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Chasing Ghosts
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Hip-Hop/Rap
Chasing Ghosts was released on April 10, 2009 by Ivy League as a part of the album Day One
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AlbumDay One
Release DateApril 10, 2009
LabelIvy League
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM148

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

Lyrics

Ladies and gentlemen
We are gathered here today
In remembrance of innocence lost
What are you in this day and age
In this society
Without your cash
Without your scrilla
I want you to take a second right now
And ponder that
While I sing you my song
So what is it that keeps shorty on the avenue scheming
Barefoot, broke back, with nothing to believe in
It's the way the diamonds be gleaming
She sees the product of 200 years of oppressed dreaming
At 15, her innocence was stolen with the quickness
But this a mack that makes too many young women victims
And now her mentality is just to stack those chips
For the right price she'll let you violate her lips
Remembrance of rape is found in a 4 year old
Loving that she never got, she showing him tenfold
Her devotion to him, it could never be sold
So tonight she'll be out in the cold
See she's chasing them ghosts
Yo yo, the future's looking daunting
We've all been affected by the ghetto haunting
Yo yo, the future's looking daunting
We all live with the presidential haunting
Where cash rules, forgo benevolence
These days it's all about them dead presidents
So even though you got much more than most
You still spend your lifetime chasing them ghosts
Because cash rules, forgo benevolence
These days it's all about them dead presidents
So even though you got much more than most
You still spend your lifetime chasing them ghosts
At 13 he sold his first rock, been hustling ever since
Getting rid of them baggies and destroying the evidence
His conscience, that was a hard one to convince
So Sunday mornings were spent searching for his life's relevance
But Sunday night, it was back to that routine
Back to the street corner, back to them dope fiends
Back to the means of getting the cream, pursuing his dreams
But there's more to the story than it would seem
(See for this young man) it was more than the wealth
He had a want to be something much bigger than himself
And that want to succeed would soon turn into greed
That need was fueled by his hunger
That's why he's chasing ghosts
Yo yo, the future's looking daunting
We've all been affected by the ghetto haunting
Yo yo, the future's looking daunting
We all live with the presidential haunting
Where cash rules, forgo benevolence
These days it's all about them dead presidents
So even though you got much more than most
You still spend your lifetime chasing them ghosts
Because cash rules, forgo benevolence
These days it's all about them dead presidents
So even though you got much more than most
You still spend your lifetime chasing them ghosts
Where cash rules, forgo benevolence
These days it's all about them dead presidents
So even though you got much more than most
You still spend your lifetime chasing them ghosts
Because cash rules, forgo benevolence
These days it's all about them dead presidents
So even though you got much more than most
You still spend your lifetime chasing them ghosts
Written by: Audius Mtawarira, Jamie Huber, Sean Ray
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