Dead or Alive

By Rustage

On Wanted

Released on July 26, 2024

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[Verse]

Dead or alive

I used to think I had plenty of time

Guess that's a lie

Not in the mood to be stepping aside

Set em alight

Not burning bridges just severed the ties

Whole bunch of people forgetting their pride

There ain't no person who's better than I

Views in the negative

Wanna compete but you don't have the membership

Put in the effort you put in tweeting

Into making music than you'd bе more relevant

I madе the room for the elephant

'Cause I'm so sick of the shit that they peddling

Proud of your internet cleverness

Posting your pics of your kid on the net before he could consent to it

Hold on, let me test the system

Can't talk shit then go spread your wisdom

Give your advice, but forget to listen

You'd rather act nice than be helping victims

Neutral talking from your big position

Silence voices with the shit you've written

Ain't no choices, not a split decision

You got dummies talking like ventriloquism

There's just a flaw in the judgment

And some of these men will be looked to like fathers, wait

I'm not a fan of discussions that people hop on and start labelling drama, wait

Two people hashing it out, and then randoms will circle around like piranhas

Don't wanna hear all the takes and opinions of children still crawling around in pyjamas, wait

Can't make a name, so you're gonna take mine

Dig a gravesite, littered with all of your same rhymes

It's Ironic that they suck when they hating on gay pride

'Cause I've seen too many rappers ain't acting how they write

They be talking all big on the web and their stage mics

But you're not supporting artists, you dabble in AI

Like, brother, you be putting that shit in the daylight

And expect us to believe you're not living a fake life, ay, ay

Maybe I'm just late to the action

Hate in replies worth the same interactions

They go online just to chase the reaction

And play on the lie to create a distraction

Claim they a knight, but they aiding the dragon

That's just the statement you made with your absence

Sick of these bozos all wasting they talents

On spreading a message of hate with compassion, uh

Ain't nobody listen to your vision

That's because you're garbage, stop blaming the algorithms

Spending all your money on edits and sound equipment

When not paying for your features and claiming it's altruism

Copy what I'm doing like thinking I found the system

When the only thing I'm doing is making my own decisions

You treat it like it's a business, like having fun is forbidden

So I'm sick of all these people still posting like they musicians

Never jumping on the track because you say so

I remember days when I was stranded with no way home

Now you wanna say you didn't treat me like scapegoat

I won't be forgetting how you saw me when my pay low

Seeing all these people that be drawing their own halo

Colour in the lines without the irony that they know

Wanna face the storm then you should go and pack a raincoat

Only give you credit when I'm labelling your gravestone