Ceremony

Never given up, die trying
Taken shots fallen victim to the fire fight
From innocent child to prisoner of the night time
Caught up in a game and addicted to the lifestyle

And I could say I'd do it differently with hindsight
Signed a contract, stayed in it for the right price
Or roll with the punches, hit em with a side-swipe
??case or I'll middle finger to the skyline??

Live fast, we were born to die young
Walking tight ropes for the applause and triumph
Don't look down, I gotta force my eyes shut
They all cheer, whether I fall or I jump

Sitting in a bathroom stall in a night club
Dream a little dream, while I'm snorting lines up
We came down with distorted minds but
I never lost faith I'm a staunch survivor

We ride on till the end of the road
Drifting through the storm but forever afloat
I've seen mates turn their backs and my enemies grow
But got my fam by my side, means I'm never alone

The evidence, I set it in stone
I burnt bridges in the past, stay ahead of the smoke
We were lost in the world couldn't steady the boat
It's been a long way around, but it's getting me home

Take another deep breath and try and get in the zone
Counting what's passed and paid penance for those
When my outlook turned to a pessimist joe's
A medicinal mind state soon to remedy slow

So I walk the land broke, in an effort to show
A changed man, take a stand, my endeavour to grow
And yeah they, turn coats as the revenue rose
But won't forget where I'm from wherever I roam

It's like

I won't let anything stop me
All the forks in the road
And all the friends that it lost me
Heads of State, UTN, I apprenticed it properly
Came a long way from dreaming on a terrace at Rosny

It took a minute for that shine to kick her
Stumbled, stood lost, tryna find the grip
Now I'm all up in their face with that shine I get
Have a geez at me now, how you like me. shit