Do ? I Like

By Neph

On The Black Box EP

Released on December 14, 2013

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[Sample]

Don't you ever want to be just you?

Not enslaved by your own conditioning, to be free?

But I am free. I’m free to have the most wonderful time

Everybody’s happy nowadays

But wouldn’t you like to be free, to be happy in your own way

And not somebody else’s?

I simply don’t understand you

Yeah

Welcome to the black box

(I do what I like)

Nephilim


[Verse 1]

Yeah

I grew up a screw up

But you know what?

It made me the man I am

As my fam I was an early bloomer

But also a heavy consumer

Addictive personality

Would gradually lead to the cure

Who would’ve knew a, gift from James Bay to move to Langford

Ended up plotting himself in Vancouver and proceed to maneuver

Myself to succeed. I stink, came out the sewer

But I’m clean, I brushed the dirt off of my shoulder

Now when rappers show up

I can definitely smell manure

I’m treading carefully, perfect my recipe

Eventually all the writers swarm

But tried to get the best of me

No rest, I’ve got the tightest form

Like I was born for this test

No rest for an absent mind

I guess I’m the one to help bring some consciousness

To this mess hanging on by a lifeline

Yeah, and I’ve been working my whole lifetime

Trying to master what happens when I start thinking about my actions

It seems to bring satisfaction

These rappers only answer to the questions I’ve been asking

Been going Mad Max'ing

My home is like the Thunderdome

I’ve got a graveyard full of poems

Hand chiselled on stone tones

Busy artist so I’m alone

Relationships never last

I never answer my phone

And every time my excuse is “sorry, I’m too stoned”

But you knew I was reclusive so now when I roll

The only one beside me is my fucking song

Should have been that way all along

But it just so happens that love is just like a trap

It’s too strong

So I’ve got my pride intact but my patience is long gone

Man, I barely even phone home

Because lately I’ve been writing like it just might fucking save me

See me at the round table

Mad’s passing the gravy, P1 uncork the wine

Rob the Viking invited me, he’s just adjusting the vinyl

Vital signs for hiding idol, we called up all the warriors

Gather up, Vancouver emporium, shattering borders