Sountrack for the Downtrodden

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Knocked down and I've been deflated With life and all of its tribulations But every hurdle was an inspiration That became the basis of a written statement Took a breather, I was sitting patient Now it's popping more than we anticipated Do it for the ones of us that didn't make it Have em riding with me when their spirit's fading Seen plenty of them when the bars locked That just ended up getting locked in bars Seen friends of mine that could have been famous Throw it all away and get on the shard I guess that's just how the cookie crumbles Could be any of us on that toxic path Back when I was caught in the undertow Might have lost my way but never lost my heart I've been doing this since grade eleven Still the maddest rapper out of Rosny Park Remember '03 back at Mobius Me and 'duse battled for a box of draught Now it's major labels with their back and forth Just shrugged it off and kept dropping bars With releases funded out my own pocket From the underground I went and topped the charts ??dumb barter my time waiter?? So i jumped in like "geronimo" Put chariots to the cobble stones Let them guide me to where i wanna go I'm a little tackle with some big dreams Came a long way from a snotty nose Brushed so much dirt of my shoulders I should have probably broken my collarbone Only preach what I'm practising Giving something back to these Tassie kids So they can find a path over troubled waters That doesn't lead them to the Tasman Bridge I'm from a small pond but you can catch my drift There's a lot left that i have to give Cause it ain't about how many times you fall It's how many times you bounce back from it [Chorus] Take a breath And i hold it tight (hold it tight) Through the longest days And the coldest nights (the coldest nights) All the years I've lost Now I'm old and wise (old and wise) So I stand right up With my shoulders high (my shoulders high) [Verse 2] Cause I've been living well 2020 is a different world They freed Greeley and got a queen near me But we ruffle feathers when we kiss and tell Let them scheme on me while they sit and twirl Tryna build a future for my little girl For my slice of heaving ??they won't give me hell?? Or they'd be sitting happy in a prison cell Well you should think about it, if you catch me Then your namesake will be forever hated While my namesake will be a day off work At least once a year when they celebrate me That's a lose-lose, fucking let 'em hate But with my legacy it means you'll never fade me On a different level with my elevation While my mind is lifting like it's levitation I mean how high? let me demonstrate it I'm Icarus I got the feathers waving I am middle finger to my education Every one of them that said I'd never make it I'm the text engraved up on detention tables I'm a rolling stone I am a renegade I am Bob Dylan with a pen and paper I've become the voice of my generation Yeah I've got tickets on me But it's fair play with my type of talent Ironic that they used to count me out But now they numbers doing more than I'd imagine Watch it ticking over while the time's elapsing Yeah I'm moving steady cause I'm finding balance Went and took a breath and then I held it tight And now my spirit's risen for the final challenge I just share my story, earn a rite of passage Walk the hard road as my rite of passage I've been penning shit to it off my chest And turn my therapy into a timeless classing I'm the standard-bearer I will fly the banner I'm the rabbit's foot when they are fighting battles I'm the Soundtrack for the Downtrodden That holds the torch when all light is vanished [Chorus]