From the recordings Do This Alone: 2 and Do This Alone: 2
Lyrics
[Verse 1: Gemma Louise]
See when it gets to the point where words can't describe it
You're staring a blank page, can't seem to write it - down
This mountain's laughing 'cause you can't get past it
And you're aching for a break but you're too scared to ask for it
You can't quit, you'd rather break your back
Than be dust in the wind, just need to find a track
To re-ignite the passion and inspire your drive
Put the pedal to the metal, why you think you're alive?
("This rap shit!")
To settle down and get a 9 to 5? ("Nah!")
How long you think that shit'll keep you satisfied?
When you're 50 looking back over the years of your life
You can pacify the guilt by making out that you tried
You think anyone will give a fuck
About the dreams you had and how you screwed them all up?
The fact is they won't give a crap
About a washed up never-was who failed to rap
[Chorus]
Don't spend your life pretending
That some day it might happen
It won't fall in your lap
While you're lying on your back
You gotta get up and make a move
How long has it taken you
To get this far
And you ain't even a Superstar
[Verse 2: Krafty]
My passion is septic, and I've always kept it
So anyone with a problem, shut up and accept it
Mum and Dad always said to have a back-up
Shit, that alone got my back up
I suppose sometimes that I did mistake it
Like, I don't need to try - I know I'ma make it
Little did I realise it ain't given
You can slip and fall, I didn't listen
Ironic, ain't it?
I didn't listen when I wanted them to listen to what I was playing
It ain't easy
To put the money in your hands, you gotta get them elbows greasy
I know along the way I may have stalled a bit
But I didn't rap all of it to get this far and call it quits
You don't seem to realise my heart is in it
So I'm fucking losing something if I'm parting with it!
[Chorus]
Don't spend your life pretending
That some day it might happen
It won't fall in your lap
While you're lying on your back
You gotta get up and make a move
How long has it taken you
To get this far
And you ain't even a Superstar
[Verse 3]
I'm aware that as my time as an artist
I sometimes become somewhat lethargic
But this rap shit is where my heart is
No amount of setbacks will even begin to tarnish
I can't quit, I need to conquer hardships
Shift this hard ship to the side and swim past it
It's just difficult, tryna keep it lyrical
And not be the one that's over-analytical
I wanna succeed in the best way
I ain't gonna settle for just internet fame
I want my own tv show, money to burn
In fact, I'd probably be happy with just something to earn
I'd probably start a line, so that I
Don't have to work over-time thinking up the dopest lines
I want it all man, the money, the fame
And when I get it, like everyone else, I'll probably complain
[Chorus]
Don't spend your life pretending
That some day it might happen
It won't fall in your lap
While you're lying on your back
You gotta get up and make a move
How long has it taken you
To get this far
And you ain't even a Superstar
[Outro]
You see it's like, people on the outside of this shit
They don't know what it takes
"It won't fall in your lap, while you're lying on your back
You gotta make a move"
You gotta work. Never settle for less.
If there's something you want in life, don't let it pass you by man.
"You ain't even a superstar"