurkin'
On my own, by myself, soul searchin', yeah
Soul searchin', yeah
Soul searching, wait...
[Outro]
Ah-ah-ah, ah
Ahh, ah-ah-ah, ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah
Yeah, than a dove
About
The second track of Bazzi’s first mixtape, Soul Searching. On the track, Bazzi makes it clear he’s trying to figure out his purpose in this world without the help of others. In a sense, he wants to be left alone as he cannot trust others.
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The song samples a beat from one of Ian Kirkpatrick’s sample packs on Splice. Notably, the sample was used by Matt Ox and Lil Uzi Vert in late 2017 (below), though the song never released. The sample was heard again in November 2018 when Bazzi first released a snippet of “Soul Searching” on his socials before ultimately landing on the late XXXTENTACION’s track “whoa (mind in awe)” from his first posthumous album SKINS in December 2018.
On 17 November 2018, Bazzi posted a video of him sitting in his studio listening to the track. Toward the release of the album, Bazzi released a second snippet—albeit shorter—of the track on his Instagram Story.