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In Transit EP

by Strag

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1.
it’s strag baby, it’s strag baby guerin aye - I feel hella fucking good right now I’m in my fucking zone let’s go [verse] and y’all don’t want me increasing my confidence ‘cause I might start getting all the compliments might really start knowing who the fuck I am and it’ll only expose your incompetence well, at least you self aware at least you hella care cus shit I like when I walk in and I get hella stares walked hella stairs to the top and you was never there man you was never there y’all sleeping on me, wait until my buzz get louder gon’ be keeping tabs on me like an internet browser staying outta trouble, I had to put this shit subtle carrying the whole team, lyrical triple double huh, I seen it all man, really seen it all I’m boutta unload on em, waiting for the call ‘cause yall get me wrong man, really got me wrong y’all couldn’t call me out on any given flaw ‘cause I ain’t perfection but I never question my worth ain’t my job to make you love me but i still make it work huh I ain’t perfection but I never question my worth ain’t my job to make you love me but i still make it work
2.
Even Tho 03:45
yeah strag baby I had to tell em I had to tell em man, you know I had to tell em let’s go I had to tell em I had to tell em man, you know I had to tell (tell em, tell em, tell em) even though even though you aint here to see this ‘cause you left at my weakest even though even though you know I give my word and keep it I thought I told you I’d be this [verse 1] I was just that youngin’ always up to something the year I switched schools became a nothing all a sudden but I still dream of a mansion, big pool, Mercedes 2 dogs, green lawn, 4 car garage - nothing crazy but they ain’t see the vision like I see it in my head day dreaming guess it’ll be my little secret ‘cause they all jump at the chance to say you ain’t got one wait til they see me pullin’ up, they all gon’ call shot gun I always had this thing for proving people wrong and so much odds against me so to me, this shit is fun this game gon’ always get the best me and that could explain why my ex always felt short changed and I see her on IG these days like damn you for sure changed but that’s none of my concern now bridges burn, another waves turn, and then you learn, wow look how far we came, man I’m just so proud of the come up, glo up we went through hell together but now this bitch about to go up, even tho [chorus] even though you aint here to see this ‘cause you left at my weakest even though even though you know I give my word and keep it I thought I told you I’d be this too bad you aint believe it I didn’t want to stunt on you you gon’ make me have to stunt on you bitch that’s just too much on you that’s just too much [verse 2] some people give support, got others throwing shade about to call you up like damn I know it’s late (hello) but I need to get some words out my chest I’m depressed I lost sight of my path but now I’m back, baby steps only few could understand how much I want it and I’m more focused than ever for my coins, super sonic I have a dream of this team in my head that won’t die and I envision us splitting these earnings, just living life yeah that’s right talking champagne bottles popping, set it down in some ice imagine how rewarding it’d feel knowing you made it right but I’m always weary of those that appearing to be behind me ‘cause the second I turn, I learn they holding knives tryna blind me I say let’s go and get this money quick, they said lets go bruh now all I see out my fence are boas and fucking cobras sad chain of events led to this, it’s getting old but bitch I digress, I cry less, I’m bout to go up, even tho [chorus] even though you aint here to see this ‘cause you left at my weakest even though even though you know I give my word and keep it I thought I told you I’d be this too bad you aint believe it I didn’t want to stunt on you you gon’ make me have to stunt on you bitch that’s just too much on you that’s just too much
3.
Loyal Royals 03:57
[chorus] driving down my city, lames in my rearview all I hear is money, honey I can barely hear you tryna get real lit, tryna get a few drinks tryna get your shit together maybe I can fuck with you, maybe we can sit together at the top yeah, at the top living like some royals staying loyal til we drop, yeah from the top, from the the top living like some royals staying loyal til we drop, yeah [verse 1] you simplicity at it’s finest and I’ll be heinous say you love everything about me minus the shyness but you know that once we break the ice I’ma make your night and - I could be the dangerous type if that’s what you like I’m talking late night, passenger, and I can tell by your look you don’t go doing things by the book bass knock as you sing the hook and we slide thru to the in n out drive thru never met anyone like you I park in the dark, I may have a clue what we might do okay what’s up, ‘cause you know I wanna get to know ya tell me your deepest secrets, you said better yet I’m gon’ show ya and that’s good ‘cause I know you seen I glown up and you got my undivided, yup even if my phone was blowing up and I’m focused on my goals but look, you got your own so as long as we both know, no one’s here stepping on toes and we give each other space, and everything we need so we can reap the benefits of grinding like some beasts (I be…) [chorus] driving down my city, lames in my rearview all I hear is money, honey I can barely hear you tryna get real lit, tryna get a few drinks tryna get your shit together maybe I can fuck with you, maybe we can sit together at the top yeah, at the top living like some royals staying loyal til we drop, yeah from the top, from the the top living like some royals staying loyal til we drop, yeah [verse 2] and I’m good with being low key you get me so high, sprite with codeine reasons that I don’t get no sleep I’m finally tryna afford that gold piece and I goes deep like receivers say you know me and I believe ya leather jacket, nike cap and you know that I’m liking that you know everybody stay watching, but you ain’t even looking back and we should do this more often, ‘cause i heard your ex just couldn’t last I’m whole ‘nother breed, give you everything you need and we can reap the benefits of grinding like some beasts (we be…) [chorus] driving down my city, lames in my rearview all I hear is money, honey I can barely hear you tryna get real lit, tryna get a few drinks tryna get your shit together maybe I can fuck with you, maybe we can sit together at the top yeah, at the top living like some royals staying loyal til we drop, yeah from the top, from the the top living like some royals staying loyal til we drop, yeah
4.
[chorus] x2 I want the whole damn thing money, fame want the whole damn thing my fam deserve the whole damn thing get it while I can ‘cause that’s the whole damn thing I never lie [verse 1] I been having dreams about this ting since I was 9, man thankful for where I’m at, feeling blessed to be alive, fam but if you think as big as me, you never satisfied, man not until my whole damn team eating, we ain’t on no diet plan I tell you, man I really tell you they gon’ promise the world to you but I promise they gon’ fail you what I tell you man, I seen it, lived it if you don’t ball, we can’t kick it calling me a mean girl now cus my limit not existing I’ll wait for that to make sense to you, gather all your thoughts and I think I’ma stay real rather than be who I’m not but fuck all that you feel, if you don’t believe I’m destined and if you don’t think I’m invested, this should answer all your questions I want the whole damn thing and it’s closer than it’s ever been they saying don’t forget about me as if we were ever friends I really don’t understand the logic of trying to stop this you should focus on your own shit, so let’s stick to the topic (let’s go) [chorus] x2 I want the whole damn thing money, fame want the whole damn thing my fam deserve the whole damn thing get it while I can ‘cause that’s the whole damn thing I never lie [verse 2] they laughed behind my back, wack smiled up in my face, snakes hiding in the grass, ask what else can they take they might as well for goodness sake have to put y’all in your place ‘cause you went after a shark, not knowing you was bait and I know you see me glo-ing, where the time go living in the moment, in different time zones I get it ‘cause I want it man this wave coming, no warning might be sleeping on me but you gon’ learn today like you dorming tsunami forming, tell Kehlani for me ‘cause my focus way too foreign and I got fucking hunger for it so, I’ma be a beast til my team eats, fuck a fork and knife, mane getting in our way’s like getting in the way of freight trains (let’s go) [chorus] x2 I want the whole damn thing money, fame want the whole damn thing my fam deserve the whole damn thing get it while I can ‘cause that’s the whole damn thing I never lie
5.
Genuine 03:04
yeah Strag baby JC Biffro let’s go [chorus] I just want something genuine, say you love me, really mean it and if I told you all my dreams, all I wanted to achieve, wouldn’t be hard to believe it ‘cause you know that I can make it happen want to know you want the best for me ‘cause these days that shit is hard to find and I hope you don’t think less of me oh yeah, oh yeah [verse 1] I hope this shit ain’t too much to ask I just want to feel like you’ll keep having my back there’s way too many fakes tryna hand me their time but are they really for me, would they look out for mines? or just theirs, ‘cause I swear these bridges getting too damn week people tend to forget shit’s a two way street I just need the basics, mean it if you say it like just tell me the truth, even if I’ll hate it even if it may hurt me, no point in sparing feelings but don’t you dare you desert me when shit hits the ceiling hits the fan, be one of my biggest fans when something good happens, be as happy as I am understand where I’m coming from respect my aspirations of becoming number one, uh accept me for my flaws, call me out if I’m wrong but don’t smile up in my face and disgrace me when I’m gone I’m tired of people fucking with you for their own benefit I rather have you helping for the hell of it I’m tired of people being all take, no giving every one of their intentions all fake, no feeling [chorus] I just want something genuine, say you love me, really mean it and if I told you all my dreams, all I wanted to achieve, wouldn’t be hard to believe it ‘cause you know that I can make it happen want to know you want the best for me ‘cause these days that shit is hard to find and I hope you don’t think less of me oh yeah, oh yeah [verse 2] this one goes out for the girl that left me ’cause in the process you forgot to respect me don’t think you believed I could live up to potential all the while, this shit here feeling so special and I really wish that you kept cheering me on but I guess it got tiring, hope you hearing this song and I hope you wish your I love you’s never lost meaning if you thinking that I lost you, girl don’t believe it I deserve to be treated like a human don’t make me feel down about the dreams that I’m pursuing and I don’t care ‘bout what you think and how you view it all I needed was you to keep it real, you couldn’t do it, uh I deserve to be treated like a human don’t make me feel down ‘bout the dreams that I’m pursuing and I don’t care ‘bout what you think and how you view it all I needed was you to keep it real, you couldn’t do it [chorus] I just want something genuine, say you love me, really mean it and if I told you all my dreams, all I wanted to achieve, wouldn’t be hard to believe it ‘cause you know that I can make it happen, uh want to know you want the best for me (for me) ‘cause these days that shit is hard to find (to find, to find) and I hope you don’t think less of me oh yeah, oh yeah
6.
One Two 03:09
[verse 1] doing my own thing hanging out the sun roof ain’t a DJ but I hit em with the 1, 2 don’t care what you say, man I’m tryna make some moves doing what I love and I’m having lotta fun too okay, let’s take a break, take a break on second thought, let’s get everything straight I got hella dreams, and I’m a go getter I could share em with you but we’d have to sleep together oh, you see how I did that let’s have a few shots, click clack your roommates asking where you been at but we gon’ keep it low key tho everybody watch while you take a shot, free throw ain’t on the clock, but work it like you need those checks we could do it all night, we don’t need no rest and I guess this the part where we decide could it last or is it just for the night [chorus] x2 and I know that you want to say you already got a girl, well do you want two just playing, but I just need one move so I’ma hit you with the 1, 2 (oh) [bridge] this the part where we decide could it last or is it just the night this the part where we decide could it last or is it just the night you know I don’t pay no mind to a hater, I just stay on my same old grind and I could make you so thankful you came ‘cause when you come you gon’ be saying my name true story, remember this for me if it ain’t about money then it’s probably boring so fuck your relationship goals I’m doing me, you need to take a few notes I’m tryna find myself in it I tried to stay away but there’s no helping it what’s it gon’ take to get you in the passenger tank on full, you know I ain’t gassing ya well, okay maybe just a bit jealous of the drink at the tip of your lips I’m so gone, I’m on a different trip like December when I’m home, got the city here lit, uh [chorus] x2 and I know that you want to say you already got a girl, well do you want two just playing, but I just need one move so I’ma hit you with the 1, 2 (oh) [bridge] x2 this the part where we decide could it last or is it just the night this the part where we decide could it last or is it just the night [chorus] x2 and I know that you want to say you already got a girl, well do you want two just playing, but I just need one move so I’ma hit you with the 1, 2 (oh)
7.
Ill Will 02:53
[chorus] I’m gone off that Henny so do not attempt me, I hope this don’t make you resent me I’m spending and still left with plenty, got dreams of a Bentley so try and offend me for having some goals and chasing success if this you tryna test me I’m working my ass off, just cashing some checks [verse 1] man I don’t understand how you can be mad when I have a plan I know what I want and I know that I can if it didn’t pan out for you, that’s too bad but don’t give me shit ‘cause you went and you quit easy way out will never get you in but me and my friends in it for the long haul started with the small ball so we got a grip, kicked it over fence I hope this make sense master it, I’m coming after it, hunter like Pence whatever it take, I’ma pay the expense wanna get in the way of success, go be my guest testing your luck haven’t you had enough man I’m calling your bluff but I doubt you’ll pick up quick to act tough even quick to be strangers when you’re confronted in the face of danger [chorus] I’m gone off that Henny so do not attempt me, I hope this don’t make you resent me I’m spending and still left with plenty, got dreams of a Bentley so try and offend me for having some goals and chasing success if this you tryna test me I’m working my ass off, just cashing some checks [verse 2] man I came a long way from not knowing shit, and thinking it’s okay 9 to 5 job started minimum wage whatever it costs just to stay in the game but I ain’t afraid of the dudes in fact they all love what I do praising the flow and they loving the crew who you know get the utmost respect run up on your team, tell em - we next reset at the top of the key ‘cause the ball in my court they look up to me even though I’m still short but I’m still tryna get enough dollas that if I stand on my stacks I’d be a foot taller looking at ballers in their ’64 ‘Pala dreaming of the day we so paid they wanna rob us you’ll never understand if you ain’t where I’m coming from one of the greatest, man, swear that I’m becoming one, uh [chorus] I’m gone off that Henny so do not attempt me, I hope this don’t make you resent me I’m spending and still left with plenty, got dreams of a Bentley so try and offend me for having some goals and chasing success if this you tryna test me I’m working my ass off, just cashing some checks
8.
No Apologies 02:21
[verse 1] driving in my whip with all my windows tinted and I'm bumping something crazy, going double the speed limit look I don't give two fucks your girl swore she knew us I mean, I might let her, the truth sucks so you might as well just swallow, whoa 7 in the morning, alarm woke me up ‘bouta do something important or Instagram my lunch I be in the studi-oh, ’bouta shoot a movie - oh that’s how haters react, man if he mad, he could sue me bro I’ma different breed of mc I mean I bleed my 16’s onto beats, thats’ heat but these days, I mean, on days like these I feel myself becoming a different breed of me and I hope you know that’s growth I been lone just getting dope cut strings that held me back, I ain’t got time for that I just wanna make a toast, damn looking out my window while the rain falling there's people tryna play me, stop and stay pausing they sitting on the bleachers, mad that they aint ballin’ I cut these lames off when the good life came calling [chorus] I be here just living my dreams I'm just out here doing me (no regrets or apologies) [verse 2] stay low key every time I make moves they gon smile even if they hate you they'll be snakes, tryna overtake you man, I can’t take this fake shit, I just came thru in hopes to mind my own business business is on my mind, making my way through snitches and bitches just trying to find every reason to hit this backstab me from behind, my real n—s my witness and I ain’t finished man, I’m just getting started brain in the clouds, plane ain’t even departed I’m heading to the south of Cali, become an artist but it'll always be the Bay for me, that’s where my heart is everything I got, I earned tryna make money to burn I could only ever be just me even if that means you'll leave fuck it life’s too short to even care at all I just wanna have fun, don’t wanna get involved and anything else is overrated and flawed and I don’t need your help, already made it this far (so here we go) [chorus] I be here just living my dreams I'm just out here doing me no regrets or apologies apologies no regrets or apologies apologies hey, hey
9.
it’s like I got the world in my hands but I don’t ever change, I enhance it’s like I got the world in my hands talkin’ 10 bands, stick to the plan [chorus] it’s like I got the world in my hands but I don’t ever change, I enhance (real n— what’s up) it’s like I got the world in my hands talkin’ 10 bands, stick to the plan (real n— what’s up) it’s like I got the world in my hands ‘cause this girl always do it better than the man I’m about to have your girl down my pants I thought you’d like to know in advance (yeah) [verse 1] common courtesy, karma kinda be curving me keeping it 100 while you committing some burglary stealing my stylo, don’t wanna see me evil and n—s be some divos, where ever they go, we don’t switch it up, I had to switch it up one time for the people that said never give it up I’ve grown so much, feeling like another lifetime had a chance to take it, now you down to your last lifeline I got no sympathy but sippin’ got me simpin’ we could swerve off into Mission, make a movie - intermission different bae’s everyday, text em that I miss em from the Bay I was raised, you could tell by how I’m spittin’, whoa treat girls like my shots, I don’t ever chase em they coming as they please, never had to make em don’t even feel bad when the music wake em have em cook breakfast for me then its hasta la malakim, uh [bridge] and when I roll up, you could see my glo up, I’ma never lose can’t be too busy dwelling in the past ‘cause when you look back, shit I’m ahead of you and I ain’t trippin’ off what you doing, ’cause man I got a better view, better view and I’m doing me right now and that’s better than anything you’ll ever do, ooh [chorus] it’s like I got the world in my hands but I don’t ever change, I enhance (real n— what’s up) it’s like I got the world in my hands talkin’ 10 bands, stick to the plan (real n— what’s up) it’s like I got the world in my hands ‘cause this girl always do it better than the man I’m about to have your girl down my pants I thought you’d like to know in advance (yeah) verse 2: 2:02 I’m tryna roll deep with my squadrin pull up on anybody, do we got a problem so tired of these looking ass catalog hoes can’t sleep on me, got that Adderall flow, uh I goes deep, that’s a quarterback throw tryna get my money long, old school Cadillac doors I mean, I’m talking slicker you could blame it on the liquor 4 drinks down ’cause I ain’t a babysitter but baby sit up in the passenger say hey to the camera I’m asking ya what’s your sign, what’s your number look me up on Instagram, follow me on Tumblr I’m ‘bout my business man, I’m tryna get busy under you, ooh, play with it the way you do your thing that is my favorite God bless ya parents for making it so I’ma work it like I mother fuckin’ paid for it, uh [bridge] and when I roll up, you could see my glo up, I’ma never lose can’t be too busy dwelling in the past ‘cause when you look back, shit I’m ahead of you and I ain’t trippin’ off what you doing, ’cause man I got a better view, better view ‘cause I’m doing me right now and that’s better than anything you’ll ever do, ooh [chorus] it’s like I got the world in my hands but I don’t ever change, I enhance (real n— what’s up) it’s like I got the world in my hands talkin’ 10 bands, stick to the plan (real n— what’s up) it’s like I got the world in my hands ‘cause this girl always do it better than the man I’m about to have your girl down my pants I thought you’d like to know in advance (yeah)
10.
Growin' Up 03:42
[verse 1] I was always that kid, shy and reserved a new school, I cried and I learned that this wouldn’t be like the last one man, I used to have fun I used to be a cool kid, now I’m just a random and I always had a feeling I was different a feeling they would judge me, a feeling I couldn’t miss it a feeling i was just ugly from the inside out I couldn’t even be myself in my own house imagine having to dress a certain way that you hated and fighting with your parents, low key feeling degraded made it clear to myself that I had to stop it and I prayed to God to take this away, I didn’t want it but I kept waking up just the way He made me so I guess even prayer couldn’t change me but why would this one thing make every body hate me everybody fear me, like I had rabies rumors start to leak, I walk alone confused then some boys from my class ask me if it's true of course I deny it but how long could I hide it I just knew I wouldn’t hear the end so I just pretend, again some people not in my shoes say that I’m just confused I wasn’t even old enough to choose by the time I knew so you can shove your theories up your ass thanks to you it was hard as shit growing up, man [chorus] and if you're on the same boat there's hope I promise it'll get better just remember you gon’ realize who your real friends are you gotta stay strong even when it gets hard we all did it I had to go through the crappiest shit but you gon’ find someone to share your happiness with so it’s worth it and nobody's perfect but you perfect at being you so go head and work it [verse 2] somehow avoided getting outed, they suspected something I kept getting confronted, I just said I wasn’t I could tell by their tone, they'd eat me alive so at the time it was smarter to just run and hide from the truth and who I really was man this shit is really dumb imagine not being about to tell people you really love high school was scary, but that’s what drama does I was just starting to be okay with who I was when my parents looked through my phone, saw those texts I was crying, they were yelling, rumors start to spread and I was being told what I was doing was bad but this ain’t something that I do, it’s just something that I am and all the emotions hit the surface if God hates gays why did He make me this on purpose when you living with this task, that’s the type of shit you ask thanks to you it was hard as shit growing up, man [chorus] and if you're on the same boat there's hope I promise it'll get better just remember you gon’ realize who your real friends are you gotta stay strong even when it gets hard we all did it I had to go through the crappiest shit but you gon’ find someone to share your happiness with so it’s worth it and nobody's perfect but you perfect at being you so go head and work it [bridge] and if you don't believe me that's okay but for god sakes let me hug you, tell you that it's okay wipe your tears and tell all your fears to go away ‘cause the world wouldn’t be the same without your lovely face so do us all a favor, be brave for tomorrow just always be yourself and what’s meant to be will follow just remember all of that when shit hits the fan I hope for you, it’s not as bad growing up, man [chorus] and if you're on the same boat there's hope I promise it'll get better just remember you gon’ realize who your real friends are you gotta stay strong even when it gets hard we all did it I had to go through the crappiest shit but you gon’ find someone to share your happiness with so it’s worth it and nobody's perfect but you perfect at being you so go head and work it go head and work it girl yeah, go head and work it boy whatever you identify as, I don’t give a fuck quite frankly go head and work it

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released January 29, 2016

All songs written by Stephanie "Strag" Sanchez. All songs recorded and mixed by Spencer Goble. All songs mastered by Chris Mathers.

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Hailing from California’s “Bay Area”, Strag has emerged as one of the game’s most promising up and comers. Driven by her “underdog” status, she spews hot lyrics with smooth rhyme schemes, paired with catchy and unique beats. If there’s ever been a female rapper that proves to be the whole package, it’s Strag.

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