Alive

(album: Tsholofelo - 2014)

They try to figure you out
They try to hold you down
They tie a rope around your neck
To keep your feet on the ground
Traps and snares
It's a minefield out there
Together we'll push through
Together loosen this noose
We are the reason to live, let it bubble within
Traps and snares
It's a minefield out there
And I, whoooo I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive [x2]

I've been feeling ordinary and common lately
Demotivated and uninspired
This is so far from my character
I mean look at everything that I've acquired
I should be a cheerful being
I took every step carefully
I'm far from being myself
But somehow my dreams have never been so near to me
So did I sell out
Or would they consider me real if I fail and I fell off
Is making music that doesn't appeal to the masses the only way that I could get props
Am I discredited by my success
Or all these sexy women getting undressed
They wanna know if the fame's too much yet
Well, got a lot of things that I supress
And it sucks, yes
But I don't give a fuck yeah
As long as I transgress
I'm in a foreign land with bad bitches
My shirt off, screaming dumb shit like 2 Pac back, hah!
I'm aware cause I fear
Being a has-been that was here for a mere
Writing the last verse on the album
Felt like picking an outfit I'mma wear for a year

They try to figure you out
They try to hold you down
They tie a rope around your neck
To keep your feet on the ground
Traps and snares
It's a minefield out there
Together we'll push through
Together loosen this noose
We are the reason to live, let it bubble within
Traps and snares
It's a minefield out there
And I, whoooo I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive [x2]

Yeah I remember coming up here
All I had was fake gold chains and a real dream
Thinking all I had to do was keep it real and they'll feel me
But little did I know
That even if I call them when I blow stacks
Even though all my mates excel
Haters will hate
Haters will hate man
Haters even hate themselves
But the crowd knows that I'm the truth nigga, uh
Thought you had them fooled niggas
So how you gonna sell more bottles in the club when I am putting kids through school nigga
You take your time and you tweet me
Just to piss me off thinking I'll give it up
I'm like hashtag that awkward moment when this nigga think I give a fuck
But truth's that I do
You're a human right
I'm human too
Man I got a mom and I got a dad
I'm tryna make them proud put yourself in my shoes
I'm just tryna do, what I gotta do
First we get the crib, and then we get the coupe
Now fede we the shit
And we inspire you
Cause style se legit
But you can do it too

They try to figure you out
They try to hold you down
They tie a rope around your neck
To keep your feet on the ground
Traps and snares
It's a minefield out there
Together we'll push through
Together loosen this noose
We are the reason to live, let it bubble within
Traps and snares
It's a minefield out there
And I, whoooo I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive [x2]