Music Video
Credits
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Andrew Arnold
Songwriter
Briel Mitchell
Songwriter
Lyrics
The road of a poet
Who don't even know it
His whole life he been the kid with light
Who won't even show it
They call him poltergeist
The police ask him if he knows his rights
He's multitasking with a passion
Losing will to fight
The dopest on the mic
No one knows it
He's smoking potent like
Exposure got a cost, will he paying the price
He's on the road
I-40 going eastbound
Doing shows out in Dallas up to Richmond now
This isn't how he thought it would be
He made a promise to himself
To up'n go chase his dreams
But in the middle of it all
He would lose everything
Tryna muffle up a scream
Cause shit ain't what it seems
Up on stage see the fans faces
That's why he does this shit
He sees a little bit of him in every one of them
He done been broke and out of it
Lost his mind on a binge
Kept himself warm in a Chevy
Stretchin it thin
Shit ain't what it's supposed to be
Life come at you fast, especially with no groceries
Workin at the gas station scratching lotteries
Cashing in a dollar for three hundred bucks a week, damn
We're living in a world that isn't what it seems
And when the lights go down, just a bunch of shattered dreams...
All his friends told him that his dreams were make believe
They told him better play it safe
Yea you're crazy indeed
He's at the airport alone tryna catch this flight
Rapping tracks to himself
He prepping for his night
He's opening for names that he used to see on the screen
Tryna keep it cool
Feel like he's part of the team
If she could seem him now
Momma look how much he's grown
He just hopes that she's proud
He been out on his own
Making something of himself
Cause in ten minutes he gon' be running on stage
Talking bout abandonment
It's therapy to him
You smell the air when he's moving
He doesn't care if no one ain't there to catch what he's doing
The stage lights are on, the DJ got the mic
This is his calling no more falling it's time to ball tonight
His Nine-five is tomorrow
But for now he's bout to rock a crowd
For 100 dollars and a couple follows
We're living in a world that isn't what it seems
And when the light go down, just a bunch of shattered dreams
But if I got you and you got me
Bet we can change the whole world
And we can finally be
We can finally be
We can finally be free...
After the show
He made a couple of fans
Sold a couple t-shirts
That he had in the van
Checked his phone
Couple messages from Instagram
But no texts sayin proud of you
It's part of the glam
He doesn't do it for himself
He does it for the fans
The ones who when they wake up they don't want to live again
Cause he knows what it feels like when you thinking like you can't
Take it anymore
When you just want the world to fucking end
When you've had it with the shit that people put you through for ends
When you mad at everybody
But it's your fault where you been
All these places, all these stages
And he still ain't got a win
Yea the good die young so he knows he'll been living with no grin
Gave up everything he loved just so he could play the game
Looking for a god above and his pockets for some change
I been living in a world
Made of all our dreams
I see the lights get low then I hear the screams
I tell em I got you cause you got me
And as we change the whole world
And we can really be
We can really be
We can really be free...
Writer(s): Andrew Arnold
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