The title appears to have nothing to do with the song, but in reality I was just scared of someone going to New York and not going with them. That's all there is to it... so I made this song.
lyrics
Put you at the centre of my planet earth,
Call you my core and all, I fall for you but plan for worse,
Case scenarios, if you got in your car and drove,
Till we're far apart, I aint opposing what you heart has chose,
I can't imagine being hardly close,
My universe is use to hurt, so everything that used to hurt,
Is everything I use to work, this song,
Don't get me wrong I like the usual perks of rap careers,
But this atmosphere can weigh me down like atlas here,
Shed tears, turn my city to atlantis here,
Try understand my fears,
I'm scared of what the future has in store for me
When I can just afford to eat, let alone get samples cleared
I was abandoned by my Dad at home,
Many years I was raised by an answer phone,
But we cried together finding out now that the cancer grown
In his dad's bones, with sad tones and black clothes
Singing irish hymns, I cried goodbye with him,
And hope in time, I find that I'm alright with him,
I aint forgiving what you did to us,
The reason I aint quick to trust,
Relationships I shrink to dust,
Sitting on the brink of lust, a simple push
I fall in love, thought this morning if she fly away,
For big dreams, who am I say to stay behind
Be with me, I play rewind on favourite rhymes
And pray to find a kinda path to follow,
But the truth is, I'm lost today, probably still tomorrow
All I offer is my heart, and the promise isn't hollow
I won't be topping any charts, so my pride I gotta swallow
Admit it, I aint quite the catch,
I was writing from the ash but she would strike a match,
Igniting my excitement, so one night spent
Turned into a decent few, turned into a reason to
See it turn to me and you, and now you seem to see me through
All the nightmares, till their quite scarce,
I'd dreamed the good life, woke up and its right there,
In tight jeans, and nike airs, and I'm like yeahhh…
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2.04
My mum called today, since she lost her father
She need her son more, I aint forgot life's gotten harder,
My sister graduating, getting interviews and growing up
Her brother on the street, drunk throwing up…
Odds of me seeing success - going up,
Arrange a date with lady luck, but she aint showing up
I'm fighting for a listeners attention span
One in particular, but she won't even mention man
But if you do, you might just see a better side to me
I open up at night to you, but more so when I write to beats
I love to see you rising to the highest peaks,
Orions belt, lights the window,
Hit the pillow, sleep twice as deep
That's the kinda night to make a life complete…
I'm arrogant and insecure
I might cause my slip and fall like blindfolds on icy streets,
And if I fall, many wanna see it so they fight for seats,
My big break still playing hide and seek
And to those who maintain they need reasons
Where ex girls turned cold like ski seasons,
Everything went downhill when I found thrills in cheap treasons,
Reality bites and its keeps teething.
I speak even when all against the odds,
I remember, sitting there in restaurants,
Arguing, so dad left at once,
We couldn't pay the bill
That was Christmas Day, all the shame I feel,
Accumulated, pain I assumed I hated
But it was pain that made this human face it,
And had me bare my soul so I'm truly naked
Me and my microphone, that's my first love,
Have my friends saying finish the verse muz,
But a break up would shake up my snow globe,
And have me quiet, stressing in my cold zone,
I used to think when walking past my old home,
That memories are enemies to bend your knees
I fold prone, eventually the centuries will pass by
And I'll be gone, nothing left of me
But for these rhyming songs,
And if you must define my life,
I live within the lines that I write, so if you love me
You'll love these,
Put you at the centre of my planet earth,
Call you my core and all, I fall for you, won't plan for worse,
Case scenarios, if you got in your car and drove,
Till we're far apart, you would still be the heart I chose,
credits
from 1991,
released September 13, 2013
Original Track, containing a sample of Lauryn Hill
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