The Tale of the Mic

(Verse 1)

Time’s change,
The same way that people do.
Some realise in time
But others let the evil through.
I’ve noticed
That I don’t really need a zoot,
I light one in my sorrow
Like a plaster
But I’m bleeding through.
I’ve heard my parents say:
“Nate, we still believe in you”
I’m not afraid to fail,
I’m just confused
By what I need to do.
I can rap,
I like it better when I speak the truth
I hope you’re still listening,
I really need to speak to you.
Rap is where it started.
And rap is where the end will be
‘Cause ever since I started,
It seems I’ve been rapping endlessly.
Hoping that today is not the end of me,
We’re all afraid to die
That’s why I am living thankfully.
I know I’m very privileged,
I thought that was worth mentioning,
Now there’s no excuse for me to fail.
It’s not like I have to write these rhyme out in brail,
And I know that
Time’s on my side
I can tell.

(Chorus)

This mic knows me
Better than most friends do,
Rapping so much
Man, I can even pretend to.
This is the tale of the mic.
The story of how he went and stepped into the light .
Music is his life
And the future’s looking bright,
I said the future’s looking bright.
(x 2)

(Verse 2)
Time is a line
But it’s not quite straight,
Sometimes not quite great,
But I’ve got my pen to ring out my pain.
Express my ideas
And reject these chains.
I ain’t spent four years
For material games
See,
I’m rapping for the people
That have lost their love.
Their passion for the music isn’t there
I guess it gets lost to drugs.
Lost to the money and corruption,
Rap is like a plunger
That is losing all it’s suction.
When I say it’s sick
I mean it’s coming down with something.
Don’t address the mic
Unless you really know your subject.
That’s what’s so frustrating
‘Cause a lot of rappers
Now a days
Are getting to complacent.
I just sit here contemplating,
All the ups and downs
That this life has got me facing
I know when I hit the bottom,
There in no negotiating.
I’ll just have to get my act together
But the wind is blowing hard
This isn’t really practice weather.


(Chorus)

This mic knows me
Better than most friends do,
Rapping so much
Man, I can even pretend to.
This is the tale of the mic.
The story of how I went and stepped into the mic.
Music is my life
And the future’s looking bright,
I said the future’s looking bright.
(x 2)

(Verse 3)

I guess I’ve found my path,
I’m not just writing in a book.
I’m spilling out my heart
Like many other rappers should.
I just think about my past
I mean I know I git it good.
But sometimes it gets hard
That’s when I’m rapping through the hooks.
Rapping until my lungs collapse,
I might be getting good.
The mic is al I have
Is that a sad way to be?
Because I like the way I am
You might no understand.
My mind is not the place where I can
Make the perfect plan,
No I never do it right
And then I’m left to pay for that,
I’m left with just the scraps,
But still I will survive
So in turn I can relax.
Today might be a battle
So I grab onto my axe,
I try to shatter all my problems
But they grow stronger from that.
I took the longer road back.
I’ve learnt along the way
But I’ve grown stronger thanks to that.
I took the longer road back
But I’ve learnt along the way
And I’ve grown stronger thanks to that.

(Outro)

This mic knows me
Better than most friends do,
Rapping so much
Man, I can even pretend to,
This is the tale of the mic.