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(CHORUS)
Wake up, Wake up, Wake Up, Wake Up, Wake up
Get up, Get up, Get up, Get up, Get up (2x)
(Verse 1)
I woke up early on my born day,
I'm 23. Jordan on 'em,
even if I'm cordial,
I'm am likely to abort 'em, like an child un-wanted.
On this earth, you've got few choices.
If you live, you gotta work.
Either way you gon' die
So till then, I'm on a high.
No substance abuse is necessary.
I am on a permanent,
y'all visit here is temporary.
Permanent hiatus.
I'm so careless.
Y'all put so much energy
Into things where there's discrepancy,
between you and your calling,
with no means to an end.
I'm seeing this again and again among friends.
They say I changed on 'em.
Switched the name on 'em.
New direction with the flow.
Yeah, I switched a lane on 'em.
Let me introduce myself,
If you don't know me well.
Joey from the 5th floor,
standing 5'12
never seen a cell
never seen a sale
y'all are third eye blind so y'all never see the braille
If you read between the lines it's set up for to fail
So I keep myself in line
Before I kick the pail (huuh)
(CHORUS)
(Bridge)
My heart goes out to the kids
with nothing better to do
And the parents that grew up
with nothing better to do
I ain't gon' preach about
what I think is better for you
But on the real, it's no excuse
You can do better my dude
(Verse 2)
See, I was neglecting school
I was neglecting tools
but I was lucky enough
to not get caught out with fools
My friends can relate
My head was on straight
between Ma and church I,
was scared straight
As a young'n I wondered what it was like out there
My niggas up the block
said it ain't shit out there
Other than friends, it ain't nothing to miss out there
My basketball Jones helped me
skip whats out there
But there's niggas we knew
that got caught out there
Police came through, they got caught out there
Some of them was even in a morgue somewhere
Sometimes I wonder what if I had gone out there
(CHORUS)
credits
from J. ManifestO,
released July 17, 2012
Written and performed by J. Golden
Produced by Pat Streater
ASCAP
2012
Philly producer with a notable list of clients drops self-released rap album that's heavy on the soul and jazz flavor. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 13, 2015
