Travis Scott & Songwriting: The Grit & The Beauty
2020 is looking brighter already because Travis Scott just arrived on the scene with his brand new tune, ‘Franchise’. Featuring fellow rap artists Young Thug and M.I.A, Travis manages to immerse you into his world from the get-go.
And so, in celebration of his new release, we figured we’d through some of his greatest hits under the microscope. We’re particularly looking at the songwriting charging these tracks and driving them forward. Travis has a way of transforming some of the grittiest experiences into the most poetic verses. Whether he tells a tale of love, youth or even politics, there’s a certain grandiosity that arrives with his songwriting. And yet, Travis doesn’t shy away from pinning up his beliefs, anxieties, ideologies and more for the world to see. So, brace yourselves for a dip into all the different shades of Travis Scott.
Photo Credits: Travis Scott Official Instagram/ Getty
Travis Scott Shows You The World With No Filter
1. ‘Ah, this my life, I did not choose
Uh, been on this since we was kids
We gon’ stay on top and break the rules
Uh, I fill my mind up with ideas’
– “Highest in the Room”
2. ‘They hatin’, they stinkin’, they waitin’
Don’t be mistaken, we dyin’, they stayin’
Lord I’m on fire they thinkin’ I’m Satan
Callin’ me crazy on different occasions’
– “Antidote”
3. ‘For this life, I cannot change
Hidden Hills, deep off in the main
M&M’s, sweet like candy cane’
– “Butterfly Effect”
4. ‘Then the storm came in to save my life
Head up to the sky, down on my knees (straight up)
Out of nowhere, you came here to save the night’
– “Stargazing”
5. ‘Mama told me I’m her brightest star (yeah)
Mama told me don’t hate on the law (ow)
Because everybody got a job (what?)
Because everybody won’t be a star’
– “Pick Up The Phone”
6. ‘Is it the complex of the saint that’s keepin’ you so, so still?
Is it a coat of old paint that’s peelin’ every day against our will?
And did you see the void in the past?
Well can you always be a step ahead of it for me?’
– “Stop Trying To Be God”
7. ‘Please don’t wake me up, I feel it creeping (yeah)
Controlling how you moving, lucid dreaming (dreams)
Always on the side of different seasons’
– “Wake Up”
8. ‘I wore the flag, put that on my face, ain’t nobody safe
Lift the mask, they gon’ have to see what they can’t erase
I took a lie, so I took it back’
– “Power is Power”
9. ‘Seems like the life I need’s a little distant, yeah
Light the remedy, yeah
Sit back while I watch, repeat’
– “Astrothunder”
10. ‘You don’t know where we stand (yeah, yeah, yeah)
It’s true (yeah, yeah)
Know the plan
Close the opera
Hear the red and blue outside, I think our option’s up’
– “The Plan”
By: Nina Karun
