Mecca Rebell - Scratch Pt. 1 [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[First Verse]
They say testing times serve as proving grounds
I wrote this just to vent my dawg tell me how it sounds
Could say I'm dope or it's bad either way I don't care
Long as it's good to me that's all that matters
That didn't even rhyme correctly
But who's here to follow the rules anyway?
Nod if you check me
Most cats follow the formula concerned with who the next be
Lost in competition like askin' peeps “Who the best be?”
Ain't gon' front, that's who I used to be
Not sayin' I'm better but I know better that's why I only try to be the better me
I'm talkin' love and truth to the entity
Fuck where the cheddar be
Greed makes the world your enemy
This goes without sayin' most importantly
Check what you respect cause life's what your perspective be
And if you take anything away I hope that it'd be
Influence maximized when effort's collectively what

[Chorus]
Never never never never, never never never, never never take for granted your team
Never never never never, never never never, change yourself to fit in someone else's scene
Never never never never, never never never, never never let peeps dull your beam
Never never never never, never never never, never never give up on your dreams

[Bridge]
How life works sista it's a funny thing
Cause those lookin' like angels us'ully be the fiends
How life works brotha it's a funny thing
Cause ain't anything ever be the way that it seems

[Second Verse]
I hate to admit lately I'm been feelin' uninspired
Maybe I got lucky before maybe I'm losin' my fire
I don't what the fuck's up but situation's lookin' dire
And both mental and physical be feelin' tired but
Y'all know me and if you don't I'll tell you right now
My last breath is the only time I'm staying down
Cause if I choose to stick with that tunnel vision and frown
I got no one to blame but myself for being bound
It's time we take responsibility for what's happenin'
That's why we feel powerless cause action'-in be what we lackin'-in
If you don't add what's good and minus what's bad you feel like a fraction-in
It's that simple that's what's crack-a-lackin'
In the process of lack of inspiration I've created one
Ain't it funny how that works?
No matta' how absurd an idea sounds
Listen to and nurture it
Run with it like Forrest
Fly with it like a bird, ya heard?

[Chorus]
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[Bridge]
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