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[Verse 1]
I don’t fit in by default
Try to work the faults
Mistakes, quirks, ticks
World's a cage and I’m in a vault

Opinions are assisted by everyone
Who insisted on throwing a sneer of an insult
Empathy unearned in quest of self discovery
All too busy digging for gold while they bury me

Sitting on hierarchy, spending time on plastique, losing ability to be unique
Nail who sticks out gets hammered down
Except it feels like drowning out in white noise while you lose free choice

Stuck in routine, trying to find meaning
Swimming in a pool next to the ocean
Enthusiasm lost to the notion of working towards others goals
Working towards meaningless roles
Soul crushing, when there’s no drive
Hard to keep alive when you heart's not pumping
And you're not quite keeping the bed bumping

[Verse 2]
Work and no Play
No Incentive to Stay
Chosen, system's broken, bad soil for minds to grow in
Pushed too hard to follow the system, that progress is frozen
Patronising young minds then asking for devotion

Setting the model, beautiful ships in the wrong bottle
Irrelevant topics downloaded the syllabus is a fossil

Then leave, reprieve, not your problem
Issue falls from priority, finds a place at the bottom
Life happens cycle repeats, lost thoughts
To busy in the party to think of meaningless reports
Lost in the sauce and new direction
To sit back and remember in quiet reflection
But I remember, bad memories using it for inspiration
Day in day out counting till November
Standing on hot embers

Early AM wake ups
If I make it, hard to stay awake
Lates no mistakes
No transparent so I live in opaques
Days become easier when there are no stakes

[Verse 3]
Taking more breaks
New changes seen as delinquency
Deficiency
But my priorities were self development
I resonant on a new frequency
To be conceived my greatest traits
Take flight, dropping weights
Changing who narrates my life
Making waves to embrace my life

Day in Day Out
Work to please the crowd

Day in Day Out
Work to please the crowd

Day in Day Out
Work to please the crowd

Day in Day out
Work to please the crowd


Work to please the crowd
Work to please the crowd
Work to please the crowd

Work to please the crowd
Work to please the crowd
Work to please the crowd

Work to please the crowd
Work to please the crowd
Work to please the crowd
Work to please the crowd

Work to please the crowd

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from The Life of the Party, track released September 18, 2017
Ezra Allen (Lyrics), The Delivery Boy (Production)

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Ezra Allen Melbourne, Australia

Ezra Allen is an alt hip-hop act living in Naarm, Australia. Allen offers a lyric-heavy brand of hip-hop whilst drawing inspiration from genres of soul, jazz, and indie-rock. Allen is known for his introspective lyricism that explores mental health, masculinity, and maturity.At the conclusion of 2022, his debut album Summer of George was featured on Bandcamp’s ‘New and Notable.’ ... more

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