Stop , Listen
Fate calling ,
Telling me that i’m falling,
crawling to the top ,
only to stumble down the stairs,
nobody cares ’til you succeed, nobody cares,
spare you time , nada ,
they can’t see the world your building
While you work , they’re chilling , killing ,
Time , waiting for the world , to give them something
Nobody gives you anything , unless you can bring,
food to their table , show you’re able
Stable , stable is hard takes time to build the skill,
There isn't a pill , to take , that will make you great
Have to wait , fail til you succeed
While they sit at the table , waiting you to feed , them
Friends will leave , no always time to grieve
You have to cleave , the fat
You realise they exist to deceive,
One day you just be walking and realise your naive,
Disbelieve, How stupid you’ve been, haven’t seen
Who’s a friend and who’s a “friend”,
Who’s their to expend and who’s in until the bitter end,
Keep an eye out for those you love,
But don’t be afraid to shove, the destructive think of,
Them not you , so their through,
As you move , on with you life,
Because life is tough , and the easy isn’t worth it,
I’m yet to see real success , but I’ll earn it,
I’ll sit down and smile at the mountains i’ve climbed
All the words i’ve rhymed , all the times i’ve sighed,
throwing away the pages of unusable material,
Sure the words had meaning but their only rhyme in my delirium,
Writing has been tough , used to write paragraphs now I have to shorten,
I have to bargain between a story and a song,
Can fit a sentence but not to long , Strong ,
Rap tends to fit a lot in a few words,
Picture tells a 1000 words,
But this verse tells a 1000 stories,
I want to be entrepreneurial,
get one of my ideas out there,
fund stuff I want to make , travel somewhere,
I’ve mostly heard laughter and disbelief,
So when i do it it’ll be a relief,
I can sleep with a smile, meanwhile
Everyone can stand gobsmacked
As they react to my happiness in content,
As I move on to the next ,
project for I’ll stop when I’m dead, I have so much I want to do
So much to choose ,
All I see in life is potential and pursuing it is essential
Before this crisis moves from consequential to existential
It’s quintessential that I become more experimental
to put it gentle/y before I go mental.
Being young has been a curse, not a blessing,
Too ignorant , little respect , Nothing to expect
Easy to neglect the youth hidden in the experienced,
Fair enough you’ve had time but don’t rub it in my face,
So much easier to shun then support, but I don’t retort ,
with negativity but work , on showing them the work,
I’ve placed on what I do, I shouldn’t have to prove,
To my peers why I can sit next to them ,
But I’m trying to be where their at before they got there,
See I’ve spent time making sure I have the skills early
So I’m learning, making sure one day I’m earning
So I can do what I want before I'm thirty
Anyone can do it, It’s not about birthright
but it helps,
I benefited from a decent childhood ,
Good food , Education , but it’s all wasted unless i use it,
Choose it, Abuse it , but don’t forget to commit
To helping others reach it,
If I can do it , teach it,
Effort and time will get you far, it’s helped me so far,
And gosh I’ve failed , so many times
So many signs to give up
But I’m stubborn, yup
This isn’t a hook up,
This is the relationship
Work for that scholarship , train for the premiership
Get the world on your fingertip
Spin Spin the globe like your ballin
No more stalling , get up with that alarm
Pull yourself away from warm
and embark , on the journey of a lifetime
because one day you’ll remark , on the dude
who spat a few bars , aimed for a few stars
credits
released May 28, 2016
{Beats: Passion Hifi} {Prod: Able8}
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
Found Abhi by accident and now I listen to this in full pretty religiously. One of the most diverse sounds I have heard in a while, keeps you on your toes. Ezra Allen