Radioactive

By Ruby Ibarra

Released on April 4, 2014

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[Verse 1]

I'm waking up to ash and dust

I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust

I'm breathing in the chemicals

I'm breaking in, shaping up then

Checking out on the prison bus

This is it, the apocalypse


[Chorus]

I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones

To make my systems blow

Welcome to the new age, to the new age

Welcome to the new age, to the new age


[Post-Chorus]

Too high, can't come down

Losing my head, spinnin' 'round and 'round

Too high, can't come down

Losing my head, spinnin' 'round and 'round


[Verse 2]

I raise my flags, dye my clothes

It's a revolution, I suppose

We're painted red to fit right in, whoa

I'm breaking in, shaping up then

Checking out on the prison bus

This is it, the apocalypse


[Chorus]

I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones

To make my systems blow

Welcome to the new age, to the new age

Welcome to the new age, to the new age


[Post-Chorus]

Too high, can't come down

Losing my head, spinnin' 'round and 'round

Too high, can't come down

Losing my head, spinnin' 'round and 'round


[Bridge]

When I woke up this morning, I knew that today was the time that I'll better myself

A letter of wealth, 'cause I sense it'll help, and beyond any else, a reflection of self

So, what's the point of this platform that’s for speaking out if I don't know why I rap for?

Every syllable that’s poured I'll be sure that they want an encore from me but more of

Me when I'm peddling, knees feelin' heavy when

Leaning to givin' in, need to be competent

See, what I underwent, reason I comprehend

Need to be living in peace if I wanna win

Free with the pen I vent, feel the adrenaline

Dream like a kid again, breathe in the elements

Harder to see when asleep so I'm waking to be

And I stand and I run on my feet again

See, things come in threes, but in the end we break even

You'll have a win for your loss, the wind when you're lost 'cause you're bound to see change like the seasons

So it's I with the bars, open eyelids and heart

The fear in my mind are just islands apart

I’m defying the odds so I riot the art I'm too wired to buy into lies and remarks

They try to put a show like a pantomime crime, so never mind those with the power they lyin'

I'm a problem, a powerhouse, every last line, so I got em when I pound and I devour these rhymes

Cuz pow I'm a lion, empowered by lines, how's that for me tryin’ to tower these minds

On track like a power line, louder each time, bounce back, ain't no backin' down, 'cause its my time!


[Verse]

Oh, my God, I feel it in the air

Telephone wires above are sizzlin' like a snare

Honey, I'm on fire, I feel it everywhere

Nothin' scares me anymore


[Pre-Chorus]

I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones

To make my systems blow

Welcome to the new age, to the new age

Welcome to the new age, to the new age

[Post-Chorus] Got that summertime, summertime sadness

Got that summertime, summertime sadness

Got that summertime, summertime sadness

Oh, oh oh oh oh


[Outro]

Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, hey

To get up, get up, get up, get up, hey

Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, hey

To get up, get up, get up, get up, hey

Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, hey

To get up, get up, get up, get up, hey

Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up

To get up