Started off at Line 1 with a track about racism in mind, and it sort of morphed into being more about anyone that people tend to gloss over and ignore in life.
hip hop
minority
shadows
racism
hexddg
Story behind the song
I recently got jipped by Centrelinke again, and it got me thinking, how many others have fallen between the cracks because people just gloss over them without a second thought?
Lyrics
There's a kid down the road, and he aint ever had a home/
He's been slingin mary jane, it's as good as home grown/
you get stoned like a b*** , and when you're sleepin on the couch/
Ya best mate comes around and steals all your money from the pouch/
It's pretty messed up the way you fall between the cracks/
they even got debates on if a kid deserves the smack/
I never copped a hit, but I grew up a little off/
everything in moderation, from the ponies to the pot/
When the sun is blotted out, and when the air ceases to flow/
when the ocean never waves, and the flowers never grow/
I'll be smilin in the breeze, in the days of summerland/
while I play the drums to an eternal marching band/
I am not a stable guy, but with a mic within my grasp/
The kind of sh** I speak, makes the dalai lama gasp/
lay down all the cards, and this much you can bet/
You'll never be alone, I'll be in your silhouette/
HOOK
I gave a burger to a man, when my name was not my own/
The smile was enlightened, even tho he had no home/
I'm not a good man, even when I try to be/
I'm like the blind saviour, who never wants to see/
coz it's blind that lead the blind, in the land of make believe/
We're always askin not to give, coz we're wantin to recieve/
We take action on another, for the things that they deserve/
basic rights and freedoms, that the rich seem to reserve/
I ain't no goddamn martyr, I'm as bad as any man/
I got dreams, desires, and a normal lifespan/
back inside my head, there's a devil burning hot/
So I'm tippin' back the bottle, pour myself another shot/
A world of medication for a land without a cure/
Why do we give away, everything we can't afford?/
Money for the needy, never sees the light of day/
Always stickin to the waste, where the greedy steal their way/
HOOK
I've seen the darkest night, and I have never been afraid/
I've been burning in the light, and in the light I have now stayed/
This is for the forgotten, the ones who are unseen/
the criminals mistaken, and the victims unbelieved/
for the lonely widow who lost her husband in iraq/
the aussie government really doesn't give a f*** /
for the orphaned child without a dinner or a smile/
I'll always be open for you to come in for a while/
The brony all alone, fitting neither of the crowds/
The whovian outgrown, dissed for not knowing the old/
We fall between the cracks, like we're falling out of time/
Not every single rapper knows the truth behind their rhymes/
So this is for the lost, the forgotten and the mocked/
The rappers never made, and the punks that never rocked/
the world may have ignored but know that you are hallowed/
For what protects you in the dark, is hidin in your shadow/