Ab-Soul just dropped his long awaited 4th studio album, and all the songs are now on Genius (s/o to the @transcribers!). Any fan of Soulo knows his lyrics can get pretty complex to decode, so lets use this thread to organize our editorial effort. Let’s get it @genius-editorial-board!
Tracklist:
1. Raw (Backwards) feat. Zacari
2. Braille feat. Bas
3. Huey Knew feat. Da$h
4. Threatening Nature
5. Womanogomy
6. Invocation feat. Kokane
7. Wifey vs Wi-Fi /// P.M.S feat. BR3
8. Beat The Case feat. Schoolboy Q /// Straight Crooked
9. Portishead In The Morning /// Her World
10. God’s A Girl?
11. Now You Know
12. D.R.U.G.S
13. Evil Genius feat. Teedra Moses & Javonte
14. Lonely Soul feat. Punch /// The Law (Prelude) feat. SZA
15. The Law feat. Mac Miller & Rapsody
16. YMF

https://genius.com/Ab-soul-do-what-thou-wilt-tracklist-album-artwork-lyrics

https://youtu.be/r_9QF8XSFHU?t=452

Soul breaks down a part of the second verse of “Threatening Nature” for Sway, might be useful.

I tried to decode some of his lyrics, but it’s hard man, it’s hard!

Love the Album tho, very in-depth lyrics, lovely Chosen samples and texts from other sources (e.g. the children rhyme in “Threatening Nature”).

so
much
red

Is the album any good?

Does anyone else think his album cover might be an homage to 50 Cent’s Curtis? I was thinking about adding a tate to the album art, but I don’t know if it’s a stretch or not. And I haven’t been able to find any quotes from Soul about it.

From the first listen, this thing is DOPE. Already love it more than These Days, and haven’t listened to it enough to compare it to Control System but there’s definitely some gems on this.