To face the music of a life considered lame and useless
To anyone not in this game that's ruthless, totally insane and proven
It doesn't play by rules, shit, if you think it does you're crazy foolish
I hate it's rooted so deep by these superficial dudes with whistles
Blowing foul shit about shooting pistols and chewing missiles
The path they choose is simple, I'm gonna pound the pavement
With a sound adjacent to tracks from the past that found amazement
In the ears of every town that played it when the day lit
Throughout the grave shifts until they become profoundly famous
Within every crowd who played it, I'll cross every lake and highway
Even if in every state the light fades and I'm forced to make it sideways
Because you want to have my pride break, I'll travel to hell and back
To sell my craft and tell you that in life I fucking failed and crashed
The weight on my shoulders caused my belt to crack, I felt the strap
Pop and snap, leaving welts so rash I've slowly believed the task
Is too much, but I see the wall and know I'm scaling that completely
Maybe putting myself through this pain will crucify and defeat me
Though I feel it completes me, and the passion from within feeds me
So I'm constantly eating, reaping the rewards I'm still not seeing
But believe me, I'm reading this book til I'm done, it's like looking for love
Run each foot into nubs, I'll do what I need to, push comes to shove
Let a fisher put a boat hook through a lung, let death be daring me
To give my every breath to charity if my soul will be left with clarity
If no girl I met would marry me, I'd go til my feet were blistered and bruised
My voice reduced to a whisper, it's true, as long as I get a listen from you
I'd take a trip to the moon, the ghettos to the porches of suburbs
Scorching in deserts, each morning get the word to the corners of the Earth
Til the day rain starts pouring from the dirt, in all the towns, every home
I'll take my sound to every road, shoes to the ground as I'm pounding the soles