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Survived Another Winter
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Hip-Hop/Rap
Survived Another Winter was released on January 1, 2008 by Strange Famous Records as a part of the album The Ugly Truth
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Release DateJanuary 1, 2008
LabelStrange Famous Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM90

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Music Video

Credits

Lyrics

This is my soul on a postcard stamped with no address
I just hope it gets to where it's got to go and beats the cold stress
Cause those who can't take it go West Coast
On the search for gold, let's see how
Far they get before their progress slows
California dream gets old and overrated
So mediocre artists go to settle for less as broke waiters
Travel in packs like chain smokers
With the hopes of being famous, can't make it on their own
I seen the bandwagon pass me by
When I was dragging my boycott, pulling my own weight and stride
It was my choice not to ask for a ride
Cause one at a time I come across those who've fallen off
And careers died on the side of the road
Like no one noticed or thought twice
You're covered in snow and frostbite
Oh, the irony when karma catches up
Taste your own medicine means just see where you end up
Where the fuck are they now as time passed?
Miles back in piles and all I do is smile and laugh
Cause once it hits November, it's just another winter
Don't think I won't remember who should get the middle finger
Cause I've gone this far and I've counted these days
My soul on a postcard, it found its way
Through the bullshit and politics, in and out of this
From the bottom up, finish what I started
Survived another winter
Survived another winter
And had some wave clothes again
We survived with it
Snotty nose with no coats
We kept it real
Survived another winter
And had some wave clothes again
We survived, we survived, we survived, we survived
Some heads go blind every time the sun sets
Feeling the chill of sudden death, they up and run for the West
While we survived these winters of disconnect
Thrive wither and die with the sun, surrender to death
Then resurrect with fire on our tongues and flicker blood
Stubborn as the Earth waiting for the blizzard to come
It's just a mystery to some
They feel the cold to their bones to lay down
Afraid to stay around, they hop in planes, trains, and Greyhounds
LA bound, the days are shades of gray now
Stay in and pull the shades down
The rain will flood the gutters and slush will suck at our boots
Winter is the curse we shuffle through huddled in groups
Growing indestructible roots and hold mics like they frozen
I hope the place don't shift and drop
Your fragile state into the ocean
New England patriots, it's in our nature to resist
That's what the fuck we're known for
Eyes forward till the cold war is over
Survived another winter
Still buckled myself to the frozen ground this time
Syncopated to the sounds of falling snow with this rhyme
The constant sunshine of the West made me lose track
Eyes toward where the sun rises so I decided to move back
Because I'd rather fill my lungs with chimney smoke
As opposed to California smog that always seemed to make me choke
Yeah, yeah, the silence of falling snow enough to make you deaf
Give me overcast days and snow drifts
I wanna watch my breath float away into the sky
Season change, two words that I need to live my life by
That's why Jack Frost is my friend again
Then pretend that in a couple of months
I won't be climbing up these walls again
But I'll invite the cabin fever in with open arms
Nothing else to do but sit and write and settle arms
Snowed in, writing new raps, watching snow fall
Out the studio window is how I survived another winter
Survived another winter
And had some wave clothes again
We survived with it
Snotty nose with no coats
We kept it real
Survived another winter
And had some wave clothes again
We survived, we survived, we survived, we survived
When the look-alikes insisted that I go West
Didn't book a flight, I shook my right fist full of protest
I slipped right into my snow vest, respect the dress code
We see our own breath when it gets cold
Heart rates get slow, every move is purposeful
The crowd stand with their arms crossed, boss, don't take it personal
It's gray skies, white lies, and black ice
When the day dies, the nighttime's my afterlife
I made my sacrifice, not confined to this island, drifter
Time shifter, get the troubles off your mind, sister
Don't be sensitive, sit beside a high that's thicker
Sure, how you figure, survive a winter
Wonderland, understand sometimes we shiver
To stay alive, we don't follow the signs of a quitter
Talking with his mouth full, looking like his eyes were bigger
Than his stomach, but fuck it, bicker, shuckin' and jivin'
It does its damage to the inside like liquor
Inside your liver, slap me with a parental advisory sticker
You want constant sunshine, that's a side splitter
Got no time for punchlines, that's why I'm bitter
Frostbite sarcasm, sealed, signed, and delivered
Don't cry or whimper, fight the tide
With a counter current, never getting swept up by the river
Keep it sober till it freezes over
Survived another winter
Survived another winter
And had some wave clothes again
We survived with it
Snotty nose with no coats
We kept it real
Survived another winter
And had some wave clothes again
We survived with it
Snotty nose with no coats
We kept it real
Survived another winter
And had some wave clothes again
We survived with it
Snotty nose with no coats
We kept it real
Survived another winter
And had some wave clothes again
We survived, we survived, we survived, we survived
Wasn't easy, wasn't easy, wasn't easy, wasn't easy
Wasn't easy, wasn't easy, wasn't easy, wasn't easy
Wasn't easy, wasn't easy, wasn't easy, wasn't easy
Written by: Bernard Jr Dolan, Brendon Whitney, Ryan Robert Bowersock, Ryan Tedder, Sage Francis
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