Lil Tecca is back at Genius to break down his latest hit, "TASTE." On today's episode of Verified, the acclaimed rapper dives into the story behind the PLAN A song. He also talks about learning from mistakes; the significance of Lil Peep; perceptions, motivation, and more.
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00:00My favorite chorus off the top of my head is probably P.Y.T., Michael Jackson.
00:04Like it's just infectious.
00:05I want to love you, P.Y.T.
00:08Like the catchiness.
00:09It's your thing.
00:10You can't go wrong with it.
00:18When I made Taste, we was in Miami.
00:20I was with Internet Money.
00:21I clicked on that beat.
00:22I heard the sample.
00:23I heard what was going on.
00:24It was like an instant connection.
00:25I had to get on it.
00:31I'm going to be honest with you.
00:36The lyric of it was just a product of flow state.
00:39The message still stands and it's a very true statement.
00:42You're definitely lucky to be living for the day because every day is not promised.
00:46I try to be in the moment as much as I can.
00:47Flow state for me is sort of like you kind of forget what you're doing.
00:52It's happening and it's happening really good.
00:54That should be happening to me when I'm playing Call of Duty sometimes.
00:57I forget I'm in the lobby.
00:58I'm just smoking niggas.
00:59Then I realize I'm smoking niggas and I start cooling off.
01:02That's what flow state is.
01:03You're just going crazy.
01:04It's seamless.
01:13Every day got different tastes.
01:15I might wake up.
01:16I want to hop in the big body.
01:17Next day I want to hop in the Rolls.
01:19I'm not on the same vibe every day.
01:21I don't try to stay static.
01:22I try to stay dynamic.
01:23The 100 takes thing is really just like a symbolization of doing it till you get it
01:28right.
01:29For this album we did like 400 songs.
01:31You kind of get to hear yourself make mistakes a lot before you get to be like, yo this is
01:35the one.
01:36And I'm down to make the mistakes.
01:44How I'm feeling today?
01:45Got a sore throat.
01:46I'm chilling.
01:47I'm fly.
01:48I'm lit.
01:49Honestly.
01:50I can't complain.
01:51I'ma always make sure the people around me straight.
01:59We always going to eat.
02:01We always going to work.
02:02We always going to make it happen.
02:03No man gets left behind.
02:05If you squad, you squad.
02:06And you always going to get treated like that.
02:16I honestly think everyone's truly unique so it's kind of hard to find the same person
02:21within anyone.
02:22But it's just about embracing what makes you weird in a way.
02:24What people hate about you.
02:25Embrace that.
02:26I'm not traditional.
02:27I didn't even need braces.
02:28I got braces because I wanted them.
02:29I was just like, fuck it.
02:30Let's go crazy.
02:31I'm very aware that when I first came into the game, the perception was very nerd-esque
02:37or whatever the fuck it is.
02:38I think it was perfect, honestly.
02:40It's the most untraditional thing.
02:41Niggas don't even know.
02:43I got the lowest grade in my school on the state test.
02:47I kind of thought it was cool that people thought I was smart just off how I look.
02:52I'm fucking around signing them.
02:53For real.
02:54Why wouldn't I?
02:55Making some good songs.
02:56Fly.
02:57Know how to package it up.
02:58Come sign.
02:59Let me know.
03:02It's a blessing to me just to be able to get successful off art.
03:06Honestly, I'm not shit.
03:07My fans are the real Lil Tecca.
03:08I wouldn't be shit without them listening to my music and actually supporting me.
03:11So I'm just a representation of how hard they going.
03:14Just let me know, baby.
03:15You know I can take control, baby.
03:17You know I got a problem having patience.
03:18You know I got problems with concentration.
03:20I have a problem with patience and I don't like waiting.
03:22As I get older, I just feel like time becomes more valuable.
03:25So the more time I waste, it becomes disrespectful to me.
03:28I don't need to be waiting.
03:36I don't really like motivation.
03:38I hate motivation.
03:39I like just doing shit at a consistent basis.
03:41Relying off motivation will never get you nowhere.
03:43It's cool to be motivated, but it won't get you nowhere.
03:46Actually being driven will get you somewhere.
03:47I realize, fuck motivation, because I get sad like everyone else do and I still have
03:51to get up off my ass and make a product.
03:53So I'm not waiting on motivation to make shit happen.
03:55I'm waiting to get up on my feet.
04:06R.I.P. Lil Pete.
04:07Come over when you sober.
04:08That was one of my favorite artists.
04:10Is one of my favorite artists.
04:11That was kind of just what would play off on one of his mixtapes, one of his albums.
04:13Honestly, bro, when I was a freshman, I would just listen to his music when I was sad.
04:17I had this whole playlist.
04:18It would go from super sad songs to happy songs.
04:21So at the end of the playlist, I could be as happy as I can.
04:24It was all his songs.
04:25Definitely a lot of core memories.
04:33Now when I heard that song, played that shit on Xbox like 80 times.
04:37Blasted in the mic.
04:38They like, bro, what the fuck are you doing right now?
04:40True story.
04:44I ain't even going to lie to you, bro, I'm chatting.
04:51It just rhymed, the end of the shit, and I'm like, yo, let's put the hook back.
04:54I don't remember who getting closer to who, but she definitely trying to get close to
04:57me though, for sure.
04:59So yeah, we going to leave it like that.
05:00She trying to get close to me.
05:03I'm stingy as fuck.
05:04I'm not really with the sharing shit.
05:06What's mine is mine.
05:07As a kid, I've always been a very stingy kid.
05:08My squad going to always be straight.
05:09You're going to get the dab.
05:10You're going to get the respect.
05:11You're gang.
05:13This is my sandwich.
05:14This is mine.
05:15This is mine.
05:16This is mine.
05:17This is mine.