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Uh |
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I hope that God decides to talk through him |
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That the people decide to walk with him |
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Regardless of pitchfork cosigns I've jumped |
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Make sure the soundman doesn't cockblock the drums |
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Let the snare knock the air right out of your lungs |
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And those words be the oxygen |
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Just breathe |
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Hey man, regardless I'm a say it |
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Felt like I got signed the day that I got an agent |
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Got an itunes check, shit man I'm paying rent |
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About damn time that I got out of my basement |
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About damn time I got around the country and I hit these stages |
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I was made to slay them |
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Ten thousand hours I'm so damn close I can taste it |
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On some Malcolm Gladwell, David Bowie meets Kanye shit |
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This is dedication |
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A life lived for art is never a life wasted |
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Ten thousand |
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Ten thousand hours felt like ten thousand ants |
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Ten thousands ants, they carry me |
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Ten thousand hours felt like ten thousand ants |
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Ten thousands ants, they carry me |
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Now, now, now |
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This is my world, this is my arena |
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The TV told me something different I didn't believe it |
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I stand here in front of you today all because of an idea |
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I could be who I wanted if I could see my potential |
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And I know that one day I'm a be him |
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Put the gloves on, sparring with my ego |
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Everyone's greatest obstacle, I beat 'em |
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Celebrate that achievement |
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Got some attachments, some baggage I'm actually working on leaving |
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See, I observed Escher |
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I love Basquiat |
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I watched Keith Haring |
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You see I study art |
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The greats weren't great because at birth they could paint |
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The greats were great cause they paint a lot |
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I will not be a statistic |
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Just let me be |
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No child left behind, that's the american scheme |
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I make my living off of words |
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And do what I love for work |
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And got around 980 on my SATs |
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Take that system, what did you expect? |
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Generation of kids choosing love over a desk |
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Put those hours in and look at what you get |
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Nothing that you can hold, but everything that it is |
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Ten thousand |
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Ten thousand hours felt like ten thousand hands |
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Ten thousands hands, they carry me |
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Ten thousand hours felt like ten thousand hands |
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Ten thousands hands, they carry me |
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Same shit, different day, same struggle |
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Slow motion as time slips through my knuckles |
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Nothing beautiful about it, no light at the tunnel |
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For the people that put the passion before them being comfortable |
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Raw, unmedicated heart no substitute |
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Banging on table tops, no subs to toot |
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I'm feeling better than ever man, what is up with you? |
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Scraping my knuckles, I'm battling with some drug abuse |
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I lost another friend, got another call from a sister |
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And I speak for the people that share that struggle too |
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Like they got something bruised |
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My only rehabilitation was the sweat, tears and blood when up in the booth... |
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It's the part of the show |
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Where it all fades away |
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When the lights go to black |
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And the band leaves the stage |
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And you wanted an encore |
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But there's no encore today |
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Cause the moment is now |
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Can't get it back from the grave |
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Part of the show |
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It all fades away |
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Lights go to black |
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Band leaves the stage |
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You wanted an encore |
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But there's no encore today |
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Cause the moment is now |
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Can't get it back from the grave |
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Welcome to the heist |
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Welcome to the heist... |