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All these ideas tucked away in my mind
Everyone I know is in front of me and I’m stuck behind
I drag my feet all night and day
A desire to be great, but I just feel okay
God-given potential, I got, and I got a lot
But I keep myself trapped; locked up in a box
I wanna break free,
But there’s one thing in my way and it’s me
Aren’t you tired of being a nobody?
So just try and become somebody.
We can be whatever we desire
So follow your heart and set your world on fire!
Aren’t you tired of being a nobody?
So just try and become somebody.
We can be whatever we desire
So follow your heart and set your world on fire.
Be a world changer. Shake the earth.
It’s time, this time, for a rebirth
So show everybody all you really can be
I’m tired of being average, don’t you agree?
I got a lot in my head, a lot of things in my brain
But somehow I never get around to doing them and so I remain
In a state of perpetual average, nothing special to me
But I got too many dreams to let that become a reality
If I could stop sleeping away every day
I could finally be something, hell, maybe I could even be great
But I’m stuck like a bug on a spider’s web
And I got so much to say but it never gets said
Too much talent with no ambition
Makes a man aimless and without mission
See, we live a society of people who talk
They’ll talk and talk, but they can’t even crawl
And I’m ashamed to say it, but I guess I’m a part of it
So let’s take our ideas, follow through; commit.
We’ll break the curse we put on ourselves of being mediocre
Let’s set the world ablaze; stir it like a poker.
Aren’t you tired of being a nobody?
So just try and become somebody.
We can be whatever we desire
So follow your heart and set your world on fire.
Be a world changer. Shake the earth.
It’s time, this time, for a rebirth
So show everybody all you really can be
I’m tired of being average, but that's just me.
The soundbyte sampled in the song was from a video from Adande Thorne (A.K.A sWooZie)entitled "Follow Your Dreams".
You can check his whole video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWj96MoxbSM
Make sure to check out his other awesome videos!
Thanks for listening to this song and reading all of this stuff.
I put a lot of time into this song, so I really, really do appreciate it. A LOT.
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FTHEX
04:59
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Verse 1:
So things have ended.
And it's been quite some time,
But I'm still pissed at you and how you think you're so sublime.
Do you think it was okay to always put me down?
I learned ambivalence from you, now you're not even around.
But I saw your stupid face just the other day.
I wished upon a shooting star that you'd just go away.
But as things unfold it looks like you're here to stay.
And you continue living as someone who eats me away;
Reminding me of when you'd get off from manipulating me
Or the constantly feelings you gave me of insecurities
You left me screwed up and your head-games are to blame
I thought you changed after we ended, but all along you've been the same.
I never wanted to see you again, so I'm distressed,
Because I'm visited by the one person I detest.
You've ruined me once. Just try to do it twice,
Because the next time around, I won't be so nice.
Chorus:
Put the X on the ex
Get the F away.
An artist of deceit; a master of betray.
Everything you did for me, you did it halfway,
Erasing colors of life as you painted the world gray.
I'm overtaken with rage now all I see is Red.
This will be the death of me. Here's a platter. Wait for my head.
I know that I should look up,
But right now I don't care.
So just try to approach me.
That's my dare.
Verse 2:
I don't know why I put up with it. We loved, but didn't like each other.
Disrespector, berater, controller, cheater, and liar.
Condescension your game, treating me like a child.
And it's crazy to think that at one time you had me beguiled.
As time went on, your true colors began to show:
You put a damper on my dreams and refused to let me grow.
But you were gone, so I could finally relearn myself,
But your return has got me feeling trapped inside of a cell.
See, I was picking up the pieces from the damage you caused;
Healing my heart and my head, but now that's come a pause,
At least for now, because reopened all of the cracks,
As I recall the times you were Whoren around to the Max.
Acting one way to me, and another to him.
Because he's just so perfect, the man can't even sin.
Looks like The Story of You just got a little more sad
Because the choice that you've made is gonna burn you bad.
Chorus:
Put the X on the ex
Get the F away.
An artist of deceit; a master of betray.
Everything you did for me, you did it halfway,
Erasing colors of life as you painted the world gray.
I'm overtaken with rage now all I see is Red.
This will be the death of me. Here's a platter. Wait for my head.
I know that I should look up,
But right now I don't care.
So just try to approach me.
That's my dare.
Verse 3:
You can't commit! Can't commit! You could never commit!
And every word you say or thing you do is so full of it!
You turned my biggest fear into a reality
Because you left me for somebody whom you loved more than me!
And that's okay because I know that I deserve more than you!
And the next person I'm with will be noble and true!
I haven't said much til now, but now it's all coming out
'Cause since I saw all I've wanted was to scream and to shout!
I need closure but I don't know what to do to obtain!
And honestly, it's my attitude that's got me constrained!
But when I see you the only thing I feel is disdain!
But - of course - next time I see you, I'll keep all that contained.
So I'll fake it and I'll smile and awkwardly say "hi";
Pretend like every time I see you I don't want to run and hide.
I don't know what to do because my hands are tied.
I think I'm willing to forgive. I just need time...
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junglehop (Instrumental)
03:45
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Monophobia
04:25
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I stand outside
And I look in,
Full of fear,
And wondering if or when
Will I ever find
Someone for me?
Or will I keep
Waiting until eternity
Some days, most days
I feel like an outcast
Because I'm scared to be alone
And I just wanna outlast
All my fears and doubts
Because there's so many routes
Away from me.
So are you listening?
But if I'm speaking truth,
I don't deserve you
Because I'm not in a place
To do the things that I should do
But still inside
I can't help but wonder why
I've been given all these passions
And I know I want to try
To be a father to children I adore
And there's so much more
But could this recluse ever find someone to be with until the end of time?
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S.M.S.
08:29
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Verse 1:
I am everything about the world I hate
Self-absored, too spontaneous, never willing to wait.
I want it all, so it’s all “gimmie gimmie now”
I’m a little too bitter and still somehow I try to say I’m in it, but not of it
But if I’m honest with myself, that’s just a…
…
I repeat the same mistakes right after repentance
I wish I’d forget myself and accept deliverance
I don’t stand by my convictions I’m a hypocrite and flakey
I curse the faith I claim to follow because I follow it so shaky.
I claim that I’m genuine but I know you see through me
I don’t know if there is a single soul that I am even fooling
Acting like a boy, but a man who I should be
We’re become numb from exposing ourselves to things we should not see…
…
Chorus:
…
The sun hits my face, the air fills my lungs, the wind surrounds me
And I know I’m not alone because I am loved by somebody greatly
So be near to me. I swear I’m not a lost cause,
My morality’s spread thin; it rarely causes me to pause
My actions and my heart, they don’t make a good pair.
One says “forgive me”, the other, “I don’t care.”
Verse 2:
I pass my prayers off to others, I’m not so sure God hears mine
Is my current standing enough to be heard from the Divine?
I keep riding that fence, picking away at my conscience
If I keep searing it, I’ll get burned, but to hell with consequences
That’s only fifty percent of what’s the haps in my head
I don’t wanna fight you but I’m scared I will til I’m dead
I’m playing chicken with my soul. Who, in the end, will have control?
The quickest decisions can come with the heaviest tolls
Let’s see how long I’ll play this game
Before my inevitable demise
…
Defeat is on the rise.
And I’m frightened at my becoming when the lights go out.
If you say I’ll never thirst, why do I live in a draught?
I’ll just sit here, a coward, with fear raging inside
Screaming behind sealed lips; I just wish this would subside
So please rip it away because one more day
Could be the day that I fall astray
BREAKDOWN:
I spell thank you with an f-u-c-k
Instead of being grateful, I just continue on my own way.
Where is rock bottom how will I know when I’ve hit it?
Do I have to hit it first before I come to submit?
Reach out your hand I swear I wanna take it
But I’m way too weak, man, I gotta admit.
Hold me together cuz I’m falling apart
Come inside rip up my heart.
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