Two Steps Back

By Dr Flea

On Keep On Moving

Released on June 20, 2014

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[Intro]

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[Verse 1]

All I got is honour and pride

A few pills and a lot on my mind

A few problems bottled inside

Me? I feel hollow inside

Come walk with me

Yeah, just come follow behind

'Cause the way I feel right now

Not even a clock could stop my time

My time is now

'cause I fill my pen with heart

And write it down

I let that pain flow, no game show

But I wipe it out

Feel my pain, gotta write it down

[?] hype and the sound of the mic and the crowd

So ain't no way you're gonna tie me down

Get lost in [?]

We can escape no matter what's on your mind

Go and find a place I ain't gone in my life

While I'm wide awake [?] sky

Say I wanna vibe out when I'm lost in my mind

But I can't, someone give me a [?]

Or a time and place I can write back

'Cause every night and day I'm seeing life collapse


[Chorus]

I don’t wanna watch another day go by

So I stay so high thinking, 'I wanna escape this'

Praying that this rapper shit with change my life

Can’t take my time if I really wanna make it

And I do, and no one's gonna get in my way

Some dudes out there think I’ve changed, I’m still the same that I’ve been from day

I ain't changed, man, I’m just on my grind

Following my game plan, utilising time


[Verse 2]

Wreck those beats and I get so deep

Just writing my mind when I pen those sheets

Creative mind, I’m awake all night

With a page [?] can’t get no sleep

Yeah, I fought nights

Feel like I ain’t slept in a fortnight

Days ain’t long enough, need more time

As I take each breath and I walk by

I see these demons and they

Whispering in my ears still

I hear these demons and they

Just won’t disappear still

They wanna go deep inside

My brain's lost and it ain’t easy to find

Or maybe I’m just sleep-deprived

Thinking other people can read my mind

I feel separated

That’s why I’m medicated

Every day [?]

Pen to the paper, I’m dedicated

Wondering if I’ll ever make it

I'ma just keep [?] this music

It-it don’t matter if I do

'Cause it’s so therapeutic


[Chorus]

I don’t wanna watch another day go by

So I stay so high thinking, 'I wanna escape this'

Praying that this rapper shit with change my life

Can’t take my time if I really wanna make it

And I do, and no one's gonna get in my way

Some dudes out there think I’ve changed, I’m still the same that I’ve been from day

I ain't changed, man, I’m just on my grind

Following my game plan, utilising time


[Verse 3]

At fourteen, I was a weed head

Fifteen is when I hit speed

At sixteen, I started spitting these

Sixteens to relieve stress

At seventeen, I need meds

I’ve come so far

[?] I’m starting to think 'was I ever clean?'

[?] last two years was a dream, yep

I’ve been a lean head

Still tryna get clean, yep

Well, at least I admitted it clean

I call this living my dreams

But maybe I just need to dream less

'Cause each morning and each breath

I [?] sleep less

I think I need [?]

But I don’t wanna see death

So I gotta keep on walking

But I take precaution with each step

I’m in deep, yep

When I think back, so many regrets

[?] I put myself in a situation

Not thinking I'd get this depressed

Have I had enough?

Should I just go pack it up?

Fuck your past, gotta use the present

A gift for the future, wrap it up

That’s just what that rapping does

I got the passion and love

But I’m good with words, not numbers

And shit ain’t adding up


[Chorus]

I don’t wanna watch another day go by

So I stay so high thinking, 'I wanna escape this'

Praying that this rapper shit with change my life

Can’t take my time if I really wanna make it

And I do, and no one's gonna get in my way

Some dudes out there think I’ve changed, I’m still the same that I’ve been from day

I ain't changed, man, I’m just on my grind

Following my game plan, utilising time

“I let that pain flow, no game show But I wipe it out”
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They allow their pain to surface in their music, but they also have a mechanism for coping with or overcoming it, perhaps through the act of writing itself. “No game show” emphasizes the authenticity and seriousness of their pain, not for entertainment.

“Me? I feel hollow inside”
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A deep sense of emptiness or emotional numbness.

“A few pills and a lot on my mind”
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They mention having pills, which suggests medication or possibly drugs, while also carrying a heavy mental burden.

“A few problems bottled inside”
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The artist is holding onto internal struggles, not expressing them openly.

“Come walk with me Yeah, just come follow behind”
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An invitation to the listener to understand their journey, to witness their struggles.