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As a child I was very socially awkward. I didn't know how to communicate with people, I was uncomfortable around large groups of people and growing up without my father I didn't know how to stand up for myself. That lead to a very difficult and lonely childhood. I started writing and making music when I was about 10 or 11 so growing up that's all I really had. It's one of those records where you record it, but have a hard time listening to it afterwards because it hits so close to home.

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Verse One:
June 20th, 1983
Hello world it is me
I'm here without a care in this world
Need attention that I share with this girl
Older sis, 7 year difference
Argue at first but we made it through our differences
All of a sudden Pops calling from a distance
Vague memories of his visits
Sis moved out, it's just me and Moms
When Granny died it's like they dropped a bomb
Family never was the same again
M.O. Bush, I came to win
Straight A student, I guess the teachers pet
Poppa never taught me how to be a threat
Socially awkward, keep to myself
Isolation, I guess it didn't help because

Hook:
Growing up all I had was me & my mic
Never had a friend here in this life
No wife, no kids, just me and this music biz
Drop to my knees and I pray ever night
Please Lord, help me make things right
Where did it all go wrong?
Just me & my microphone

Verse Two:
Poor as fuck, dress style lame
So at lunch, they called me names
I'd ignore, I don't hear what they saying
Zone out on the playground, playing
On the swings going real high
Close my eyes, wish I could fly
Away from the madness, the projects, the sadness
But this is reality, so damn tragic
At home, I wanna make a sandwich
But the stamps don't get here till the 3rd
And it's the 25th, stomach rumbling ya heard
You can call me a nerd
The black sheep, that strayed away from the herd
Heart made of gold, this can't be what I deserve
Fatherless child, that didn't fit the mold
Ticking time bomb just waiting to explode

Hook:
Growing up all I had was me & my mic
Never had a friend here in this life
No wife, no kids, just me and this music biz
Drop to my knees and I pray ever night
Please Lord, help me make things right
Where did it all go wrong?
Just me & my microphone

Verse Three:
In High School man, shit got hectic
Niggas gang banging, I ain't get the message
Piecing the puzzle like Tetris
At the Y, blowing trees with the niggas that I rep wit
Peers started slanging, I can't do that to my people
Fam already torn apart by D'evils
Got a conscious but will it last long
Black child lost, singing the same old song
Inner demons getting the best of me
Stop showing up to class, the pressure's stressing me
Stop caring about the life, man the shit's depressing me
Could a Higher Power just be testing me?
And they wonder why my heart turned cold
No regrets, I live the life that I choose
Lost soul at a fork in the road
No a friend in this life, just me & my mic

Hook:
Growing up all I had was me & my mic
Never had a friend here in this life
No wife, no kids, just me and this music biz
Drop to my knees and I pray ever night
Please Lord, help me make things right
Where did it all go wrong?
Just me & my microphone

credits

from To Whom It May Concern​.​., released July 2, 2010
Produced by SINIMA

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adVerSity is an underground Hip-Hop artist from South Phoenix, Arizona, an audio engineer and founder of Phx Rising Records, LLC. His goal is to produce creative works to inspire and connect with people who have walked down similar paths in life.
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