A Good Place to Start, by Joey the Dreamer (2024)

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Hello (Hello)Y'all don't know me really well soLet me get acquainted to you jolly good fellowsI was underground when I wrote thisCouldn't copy my flows even if your sharingan was in focusOhayoGozaimasuI'm here to lift and elevate your thoughtsI like to rap and I like to rockAnd I like to Jazz to top it all offHello (Hello)I don't do this for cloutPrimary mission initially helping family outSmall recognition eventually helped me figure this outCould do without all the fame, impacting what it's aboutOhayoGozaimasuI'm the anime addict fanatic that's up on your blockIf I was a superhero, I guess I'd be static shockLet's stop the rapping and lets start with the rockBaby baby, give me your energyI'm ready yeahThis war in our heart stops now!Baby baby, give me your energyI'm ready yeahThis war in our heart stops now!Baby baby, give me your energyI'm ready yeahThis war in our heart stops now!SayonaraThis is goodbyeThe last verse rehearsed, I'm kicking it wiseI'm straight, no debate, fill in the linesI love her hips and the look in her eyesBut I'm still broken insideI just figured that eventually I'd cope with my lifeMusically I'm a hybrid of dopeness and shySo I'm emo out of habit, so I scream in my mindSayonaraTo tell you the truthThat's the only reason here, why I spit in the boothI want people in society to strive to be betterTry to live honestly despite all of the cheddarWe receive, no need to be corrupted by greedNever smoked weed and I hope that I succeedIt's a dope thing to be received as I amMake a wave with the change, it apart of the planIt goes!

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A lovely day that we've made, I'm chilling with my brethrenNo black or white, red or blue, my people come togetherHip hop and rock, with some soul I put it all togetherHope you can see what I see, when I see us togetherThis is our chanceI just want people to danceI think that we should be friendsWe holding handsIt don't matter if you're white or south Asian, Malaysian or FrenchI got a planWhen we come together ain't no mountain surmounting the planGive all my sisters the hypeTell all the women I likeAll the women that I loveThat I love them and give them a hugFeel I'm at peace like a dovePretty ladies throw it backBraggadocios with the rapsBut I'm humble with actAll I speak is true factsGet emA lovely day that we've made, I'm chilling with my brethrenNo black or white, red or blue, my people come togetherHip hop and rock, with some soul I put it all togetherHope you can see what I see, when I see us togetherGive me a handI'm the illest ever in the landRealest ever I'm the champStand on my handsI was in bandNow I'm playing with bandAnd I'm coming for the bandsThe rhythm is grandHere's what I'll doI'ma give you something newGive you something you can chewOut of the blueCame to kill it and you feeling it tooThe feeling is mutBuddy I'm niceI'm the cream without the iceCatch me fiending for the lightsShining so brightSteal the spirit of the nightScream the lyrics if I'm rightI am a starI'ma make it really farI get my strength from the scarsSo if you burn me, I'll take the hurtingAnd play with a new deck of cardsGet em

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Kill your whole clan like ItachiGrill like HibachiHit like Rocky in the ringI'm too sickBut f*** taking medicineMy competitors pop pills cause their rhetoric is irrelaventI'm malevolentTake this sh** to another levelElevated, more precious than ivory in elephantsMind stay celibateI don't give a f*** on a plane, on a train, haters squawk like pelicansI treat my women like a goddessAnd she got a body that is so hypnoticGoals in my vision be skewedCause the booty so big, it be blocking my viewNah, I'm not obsessed with her big chestMore obsessed with her heart, that's where the art restsI don't need to brag about banging chicks you seeWhen I sing, chicks wanna bang me"Wait, what?!"That's reverse psychology, words like molotovsNo apologiesStudy flows like topologyThe deeper that it gets, the harder that it is to follow meBy that logic, I do not existI'm a ghost on the microphone, floating through the mistI'm confidently nerdy and you're boringFlip the bird at you a thousand times, call it a chidoriI don't even need a featureI spit fire like a f***ing Uchiha (Katon: Gyuokakuu no jutsu)Used to have a fro like a chia petNow I'm on the throne as a triple threatI see through the lies of the fakeHock venom more putrid than a poisonous snakeI'm a man who can rap and can rockSo I take the jazz and I just spazz like the DocSo stop playing aroundI'm the illest and the chillest you can pass me the crownNever slowing down going super sonic with the soundI'm the coldest and the boldest, you don't want another roundFrom the side of town where the people drive around drunkWith a tree stuck through the windshieldI'm the real deal, should've been stopped by the copsBut I can never be stopped

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I am not the one you want a war with sonThis is not a battle its a slaughter hunHarbor the fun for the last of my active barsAcidic massively tragic trauma scarsDarker than arts my heart could hardly spewBrighter in parts than anyone ever knewI don't need a mini-gun to chop your soul in twoAnyone that feels like tempting ain't got much to losePierce like hadouken giant fire ballsUse all your ashes blast into open wallsLyrics so magical that they could pass through bricksBandwagon haters can learn how to suck my d---They must got a death wish trying to get buck with meHalf of these rappers don't know they ABC's123, 123, 123Mess with me, I clap back violentlyThis is my timeI'ma take itIf you feel thisBaby shake itKilled my heroesI'm what's left nowCount the zerosOn the check nowThis is my timeI'ma take itIf you feel thisBaby shake itKilled my heroesI'm what's left nowCount the zerosOn the check nowI am not a Mayan, I'm an Aztec warrior godRip through defenses like I'm a senseless hogBetter get a grip, cause once I go, I'm goneZero to a milli, know I run it like a marathonParenthetically, I'm medically obstinateI don't need no medication to be on my s---Peace to my competitors they better call a doctor quickThey in the ER overdosed on the opiatesFlow so hot that the air gets lit on queSpeaking of fecal matters my team just sh-- on youYou reek of defeat, yeah we can all see its trueThe only feat that you're gonna get is from me and my crewMy melody, iller than a vat of atomic wasteA felony, haI'll tell you what can catch around this astounding timeA can of whoop a-- I unleash when I'm beasting rhymesThis is my timeI'ma take itIf you feel thisBaby shake itKilled my heroesI'm what's left nowCount the zerosOn the check nowThis is my timeI'ma take itIf you feel thisBaby shake itKilled my heroesI'm what's left nowCount the zerosOn the check now

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Hope you seeThat I'm not, fallingYou should sleepWith one eye, openHope you seeThat I'm not, fallingYou should sleepWith one eye, open

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Born againAnother chance to right his sinsSo innocently formed againstThe pain to comeStronger nowSome trips around the sun allowedThe beating mass to stand its groundAnd honed in youthHere it breaksIt's louder than a bomb it shakesHis core and all his breath it takesHe screams at the moonHis anger swellsThis misery a cage in hellHe ravages his mind untilHe finds his museBelieve it or notI write you this message with all the intents of my heartAin't nobody looking out for meI thought of jumping off the balcony before I even gave this a shotThere's a lot of things we do we regretI was snapping on my sister for the littlest s---I had to wake up there's bigger reasons I should be upsetI ain't addressing 'em yet, you know that I gotta respectAll them cold nights that taught me to survive as a manNot every path that we go down is apart of the planI took a stand and I made it here despite what they saidMy old friends, fake friends just shaking they headsBut you should follow your heartF--k them haters they ain't never really playing a partStay on the sidelines while my bars start taking the chartsI catalyzed my pain into artHow many dark nights did I really have to just pray to the skies?We always realize too late that the hate and the liesDo not serve usOur purpose is a bigger one stillI'm just trying to go long for the stealPay for family mealsI'm talking like it is just you and meUsually I tend to be chill, but its too realConceal lunacy to get through to meDo not speak futilely, I am not the same person I use to beI reawakened all the parts of myselfI didn't think could be loved by anyone elseThen realized that's the part that I had all alongMy heart rearranged into song, soSo long to the doubt and the fear that I hadI'm a celestial being with a mythical pastInstagram that sh-- go put your heart on blastGo put your heart on blast

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BrokenInside I felt so lonelyWhere the hell am I goingI'm so distraughtYou are the only hope I've gotHold meSo close, I think I'm fadingAway please don't be shakenThis boy is lostInside his deepest, darkest thoughtsMommaI love your soul, so dearlyI wish you could see clearlyThe scars I holdThey match in ways we'd never knowFatherIt seems we just grow fartherApart the more time passes byYour not to blameWe've all got demons we need to hang

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When I think about you, my mind out of controlI'll never know romance, cause you were part of my soulTried letting go to adapt to society's flowA silver lining you had turned into goldThis is heartbreak for art's sakeI couldn't sell it on shark tankThe scars stayed as a permanent markerMy heart was the whiteboardYour eyes were the knife-swordsTried moving on, its apparent that I'm stuck to you stillMy parents' separation really hadn't struck me untilI realized there wasn't a chance of getting you backIn that moment, that's when I felt that my heart had collapsedWith no warning, the tears stopped as quick as they cameFilled the emptiness with music just to easen the painOvercame by the joy that I found in the danceSo won't you hold my hand?So come and dance with meUnder the moonlight, my fantasyIt's not final, at least it wasn't meant to beTake my hand and seeCome and dance with meUnder the moonlight, my fantasyIt's not final, at least it wasn't meant to beTake my hand and see(One more time)(One more time)(One more time)(Please just one more time)(One more time)(One more time)(One more time)(Please just one more time)Hey, miss murder can IThank you for swinging by?I thought that I would die but you changed my mindWo-oa-oh

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I feel like its destinyMaybe it was meant to beOh, burning like a raging fireYou're the one that I desireTold her come on girl get closerNo need to be shyI saw what you wantedGleaming in your eyeYou could be my babyLet's go for a rideYou know my heart stuttersEvery time you smileShe said come on boy get closerNo need to be shyI saw what you wantedGleaming in your eyeYou could be my babyLet's go for a rideYou know my heart stuttersEvery time you smileI feel like its destinyMaybe it was meant to beOh, burning like a raging fireYou're the one that I desireFrom the frontTo the backIf you wave your hands like thatGo aheadLose controlLet the music take your body from your soul

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I spent more time playing piano and inside of my headThan with my family or even beside my closest friendsI never really had a lot of faith in people soMy heart would shatter as soon as I felt the trust would growSo forgive me if I ever seem too distant nowThe only way I'll stay afloat is if I'm in the cloudsIt's hard to bear the burden of leadership passed to meI just inherited the vision, its a masterpieceBaby we'll be ok, just hold my handDon't worry, I'll be right beside youHoney I know it hurts just come to meYou're not alone, I'm right behind youYour heart is safe with me, you're safe to beYourself truly, don't gotta hide itPlease don't give up on meSo many people here are really counting on youHardly a kingdom if the heartless still atop the crownSo I drown out all of my sorrows with the illest soundsI've been around the block a couple times, it's not enoughMy feelings crushed by episodic depressive uppercutsThe thunder of self destruction still ringing in my earsTherapeutic the music lingers in vacant tearsThe irony of the place that I stayedWas the name of the same girl that got taken awayBaby we'll be ok, just hold my handDon't worry, I'll be right beside youHoney I know it hurts just come to meYou're not alone, I'm right behind youYour heart is safe with me, you're safe to beYourself truly, don't gotta hide itPlease don't give up on meSo many people here are really counting on you

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They say love is a drugLove can conquer the hateWe go back and forth in the court all dayOnly thing I can sayI wish we could stop the fighting, its frightening to seeWhat we do to the kidsThey the ones who gotta live with the consequencesThat we give to 'emAnd expect them to find love on their ownCome from a broken homeLike everything's normalThis is my heart forgiveMe for leaving you when you needed meI was bleeding on the insideBut I'm out of hiding nowI swallow my pride just trying to reconcileSo I want you to knowYou inspire my soulWithout you there was noHope for me in this homeSo I want you to knowYou inspire my soulWithout you there was noHope for meCause when I'm with youThere ain't nothing that I can't do (yeah)Baby its trueWhen I'm without you, I feel so blue, so blueWhen I'm with youThere ain't nothing that I can't do (yeah)Baby its trueWhen I'm without you, I feel so blue, so blueFeel my heart in my chestBeating never can restWith you I'm in a blissful stateLike meditating on a cloud surrounded by a simple fateI'm grateful for your loveYou showed me the wayNow I use everything that you gaveIt won't go to wasteFunny thing about loveIt can't always stayYou were only here with me a momentThen you fade awayI'll never forget you til' the day I dieStill I cryWonder if in different livesWe don't have to say goodbyeBut for now this pain I writeCause when I'm with youThere ain't nothing that I can't do (yeah)Baby its trueWhen I'm without you, I feel so blue, so blueWhen I'm with youThere ain't nothing that I can't do (yeah)Baby its trueWhen I'm without you, I feel so blue, so blueCause when I'm with youThere ain't nothing that I can't do (yeah)Baby its trueWhen I'm without you, I feel so blue, so blueWhen I'm with youThere ain't nothing that I can't do (yeah)Baby its trueWhen I'm without you, I feel so blue, so blue

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Put your hands up, its a robbery heistI don't got time to explain or be niceI'ma need all of your iceThe price that I pay isn't rightThis a stick up so gimme the lootI only speak three words, I am grootBut money don't grow on treesAnd money is all I needEm said it best, I ain't went gold on one songI'm blowing up your lawn with smoke bombsWithout the dough, I might implode like GohanIn the Cell games, my cellmates an ex-conMoney be the root of evil, still trueMoney be the reason people kill foolsI'm strugglingTired of being a peonNeeding no better to snap and stillWith ill groovesSlave to the economyI'm underneath the upper classThey wonder what bothers meI'm drowning in a sea of debtI'm working my ass all dayJust to pay my mortgage backMight be on the news some dayEmbezzling aristocratsPut your hands down, the nice guy's backI don't have any reason to attackI am not hungry, starving, a poor man on the streetsPlummeting socially begging for cashNah, nah, nah, yeah I'm richI could eat for days and steal your old missI could get play no matter what situationNo innovation trumps thisDon't complain to me you're still poorYou lack what it takes to make it, no doorsWill open up, damn I closed it shutIt's a rough time for most of you butThere's a small chance of you making it outIf you strip naked and shake it aboutFake you don't hate it and lay on the groundWhile the capital I make takes food from your mouthSlave to the economyI'm underneath the upper classThey wonder what bothers meI'm drowning in a sea of debtI'm working my ass all dayJust to pay my mortgage backMight be on the news some dayEmbezzling aristocrats

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There are two types of people in this worldThose who can survive it, and those who cannotThis life is not easy, and God will not spare any mercy on youIf you want to survive, you must not fear painYou will fightYou will killYou will bleedAnd you will sufferYour suffering may become so unbearable that you may wish you were never bornYou can take your life if you so choose, but rememberThis life is not a vacuumThere will be consequences to your every decisionYou will held accountable for every step, every action, every syllable you utterYour life may end as soon as you start itOr you might get luckyYou might be blessed with caring parentsA supportive commnityTrue loveGenuine friendshipsGreat geneticsEconomic prosperityA clear identityA clear purposeBut rememberNo matter what happensNo matter what you believeYour race, your wealth, your social status or anything elseYou can't escape deathIt's a crazy lifeIt gives so much just to take it rightI try to keep my faith in sightBut some days all I feel is pain insideGod, mercy meI just really hope that the air I breatheIs worth something, dare I seek to make change in societyI fight for peace, I fight for peaceYeah I fight for peace, but I don't know whyAll I ever see on the news is liesAll I ever see is revenge and hateAnd they stack it all up on your dinner plateWe build walls just to tear us apartSteal from each other, kill one anotherUse our brothers, ignore our mothers when they give us adviceBut then we cry at the funeral whyTell me why we always gotta fightTell me why I cannot sleep at nightTell me why my demons never dieTell me why we never empathizeWhy we always brag about the clothesWhy we gotta use the word 'hoe'Why we never think outside of the boxWhy the whitest never listen to PacWhy the blackest never listen to BachIt's so obvious that the clock is ticking for bothSo to close the gap we should give it a shotSo forget-me-notForgive me now for the words I jotMy life reflects the world I seeA deeply flawed human so mercy meMy life reflects the world I seeA deeply flawed human so mercy meWe fall down, but we get upWe fall down, but we get upWe fall down, but we get upYeah, yeahWe fall down, but we get upWe fall down, but we get upWe fall down, but we get upYeah, yeahThe good die youngCan't hold my peace, won't bite my tongueThe world I know has just begun to wake upAnd it can't be undonePray for us and all our sinsPray for all the hurt we tend to make worseOur curse is our own demiseBow my head, close my eyesThe good die youngCan't hold my peace, won't bite my tongueThe world I know has just begun to wake upAnd it can't be undonePray for us and all our sinsPray for all the hurt we tend to make worseOur curse is our own demiseBow my head, close my eyes like...

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It's the dawn of a new, new eraWe won't stop and no we won't back downIt's the dawn of a new, new eraCommon thieves will never take our crownsRaise our voices, until you hear emFight these tyrants until they breakMarch in masses they best stay clear ofLest they come here to incite rageTake the pain of your great ancestorsLet em know, why you're here todayThis is not just a revolutionThis means warAnd we're here to sayI'm getting tired of everybody's little political debatesIt's time to take a stand to erase the hateMake it great and I hate to stateThat's this country's fate is looking grimmerLike it's day by daySo we need to uniteCause I really really really really really reallyHate when we fightAnd we need to stop blaming it on black or the whiteRich or the poor, it's like a war and we feel it alrightSo stop gaslighting, and fact fighting the truthIt hurts to see the damage that we cause to the youthThe future is in our hands stop playing aloofEvery day is a decision, be aware what you chooseEvery day is a decision, be aware what you chooseEvery day is a decision, be aware what you chooseCause at the, end of the day your venomous rageReflects back to you from the actual decisions you makeAnd I choose peaceBut sometimes you gotta fight and fight and fightFor what you believeSo put down those guns that they want you to squeezeHold onto the hope and that faith when you singAnd if I have to carry a weapon to teach a lessonLet it be my rhetoric etiquette that I'm reppingLet it be my brethren's destiny never lessenedNever let it question the reason I give the messageWe are not complicit, we will be protestingThis grotesque system we live in, that's no restingFight for the sake of the future til we're freeWe'll never leave the post til hope has met peaceI said fight for the sake of the future til we're freeWe'll never leave the post til hope has met peace

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As I listen to the waves now crashing on the shoreI don't know if I can take this any moreThere are things that hurt so God damn badIn my dreams and the choices that I never even hadThere's a fire inside that burns at nightIt's a little bit dark, but a lot of it's lightSo I take that ache now straight from the soulAnd I live, and I love, til I'm lost in the coldPut one in the sky for the lives that we lost this yearThe time that we held sincereThis one is for anybody going through a rough timeHaving a real rough yearEvery day is a blessingSo can we stop stressing over the little thingsEvery moment I'ma pray and hopeFor you to rise up and to find your wingsThis world tries to break us downBut ain't no way I'ma fall down without a fightEven if I lose my lifeThe words that I share now capture and spread this lightSo hold on tightWe gon' sit this thing out and I promise we'll be alrightWe did not get this far just to lose it allSo we keep our faith insideTell all your haters they can catch these handsI only fear God, I don't fear no thoughtsI don't fear no cogs of manI don't take no shots, I don't have no hate to sendI've been too close to the edge to get caught up in th petty warsGot scammed by a dude named SebastianWho claimed that he was from the SourceBut I got something inside, that I know nobody can take from meWe got people all around us who love us that want us to succeedAll it takes is a little gratitude and appreciation to see these thingsI just want y'all to know I love you and from you there will be great thingsThey can try to bring us down with their hurtful wordsAnd their hurtful actions tooWe will not beg nor bow to the scoundrels and the temptations they abuseWe will overcome the madness and the anger they harbor in their soulsWe will not break in the face of hatredTell them now, we will never fold

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So many problems that we faceMy hope for tomorrow's a better placeIf I could erase, all of the painYou know that I would not hesitateSo many problems that we faceMy hope for tomorrow's a better placeIf I could erase, all of the painYou know that I would not hesitateWe live in a sick worldBlood diamonds and white pearlsYoung boys that'll hit girlsGirls that'll boys til more of this sh-- whirlsWhere the f--- did our happiness go?So depressed and our friends and family don't evenWe don't know the definition of family no moreToo busy being a slave to our f--king phonesWatching people get shot upHe was your homeboy, you ain't even call the doctorThe whole Earth needs a medicY'all resorting to violence, sh-- is patheticBut that ain't even half of the world's woesBut if I get outta pocket, bet half of the world knowsBut y'all wanna listen to KanyeHe just proved that y'all people is all slavesSo many problems that we faceMy hope for tomorrow's a better placeIf I could erase, all of the painYou know that I would not hesitateSo many problems that we faceMy hope for tomorrow's a better placeIf I could erase, all of the painYou know that I would not hesitateBut back to my last noteMental slavery is a choice broYou decide who you rocking withTurn the channel if you ever feel the oppositeThese people do not control youYou know the lords the only one I'll ever give my soul toI've always been the one that everybody always goes toWhen they need to hear about the real sh-- that we go throughUh, they call it conscious rapI was unconscious when I wrote this, got my vision blackWhen I awoke to a white lightMy third eye was opened up in hindsightY'all people going on killing spreesTrying to cast blame and shoot villainyThese revenge tactics is hurting usEye for an eye, and the whole world'll be burping bloodAnd that's exactly what they want to seeThey want to give themselves a reason just to hate you and meThey want to make us have a East vs West coast beefAnd then highlight that sh-- as our important historyYou see what they did to HueySee what they did to PacSee what they did to MartinSee what they did to DocYou see what they did to BiggieSee what they did to SandraSee what they did to MalcolmSee what they did to PhilandoThis is not a coincidence, this is not a discussionWe are tired of dying, we are tired of runningNo this isn't Wakanda, half of you people gunningThe wrong people so lethally, why the f--k bring the gun in?But take it all with a grain of saltI'm still teaching myself, learning how to walkI just hope that y'all eventually get the messageWe need to learn how to see each other as sisters and brethren