FIRST GEN ANTHEM

from RETURN TO OFFICE by Call Me Ace

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If your parents are not from the country you live in now, this is your theme song! When your home is a second nation, there’s a certain way you have to navigate life: one where every step you take is the epitome of “innovation.” Call Me Ace knows what it’s like to be the “first of” in the family and the challenges of embodying the unknown while also “carrying” your lineage. Rather than a burden though, Ace pushes us in “FIRST GEN ANTHEM” to see this experience as one of empowerment!

lyrics

[Intro]
Yea
Call Me Ace
Yo if ya parents ain’t from the country you in right now
Then I need you to look at every single person that’s ever doubted you
And tell ‘em

[Chorus 1]
You ain’t never did it like this (Nah)
Call up the folk (Call ‘em!)
Y’all ain’t been here before (Nah)
These big dreams baby no joke
Yo they say I’m the GOAT
Goat goat goat goat goat goat goat
Go chop up the goat (Choppa!)
Lemme show y’all the ropes
Cause ain’t none of y’all been here before (y’all been here before)

[Verse 1]
We the first of a generation we the product of immigration
We the first to make it
Our home is a second nation our whole life’s innovation
Made a way when they said no way praise God
Got me feelin unstoppable breakin down all obstacles
Showing them what’s possible
Like a dread mon top we got it pon lock
Wey yeh mean wey we mean yo see how we be
Too many dreams only me that can see
You not understanding me livin this life both for me and my family
Paving the way like I did it mechanically (wow)
Tryna not lose my sanity
One life to live tryna not live it randomly
Building organically
Changin humanity

[Chorus 2]
They ain’t never did it like this (Nah)
Call up the folk (Call ‘em!)
Y’all ain’t been here before (Nah)
These big dreams baby no joke
Yo they say I’m the GOAT
Goat goat goat goat goat goat goat
Go chop up the goat (Choppa!)
Lemme show y’all the ropes
Cause ain’t a single one of y’all neva eva did it like this (Nah)
Call up the folk (Call ‘em!)
Y’all ain’t been here before (Nah)
These big dreams baby no joke
Yo they say I’m the GOAT
Goat goat goat goat goat goat goat
Go chop up the goat (Choppa!)
Lemme show y’all the ropes
Cause ain’t none of y’all been here before (y’all been here before)

[Verse 2]
Wanna know why I ain’t stoppin’? (Why?)
‘Cause that ain’t a option got holes in my pocket
Making deposits for this future I’m plotting
Kicking down doors I’m not a good locksmith
I hustle all day baby why do they watch this?
I do not understand idle and gossip
That ain’t a job we call that nonprofit
Tell me the logic
Back when I lived off of $39,000 I hustled my housing
3 in a 2 bedroom dirty and crowded
Praising the Lord for the blessings we counting (Sheesh!)
Truly astounding
We started from nothing it’s keepin’ me grounded
I know that they doubted
They pushin they fears on me
I won’t allow it ‘cause

[Chorus 2]
They ain’t never did it like this (Nah)
Call up the folk (Call ‘em!)
Y’all ain’t been here before (Nah)
These big dreams baby no joke
Yo they say I’m the GOAT
Goat goat goat goat goat goat goat
Go chop up the goat (Choppa!)
Lemme show y’all the ropes
Cause ain’t a single one of y’all neva eva did it like this (Nah)
Call up the folk (Call ‘em!)
Y’all ain’t been here before (Nah)
These big dreams baby no joke
Yo they say I’m the GOAT
Goat goat goat goat goat goat goat
Go chop up the goat (Choppa!)
Lemme show y’all the ropes
Cause ain’t none of y’all been here before (y’all been here before)

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from RETURN TO OFFICE, released February 3, 2023
Produced By: Eezzy Hendrix

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Call Me Ace California

Call Me Ace is a Billboard-charting hip-hop artist, Google/Meta alum, and also Founder & CEO of Five Mics Studios (backed by Techstars, Warner Music, & Concord Music), where he and his team are building a mobile-first hip-hop trading card game.

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