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Dream Sequence

from Lost Road EP by Above Average

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Dream Sequence:

Verse 1:
It started as a dream from a zero self-esteem teen.
The opposite of lean, when he stepped on the scene.
Slept on it seemed, no respect for his team,
Cleverly better than every MC in the ring.

So the kid started rappin just for the hell of it,
He was out of his element, dealing with hella pessimists.
His rhymes were excellent. Executin perfectionist.
But folks was negligent to the youngins intellegence.

He was hella spent,
never tryna get the cheddar, mozzarella settlement.
To him, rockin a show was sex, and he was celibate.
just a single opening gig to him heaven sent.

Music was his medicine, somethin that settled him.
Did it for the betterment of himself he’d never quit.
Not the shit, all he wanted was to be relevant.
Steady chasin his dream sequences til he’s celebrant
That was it

Verse 2:
But then he woke up,
Back to munchin cold cuts,
Stank
Ran to the bathroom, he had to throw up,
Rank,
Knownin he had no fame was a cold one.
Lame
Back to rappin all alone to no one.
Blank,

He was over that. Told his folks he’s growin old and drove the Chevy Nova,
Roller coaster to the coast to boast his golden raps.
Attract some labels with his hopes, dope fables, finna bulldoze haters,
No coke nosed woven trash.

It’s spoken fact. That if you wanna make it then there’s no holdin back,
No strings attached no thinkin act.
React to the crap that they threw at you.
Independently producin music that you knew was true.

So he flew the coop. drew a slough of stupid tunes,
stupid I mean beautiful. Tunes, I mean musical.
The juvenile was tryna prove that soon he would suitable
inscrutable evidence lead to him wreckin usuals.

He started gettin booked
receivin different looks.
Believin in himself-wealth he was livin good.
In a different hood, the rapper was misunderstood.
And soon he would be known by everybody, man he had em hooked.

What I’m tryin to say is that you gotta put in work.
Luck is a factor but rappers gotta make music first.
Dapper slappers worse when crappy slackers don’t smash a verse.
Never kickin back cuz music is a savage curse.

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from Lost Road EP, released May 23, 2013

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DIY Santa Rosa, California

DIY is a hip-hop group from Santa Rosa, California. Louis Strongarm, Above Average, and Be Smooth combined forces to write, produce, and promote with each other, creating DIY. Yes, they do in fact do it themselves.

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