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sitting on the bus got a pillow case full of t-shirts
backpack full of records and damn my fucking feet hurt
tired as fuck coming home from a show
and nobody else on this bus knows knows knows knows
who the fuck i am or what the fuck i do
and all the nonsense i go through to make it come true
but there's a lot of cats around who wear these same shoes
it's just another common case of the hip hop blues blues

boo fucking hoo

truth is – i don't really know a damn thing
i just rap cuz i don't know how to sing
i make beats cuz i cant play guitar
keep a sluggish pace cause i'm not going very far
just sitting here on this bus - paper and a pen
passing time by writing rhymes - still trying to pretend
that one day things gunna are change
i mean i think i'm in a good mood but it feels a bit strange

i'm on that manual focus
i find the automatic alternative bogus

nobody cares - it's not a big big deal
but in a room with no friends how am i supposed to feel
i'm sick of this scene - i'd rather be at home
than at these d.i.y. shows with kids just playing on their smartphones
wanna show the touring acts a little respect
so i donate a couple bucks and they leave before my set
always last so i get it over fast
track them lame fucks down and take my five bucks back

fuck your privileges – they don't mean shit
and leave a bad taste in my mouth kinda like dry spit
it's a long way to the top if you wanna rock and roll
yet nobody seems to focus on the quality control
after all these years one thing that i have learned
living in this city theres plenty of bridges to burn
throwing matches left and right – never question your doubts
and pretty soon you're just a firestarter stuck without a way out

you know thats shit is getting bad when you dream about your
glory days like they were the best sex you have ever had
i’ll lay my hopes close enough to the surface of the sun
to melt my flesh down to my bones and let my bones just turn to dust

let me turn to dust

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from I've Seen Better, released August 1, 2015

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