Depth, to me is when the writing goes beyond the surface level. You have to "go there." I don't hear or feel the emotion when he tries to go there. Just seems extremely typical.
I can't say that future's music has any real depth when almost all of his albums are littered with just unequivocally generic writing, and then have like a song or two where you spit out some rehashed cliches about coming from the bottom and ****.
Future's "depth" to me is the equivalent of a basketball player who's primarily a shooter, but drives occasionally w/minimal success and claims that there's more to his game than shooting.
I just don't think you "get it"....and that's ok. But there's more there (to me) when you peel back the layers. Funny you mentioned "Ain't no way around it".....that's when it hit me.....that there were more layers to future:
"Lil woadie strapped with that flame, and he ready to bust a brain
You can't tell the homie nothing, he done felt too much pain
He don't care nun bout no fame,
He addicted to the game,
Some ****** rob, some ****** slang,
Do whatever to maintain
Trap hard all the way to Waco, get a hundred for the low low
Bigger the risk the biggger the check....we watch for po-po
Then.....Take "News or Somethn".....
This is what I had to say when somebody randomly brought up the lyrics to the song:
Top 5 future song.
I think it's important to get his lyrics right though
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It goes:
"tell them young *****
ridin for for you, gon knock something down, if they gon shoot then shoot something....we better hear about this sht on the news or something"
Picky I know...but I think it adds more to the lines that follow.
-"Man down over yonder, "YOUNG" came thru holdin on a K like a drummer"
-They done took a BOSS out, ***** no wonder"
It's simple, but paints two bleak pictures of street life. A "Boss" ordering a hit....and a "Youngin" taking out a boss. The Boss tells the Youngin that if he's going to shoot...it better make the news.
Ironically, A "Youngin" taking out a boss is going to "make the news". Hence "They done took a Boss out ***** no wonder."
People sleep on Future. He's saying a lot with a little right there.