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lyrics
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All I hear is voices questioning the choices in this life I live
With no vice to expel the ill thoughts I give
What's right to me is wrong for someone else, a case of opposites
Reaching for the stars while I'm in hell
The stage was set
Never need a dose of Percoset
Fumbling a nervous wreck
Hard to please breathe with clogged arteries
My soul cold with a North Face vest
But I ain't done yet
I'm running to the sun for the fun of it
Lonely streets, lonely beats, a heart empty
Gone afar off the beaten track my past problems plenty
Fade to black
I was saved the day I slayed a track
Praise to rap for saving Zac
Forsaking all the lame attacks I raged I pushed pen to page and gave away my soul for free
Rocked shows and opening for favourite acts
Beats sold for fees
It's a part of me as much as my girl and family
Hip-hop my therapy from mundane and insanity
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This is for the kings
Much respect to those that paved the way
Tuning into Ro's 'Holy calamity' tunes to blow my pay away
local voice got me hooked
Mobb shook me years before
Torture skits, backpacks, yeah I was a Rawkus kid
Learning how to 6 step in Sammy's garage
Funk Flex on the mix tip and bumping in cars
COK 2 Art of War told the world to bring it on
Rid the inner demons turn the beat up and the heat is on
Self medicated, 30 bucks a pop, cop the 12 too
Now with double stock, waiting for another drop
Raid the crates, search for that ill stab and dope sound
$1 bins made beats on Fruity Loops
Nearly bought an SP instead copped the MP
Bang pads and chop till the crate's empty
Day to day write plenty
Bustin tags on my note pad, flow better than I used to
Still remember buggin' out listening to Juice Crew
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Yo I'm Nas on Verbal Intercourse
Ghost on Criminology
Rest in peace Soul Clap, why get rid of Ology?
Lansdowne on Thursdays Back2Basics, Fresh Meat
Record fairs in Glebe find a sample for that fresh beat
Yo I'm as Hip-hop as KRS
Making pause tapes on the tape decks loaded up my Walkman for the long haul
To me it's all natural
Living life without this to me just really doesn't seem practical
Gained a few friends, lost a few too
Learnt from mistakes, searched for breaks, really saw how music's beautiful
Rep my crew. Stages? Yeah I wrecked a few
Know the ledge brains never overfed with with lessons through this constant elevation
This life tests my patience
Top to bottom whole cars get me geed up at the station
I bomb automatically Socrates philosophies and hypothesise can't define how I be droppin' these
WIK on production
Dazed
DFTC
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credits
from Hearing Not Listening,
released September 20, 2012
Written by Dazed
Produced by WIK for Crate Cartel
Cuts by DJ 2BUCK
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