Familiar Faces

By Rhymefest

On Dangerous: 5-18

Released on 2010

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[Hook] [Sample of Gary Jules's song 'Mad World']

"All around me are familiar faces

Worn out places, worn out faces

Bright and early for the daily races

Going nowhere, going nowhere

Hide my head I wanna drown my sorrow

No tomorrow, no tomorrow"


[Verse One]

They say don't put off tomorrow what you could finish today

(I say) The rest of your life's only seconds away

(I rate) Success of a life by decisions we make

(I hate) The fact that they judge every step we take

(I can't) Wait for the Lord, Revelation's my fate

(I paint) Pictures with words, fuchsia, teals and greys

(I shine) Hot as the sun you can feel my rays

No wait you can feel my rage

I'm burning inside, nobody can speak my language

We all wanna be different, but we doing the same shit

Wear the same clothes, same chains, same cars

Got the same goals, wanna be the same stars

Same heart break, we carry the same scars

I carry the same scars

And when you finally made it, it's no real friends, just smiling faces


[Hook]


[Verse Two]

Does it start on our birth day?

Half of us wasn't planned in the first place

Other half of us was given everything they got

There you have it, the have and the have-nots

I was born on a black spot

My life's a plane this song is the black box

Put it on, heed it

In the final five minute's of a genius the world will never see it

Never believe it

It's in our palms but we can't seize it

Within our reach but we don't reach it

Don't tell me that I can't be it

I haven't won till it ain't even

I ain't leaving till I ain't breathing

No apologies, no tears

No emotions, no fears

Look at my face you can't even see the years

But carved in the tree are the words "I was here"


[Hook]


[Verse Three]

No one can tell you what you oughta be

(My) My silent thoughts are heard audibly

(It's) It's like people don't have to talk to me

Their body language speaks louder just when they crossing me

Brushing me, bumping me, touching me, I can feel their energy

Hating me, loving me, cocaine and Hennessy

Mix it with ego's, music, models and industry

It's hard to separate reality from fantasy

So does it matter if I'm here or not?

If no one's around, could you hear the shot?

Would my father miss me, you think a tear would drop?

And would the world stop spinning and the clock stop?

I think not


[Hook]