Two kids, one guitar and a drum set
Two mics, December second, on a night to forget
A scrawny little punk and a European metalhead
One chord then two three four and here they go again
Seventy-five percent of those nights
They treated their basement like they were under the lights
Best shows they ever played were for walls of graffiti
I don’t know why I’m greedy now or need fame to feed me
I forget the afternoons we spent in Jason’s garage
With an 8-track, no Maybach, and sans an entourage
In the dead of February getting the kick to sound fat
Almost no one heard our songs and we were fine with that
It was back then I started to wonder if I could ever make it
Singing punk songs to four walls and the pavement
I would sing to escape and for the sake of creation
I wanted six million kids to us play in this place
But my location changed, it’s safe to say that so did my mind
My chemical makeup did and so did my style
Traded gratitude for attitude I’m mad at this new guy
Wish I was sixteen again, too angsty to lie

I’m a drunken punk kid, thin with eyes sunken in
Ego shrunken inwards inside out way with words
Heard of abstract hip-hop, got hooked and couldn’t stop
Listening and wishing I had rhymes to drop I put the
Pen to the paper to my mouth then to your ears
Don’t know when they’ll call me capable, nor how many years
I’ll have to wait but in the meantime I’ll transcend rejection
I’ll laugh with the fake smile when they tell me I don’t get it
Asking who I make my music for confused about my market
I make what I love, and I will starve to be an artist
Even though the days are long and sometimes each one’s the hardest,
Part of me is sure that these songs are where my heart is
When I don’t get supported or to open for my favorite bands
I can’t use a sample and dates change from other plans
I can’t spend my time silent violent or enraged or I gotta
Suck it up pick up my mic and live to spit another day

Not for sale
Though not for certain
Can’t decide
If this is worth it

Not for sale
Though not for certain
Can’t decide
If this is worth it