Kid Pharaoh - Soul Searching [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

Soul searchin’ I’m just tryna find just who I am
Wanna look up in that mirror wanna see that man
I’ve worked hard to become, but lately it ain’t been working
All this self doubt, now I’m here and I’m searching
Striving for perfection, but it’s out of reach
We been spitting since the days of playing in the streets
Tryna change my reality with the words I speak
Tryna show you who I am with these rhythms and beats
Grew up with VHS & Cassette tapes
Those MC’s with the flow that’d make your neck break
I knew then I wanted to be great some day
And one day, that I would be the greatest some way
They say make more happy shit, but this here my honest music
If I wanna do it, know I always gotta stay the truest
Dropped that accent, screw being somebody else
Fuck ‘em if they ain’t feeling it, I’m just here being myself
What’s the point of acting different to fit in with all the others
Why pretend to be them when I can show my true colours
And create a masterpiece with the beats, the technique
Don’t sweat it, don’t you forget it, change the game with every session
Progression is evident, these days man I’m getting it
The respect I deserve, wanna preserve and stay relevant
I put in all this work so I’m hoping it benefits
Doing me, my identity don’t wanna edit it
See I look up in the sky & I wonder what’s my calling
Then I go & write my rhymes and realise I’m made for it
I see people everyday giving up on their ambitions
But my passion so strong, I gotta stick with it

Let the beat ride
I said I gotta stick with it, stick with it
It’s my destiny, listen

People askin’ bout my plans for the future
What Uni you tryna enter, what course you wanna get to
When you gonna graduate, what jobs are you applying
I’m just listing my frustrations man this shit ain’t even rhyming but damn
The world puts all this weight up on my shoulders
All I hear is HSC & ATAR they tryna hold us
And control us, put us in a box like we some damn sneakers
But I’m tryna change my life with these sounds up in your speakers
Yeah, they say I’ll never live the life that I’m trying to live
But don’t let small minds tell you that your dreams are too big
I said that line a year ago, I’ll never change it though
And that’s what got me attention all up on the radio
Yeah, I knew when that happened anything was possible
Tryna show you it’s possible to make your own Chronicles
Coz everybody want to make me fit in
And just be like the rest, but to me it’s like a sin
To give up on your dreams and to try assimilate
Doing everything I can to make it and to do it great
Despite all of this weight that I told you’s on my shoulders
With these dreams I got here, it’s far from mediocre

Look, lemme tell you one thing

Soul searchin’ I’m just tryna find just who I am
Wanna look up in that mirror wanna see that man
I’ve worked hard to become, best believe I’ll make it work man
You’ve just witnessed my soul searching

The chronicles, anything is possible
Anything is possible