Aussie Hip Hop
Australian Raised and Born
Story behind the song
Old Vent track
Lyrics
Every time I shut my eyes, i see a panoramic screen
Playing animated scenes, or visions from a dream//
Held by a seam, of a never ending thread
Havin angels by the bed, now quilting my regrets//
Same place, same face, story of my life
Same taste, same fate, caught me outa spite//
So I take a back seat, not a taxi that I ride
More a beat down commodore, and wheels not aligned//
So the timing wasn’t right, but a chapter fading out
And the cover of the book, was a 1 writ in doubt//
Had me seethin from the mouth, when shit would turn sour
Coulda fought my way through, If I ever had the power//
Back trackin for an hour, tryin ta piece together dreams
But the puzzle of this life, was only harder then it seems//
And the rays from the light, was simply maskin’ defeat
Still blind from the time, that god targeted me//
Who am i? just a shadow of a man
With a story and a life, now being put to stand/
This is E, this is nick, this is it, this is me
A life and a verse now asking who I be//
At the age sixteen, I felt the force of the world
And the pressures of a teen, all spawned from a girl//
A runaway kid, now packed into a box
With a razorblade edge and a call from the cops//
So where does stop, and emotion lay aside
From a stubborn ass kid, to a broke n torn pride//
Enough to make me cry, when I think about the days
Shit a 4 year space, yet still haunted by the pain//
Conformed in a name, that would help my self vent
When the feeling came back, is where my pen and pad went//
Like soldiers to the cause, I forever ask them
Take a place in my war, before endeavors scar skin//
I harp on the fact, that I made it through the grind
And the trouble that I had, was evicted from my mind//
Sealed in a line, formed a mark in the sky
Still staring at my pad and pen, asking who am i
