Verocky - Five Years Lyrics

One year can change you
Two years can shape you
Three years can make you
Four years can break you
Five years on back at it again
For the very last time
Who said it's the end
Born as a poet
Grew up as a rapper
Wrote rhymes like an artist
And performed them on camera
Didn't listen to people
Hurt my friends and my fam
Thought I knew who I was
Now I know who I am
How did I get here?
Shit nobody knows
I'm sick on pretending
I'm on the edge of my toes
Didn't want to be a rapper
I wanted to be happy
Life's a shit storm
Like a new born nappy
A whirlwind of truths
In this sick world of youths
Who think fame is funny
And rap to be on the news
Man I never thought
I'd start writing lyrics and rap
But you know what
Curiosity did to the cat
Now million dollar rappers
With no budget or a plan
Two cent artists
Trying to do the best they can
Who say colour doesn't matter
Claim to be your brother
Preachers like you mother
But too afraid to utter a word or a verb
When it's their time to be heard
Self-conscious of hate
Afraid to follow the herd
Hard flow smart blow hard create art
Students want a reason but don't want to pay the price
People want success but too afraid to roll the dice
Community is torched by security at night
The government is failing we got too many rights
Society's complaining how do we end this fight
Each generations speaks
Each philosophy repeats
In a nation of degenerates
Hoping for easy benefits
They tell me where to go
They tell me what to think
They don't know how far I've come
They don't know I'm on the brink
Now lyrical rhymes
Ingrained in little kids minds
On the verge of going insane
They'll hear it a thousand times
Phenomenal metaphorical
Out of this world story telling
My wings may fall
But music keeps me propelling
Not stopping not selling
Stand up start yelling
From the edge of a cliff
Spit fire from riffs
They won't catch me till I'm gone
Sinking in the sand
They know who I was
But they don't know who I am