Making a living doesn't make you alive,
Making a killing, can't save you, we die
Every day, put our faith in the sky
Either fly or you fry, i'm afraid of heights,
Fall to the ground like a flaming kite,
All I ever want is my name in lights,
But my heart so dark, that my days are nights,
Trying to make my mark, but you my laser mine,
Don't break the rhyme, just play rewind,

Nothing but a daily routine, nothing but a brand new dream,
Same old song but a brand new scheme, and a grand new theme
Same blue jeans, DNA different, blood stream dripping in,
The ink I be dipping in, I think you'll be slipping in your bathing suits,
Dive into the flow, look what I made for you…
Now what look what you made me do,

I'm your hero and your villain, I'm your pain and penicillin,
I'm the painter and portrayer, more a lover than betrayer,
Neither gamer nor a player, neither sinner nor a prayer
Been a traitor, been a saviour, been to blame for bad behaviour
Been a lover of my neighbour, I mean I use to lay her,
And it turned us into haters, never read the indicators,
Imitators irritate us entertainers, on a daily, basis
Craving famous, faces, face it, all you wants a feature,
I complete a facelift, I don't need a pay slip, I just need a spaceship
Take me to my greatness now,
Before I take this vow, let me take this, bow…

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Making a living doesn't make you alive,
Making a killing, can't save you, we die
Every day, put our faith in the sky
Either fly or you fry, i'm afraid of heights,
Fall to the ground like a flaming kite,
All I ever want is my name in lights,
But my heart so dark, that my days are nights, (x2)


See Grief don't fade away so easily,
Reality bites, who seasoned me for teeth seizing me,
With every season that I seem to see, ceasing never
So a decent life I need, trying to see some peace,
But the beauty of the beast in me, keeps leaping free
I try to realise a dream or three,
That's why I bleed on beats
Breaking most my promises
Chasing the tail like sonic is,
A comet kid, spaced out,
I taste doubt upon my lips
Sonnets, visual as comic strips,
Ironic how my knowledge
Aint the product of my college scholarships,

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A lyric on my silver tongue
Dawn of a morning, I fill my lungs
Swilling my ink, spilling what I think
Make or a living or a killing,
Chilling feelings sinking in
To any rhythm in a blink

Of an eye, what am I?
Rap practitioner, track my mission
To attract damn listeners,
A mad man visited by brash ambition
Wishing for a moment.

Scribbling my own pen,
Missing all my old friends,
Spirit and my soul I unfold
Then I flow like a pro,
And I don't follow no trend
Shine like apollo,
Rhyme for tomorrow
Your time can I borrow
My mind you can mine
For a diamond,
Bright and refined,
Writing my lines

Doing what I'm doing
While I'm chewing on the ruins
Of my broken home,
My food for thought
Getting caught in my throat
So I choke alone,
I walk on the coast
Just throwing stones,
Into the water, to watch em sink
That's where I go to get lost and think,
Many of my nights I've been lost in drink
Plans and my actions not in sync,

Try to change that,
Flip it all around and rearrange that
But I'm stuck in my ways,
Muttering a phrase, looking to chase
A dream that'll seem
Like a needle in a haystack
I face facts, I pay tax, I make tracks,
I lay back, I lace raps, I trace maps
And think about a place
I wanna stay at

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