Poetical rhymage.
I'm just one member of Northern Lights and this is my first ever mix tape release. I'm hoping by the next one i'll be using all my own beats but I am quite happy with some of what I got and I enjoy doing me so it's all good.
Lyrics
Frankie paced back and forth and was making me more nervous
Gotta hide-away, stay cautious, I don’t wanna die today
I feel nauseous shit we had just obeyed orders
“Frankie, sit the fuck down there’s time for that once they’ve caught us!”
We’re stuck now; the police have surrounded the building
We’re guilty of murder two guards and three civilians
For what, through gunshot the others took the millions?
Empty handed, held up stranded in an abandoned pavilion.
Sweat is running down my face and past my eyes along with tears
Quick flashes of my life; it’s been a struggle all these years
To feed my daughter and her mother wasn’t easy, it never is;
When you’re unemployable your troubles fall on deaf ears.
Petty crime was the obvious solution, I saw no harm
When my family’s hungry and I have drink to spend my cash on
You never think they’ll catch you, if you’re careful, it’s stupid
But the bigger the gang the more ambitious the crew is
And there’s viciousness to it if you plan to survive
And when it comes to the crunch the larger crimes can take lives
It’s worth it for the prize but can mean your demise
There’s sacrifice on the field and this time it is I
Frankie’s only eighteen he got in this via reference
But when shit hit the fan he was less of a preference
Left to face death with me as an experienced guide
He was down for the ride hell he tried; ducked and fired
But now he’s losing his nerve, this kid’s fuckin wired
And if I wanna survive I’ll leave the rookie to die.
I couldn’t look in his eyes see there wasn’t a choice
I needed him to go quiet so I softened my voice
I said Frankie hand me that duffle bag in the corner
It was ‘our’ fifteen hundred, ideas of mine getting warmer
He knelt down, unzipped it, clip unloaded I felt his head split
I’d dealt death today so many times this was no different.
I grabbed the money and reloaded my piece
This was the one chance that I had to split this place and get a taste
Of freedom.. and then maybe I could find the others
I got shares in high stakes and I’ve been through all the trouble.
I escaped through the sewer pipe, traipsed through shit ‘til I arrived
At the location we had intended to reconvene at when we survived
The surprise on their faces as I tried to remain faceless showed while
Telling them how the police had shot Frankie as they chased us
Then questioned how they escaped, where was I when they made their break?
But there were no forward answers then my hands started to shake
The money lost its significance and for the second time tonight
My life flashed before my eyes again as black defined the white
My pupils stared out wide; I didn’t even hear the shot
Before my knees gave up on me my own life I had forgotten.
I had been pushed right to the bottom of the street’s food chain
And nothing could have stopped them they had won this game
Perhaps if Frankie had been there then something would have changed
But just like Frankie now I was left to gather my own brains.
