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I think transparency is important. I started performing shows and releasing music as Sikes all the way back in 2007. Depending on what angle you are looking at it from I suppose you could say that I'm not much further ahead than where I was when I first started all those years ago but I've still managed to grow into a person that I'm happy to be. I've dealt with my fair share of “growing pains” and have a resume full of miscalculations but some people are just slow learners I guess…

10 years is really just a track about my experiences of learning how to take hits and keep getting back up. Assuming responsibility for those stumbles and remaining persistent with my vision. These days I just try to stay grounded in and remember is that it's actually a lot easier to dance when it feels like nobody else is watching you.

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10 YEARS AIN'T A WHOLE LOT CHANGED

OH NO - HERE WE GO AGAIN
ANOTHER YELLOW BRICK ROAD TURNED INTO A DEAD END
NEVER ONE TO HAVE THE TOLERANCE OF KEEPING UP WITH TRENDS
BUT I'VE PROVEN UNBREAKABLE NO MATTER HOW HARD THE BENDS
10 YEARS AIN'T A WHOLE LOT CHANGED
WROTE A WHOLE LOTTA CHAPTERS ON A DRY ERASE SLATE
WIPE IT OFF EVERY SEASON - RENOVATE THE CAGE
WITH A WHOLE LOTTA BITTER BLOOD RUNNING THROUGH MY VEINS

SAW A FACE AT A PARTY - HADN'T SEEN IT IN A WHILE
ASKED WHAT I BEEN DOIN - I SAID MUSIC - HE SAID “WOW!”
”ARE YOU REALLY STILL SAILING THAT SHIP?”
ASKED HOW IT WAS GOING WITH SMIRK ACROSS HIS LIP
10 YEARS - AIN'T A WHOLE LOT CHANGED
BUT I BEEN FOLLOWING MY PASSION - TELL ME, CAN YOU SAY THE SAME?
YEAH, THINGS ARE GOING GREAT - HOW ABOUT YOU?
THE CRICKETS IN HIS TIMBRE TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING NEW

SOME PEOPLE GOTTA LOTTA NERVE BUT YOU GOTTA KEEP YOUR COOL FROM BEING DISTURBED
KEEP YOUR HEAD UP - STAY STRONG - STAY TOUGH
GRAB LIFE BY THE THROAT - YEAH, I HEARD IT LIKES IT ROUGH

OH NO - HERE WE GO AGAIN
WROTE A BUNCH OF NEW SONGS GUNNA PLAY EM FOR MY FRIENDS
PUT OUT A COUPLE MEMOS BUT THE MESSAGE NEVER SENDS
YEAH THEY'VE PROVEN UNNOTICED NO MATTER HOW SPONSORED THE DENTS
10 YEARS AIN'T A WHOLE LOT CHANGED
INJECT FRESH VENOM ON THE SAME OLD STAGE
REALIGN THE STRUCTURE - REIGNITE THE FLAME
BLOW THE DUST FROM ALL THESE LOTTERY TICKETS OFF OF MY CHANGE

SAW A FRIEND THE BAR - I SAW EM LAST WEEK
AT THE SAME PLACE SITTING IN THE SAME EXACT SEAT
ASKED WHAT I BEEN DOING - I SAID “YOU OUGHTA KNOW…”
”GAVE YOU A FLYER FOR A SHOW 5 DAYS AGO”
10 YEARS - AIN'T A WHOLE LOT CHANGED
THE WAY PEOPLE SUPPORT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BIT STRANGE
NO EXPIRATION DATE BUT I'M FEELING PAST DUE
HOW MUCH LONGER SHOULD I CHISEL? WILL I EVER BREAK THROUGH?

SOME THINGS JUST SEEM TO NEVER WORK
LIFE'S NOT A B---- BUT IT CAN BE A REAL JERK
KEEP YOUR HEAD UP - STAY STRONG - STAY TOUGH
GRAB LIFE BY THE THROAT - YEAH, I HEARD IT LIKES IT ROUGH

I FOUND MY CONFIDENCE IN SIMPLICITY AND COMFORT IN THE SHADOWS
KINDA HARD TO DROWN WHEN YOU KEEP YOUR EGO SHALLOW
LIFE WAS GETTING ITCHY SO IT DIPPED IT IN THE ALOE
SPLIT MYSELF IN TWO AND SENT THE BAD HALF TO THE GALLOWS
10 YEARS AIN'T A WHOLE LOT CHANGED
BUT I BEEN FOLLOWING MY PASSION - TELL ME, CAN YOU SAY THE SAME?
TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL - TOO SMART TO FAIL
HAVE YOU PAID YOUR DUES, JACK?
THE CHECK IS IN THE MAIL

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from Modern Modesty, released November 1, 2018
TIME 3:38 / BPM: 160

SAMPLES:
JOHN CARPENTER - HERE COME THE STORMS
ANYA MARINA - AFTERPARTY AT JIMMY’S

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