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A story entailing the past year of my life. This is the first song I planned and structured before writing. Dedicated to my bruddas dem Levi & F. I met them when I moved into a hostel this year; quickly I realised they're intellectual brothers with genuine intentions, this lead to growth.
Levi went through something which, for the first time in a while had me burrowing in my own emotions solely off empathy. At the time I didn't know what to do... I instinctively made this song after reminiscing on the past few months I had gone through noting down each stage, feeling and experience hoping to inspire my people to BE STRONGER than their emotions hence 'SHAKE IT OFF' & 'IT's NOT OK TO BE OKAY'
I hope you all enjoy this song and find something or somewhere you can relate.
Love,
SQ
lyrics
You only see truth when you’re slapped in the face;
All these moves distracting your brain,
Your moods got you drinking Wray,
It’s not ok to be okay.
You only see truth when there’s actually pain,
Are you trapped in the maze or amazing and great,
For goodness sake. Shake it off
Go mek your gwop.
Comfy Until I got pushed out my nest,
Flew round to east and there’s where I met Levi and f
On the 8th floor wake up bill up my zeg,
Try escape flaws,
Cah my head fill up with stress
Love costs, when your heart starts to pays less attention never gets spent on affection
My ex was L but the lesson weren’t lost,
I’m gonna be a boss,
we’re sitting in the block tryna plot on any crop,
Tryna grow and tryna clock,
the patterns Most of them are gassing
But I ain’t shocked,
There’s no passion,
Still bringing it in we still trappin,
Still trapped in,
That’s why We watch matrix
Try rearrange and watch en all shapefshift
You can’t see truth still you get facelift,
You only see truth when you’re slapped in the face;
All of these moves distracting your brain,
All of these moods got you drinking Wray,
It’s not okay to be ok.
You only see truth when there’s actually pain,
Are you trapped in the maze or amazing and great,
For goodness sake. Shake it off
Go mek your gwop.,
My pops ain’t dead but relations are,
I guess that what it takes to create a star
I was up cah I never slept that night,
Bro knocked my door with tears in his eyes
When I empathise am I meant to cry?
Should I give you hug or step aside,
I gotta be there to set an example,
You’re always outside giving no free samples,
This riddim got sent so I got a free sample,
Fmow airtight like a Cally weed parcel,
Outside nuen has changed we’re still broke,
Humble give it to god I still cope,
I shouldn’t - still I give in I still smoke,
You’d watch them jump off a cliff I’d throw rope,
MobSet nuen ain’t gang it’s all mob
Shot cd’s to the fans it’s all prof,
You only see truth when you’re slapped in the face;
All of these moves distracting your brain,
All of these moods got you drinking Wray,
It’s not okay to be ok.
You only see truth when there’s actually pain,
Are you trapped in the maze or amazing and great,
For goodness sake. Shake it off
Go mek your gwop.,
My dad was locked early in my youth,
I knew right and wrong but i never knew truth,
I had clothes, and a few pairs of air max,
but I just wanted me and you,
what’s a pair of shoes when your dad’s in prison and your mums got nutten to do but look after you,
it’s real, I wish could explain how I feel,
I live in north but I came from the hill,
where shit get’s real you’re exposed to steel,
where man are so broke their broken and killed,
opened and peeled by swords that they wield,
I thought that my build,
was borderline real,
I’m bored of my scars,
I thought they might heal,
I thought I want fame,
thought it was ideal,
I thought that my pain,
would paint how i feel,
You only see truth when you’re slapped in the face;
All of these moves distracting your brain,
All of these moods got you drinking Wray,
It’s not okay to be ok.
You only see truth when there’s actually pain,
Are you trapped in the maze or amazing and great,
For goodness sake. Shake it off
Go mek your gwop.,
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