Reaching Outer Space

By Kensa

On Strange Weather in Manila

Released on November 25, 2023

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[Intro: Kensa, Soupherb, Glenys]

What it's like to be living the dream?

What it's like to be living the dream?

What it's like to be living the dream?

I can't wait to know how it feels

What it's like to be living the dream?

What it's like to be living the dream?

What it's like to be living the dream?

I can't wait to know how it feels


[Verse 1: Soupherb]

Made it rain, paid to win, no use to continue playing

Pressed reset, wake up again, to lose everything in the morning

Still making decisions, real hustlers will accept any offers

Take mе closer to a deal or a slot in a gig or a concert

Maybе a crib for the fam to grill some steak and lamb

Fill the cooler with juice and booze

Take your time, there's so much to choose

All in, left it all to the river to win me the pot

Don't need much cash but enough for making ends meet come to a stop

I'm always broke, not just my wallet but my spirit

I'm only still standing 'cause I have these other gimmicks

We be bricking or be swishing like we're wearing 24

First to open the door, last to walk out the floor

I really need to catch my breath

I've been pushing like a bull to have a life with no regrets

Is this living to the fullest? None of this is making sense

How can I enjoy the harvest if there's nothing to collect?

Whoop!


[Hook: Kensa & Soupherb]

What it's like to be living the dream?

Nobody livin' off the streets, every person gets a meal

No imprisonment to bills, aim as high as you can reach

Oh, I wish we all had the same means

What it's like to be living the dream?

No peasants, no kings, topple down all regimes

Justice is imperative to realize true peace

Oh, I can't wait to know how it feels

[Verse 2: Kensa, Glenys]

Word up to the fighters in the frontline smashin' rogue blocks

Fuck the cops!

All these lynchin' bastards, pay them no trust!

Focus on the matter, too many broken dreams they shattered

So go pick up the piano to eliminate that old rust

Keep composing, every minute lost is gold crushed

My vocation is choppin' these beats 'til I find that perfect soul cut

We're fighting for the children from these ignorant grown-ups

Who say the arts is a dead-end dream

But they never dreamed of anything for us to go up!

What is a dream if you don't got the proper means to attain it?

What is a dream if there's no repose for the working man in the land where you stay in?

Impoverished farmers working much harder

This goes to all the blue-collared

Exploited by red tape behind white lies just to blacken out their true colors

I said: Ready, set, and go!

Rats on a race to the corporate ladder

The pie in the sky is all that matters

Everyone's searchin' the ultimate answer

They pay us a penny and make us believe that the wishing well is true

So we work for a penny and starve and thirst to death while they bear our fruits

Damn!


[Hook: Kensa & Soupherb]

What it's like to be living the dream?

Nobody livin' off the streets, every person gets a meal

No imprisonment to bills, aim as high as you can reach

Oh, I wish we all had the same means

What it's like to be living the dream?

No peasants, no kings, topple down all regimes

Justice is imperative to realize true peace

Oh, I can't wait to know how it feels


[Bridge: Kensa & Soupherb & Glenys]

What it's like to be living the dream?

What it's like to be living the dream?

What it's like to be living the dream?

I can't wait to know how it feels

What it's like to be living the dream?

What it's like to be living the dream?

What it's like to be living the dream?

I can't wait to know how it feels


[Verse 3: Kensa]

The dream is dead

The dream is dead

Yo, the dream is dead!

'Cause the reality is...

You couldn't even pay rent if you ain't working day and night shifts

Working three jobs to sustain a family of six

Livin' the dream is an illusion, only suffering and misery exists

They say that you would reach the top if you were diligent enough

You gotta hustle, be belligerent and tough

Then they shame on you if your asking price is vastly high

Despite having all the right to do it!

You're slowly getting more desperate to earn commissions

So you would settle for terrible work conditions

They say money's in the eye of the beholder

Everybody's underpaid 'cause they don't know their worth

Now work, work it 'til you die

It's the purpose of life, suck it up until you die

Oh, by the way, I heard you haven't gotten life insurance

Wanna buy?

You'll be under deep shit if you don't, and you die