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Second Place Dreams

Looking back on my life on my 30th birthday, I didn't mean to write rap lyrics but they just sort of poured out. Pretty honest stuff in here. Here's to another 30 years...

SECOND PLACE DREAMS

VERSE
Growing up, felt like second place at everything,
Kindergarten, sports, and my pro baseball dream
My twenties felt like an emotional boxing ring
Landed in the hospital, but still hangin on by a string

It's hard starting something from nothing
Abandoning friends and family for selfish things
Surrounded by books and internet, mental traveling
And the only thing to show for it,
Lost love and stress, now ain't that something?

And the worst part is you need to stay positive and on your shit,
But people call you lame, selfish, and ego-centric
Which nearly shreds your last bit of confidence
Until you put the blinders on and remember those childish hints
About the love of the game and bubble gum, pop a fun mint

CHORUS
And then things change, second place dreams,
Change that steam to C.R.E.A.M.,
Cuz Cash Rules Everything Around Me
But the only thing that means anything is family.

VERSE
Just found out my grandma's contemplating suicide
Made it through the great depression and even when my grandpa died
But like your spirit, your hip broke again, time's never on your side,
And it keeps feeling like God's full of lies
Only you can fight nature's current and float through another tide
Believe in yourself, cuz I've always felt God's on the inside

I had to fight for my achievements, I never had a last name,
An Iowa work ethic and my parent's 40th anniversary game
The last four years have been a whirlwind, focused on business tools
A consulting job, two Startups, and a top 5 business school

But now I'm trying to change my selfish ways,
And impact people's lives for years, not just days
So I make you grab your dreams
Use that internal rumbling
To achieve things, not just buy things
And instead, become human beings
Because it's people's happiness,
Not things, that's life's true meaning.

CHORUS
And then things change, second place dreams,
Change that steam to C.R.E.A.M.,
Cuz Cash Rules Everything Around Me
But the only thing that means anything is family.

VERSE
I've never gotten respect or recognition from anyone
And that's the way it will be until the end
Let go of my ego, not a big, but a small head
And my family, you were there next to my hospital bed
My friends texted, the rest of you could give a fuck if I'm dead
You find out who loves you, four people, that's who, the rest of you, more like "Who cares if I ever met you?"

But here's the best part,
I'll always be there for you
And lend a thoughtful hand
A strong shoulder, and even my time, man
And to my family and my best friends, I got you when my ship lands
Cuz we grew up together, and that shit's forever, man

Man, it feels like I'm alone sometimes,
Like no one understands my entire life
Except for Dimmy, that woman's my wife,
Put up with my stupid antics, all the childish strife
But you've always been there,
Your faint touch and the wind through your hair
And no matter what, I'll always love you, I still care
So I'm doing my best to repair this disrepair.

CHORUS
And then things change, second place dreams,
Change that steam to C.R.E.A.M.,
Cuz Cash Rules Everything Around Me
But the only thing that means anything is family.

Posted from New York, NY

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