“The Routine” is a song that finds ByLwansta reflecting on his performance at Back To The City 2015.
Despite recording and dedicating a full documentary, and all the excitement about his involvement in the event, ByLwansta left the main stage far from content.
[Intro]
I woke up...
[Verse 1: ByLwansta]
I woke up, day after Back to the City
I'm feeling all sorts of regret, I'm feeling all kinds of shitty, because I came a long way just to fucks shit up
It could've been flawless if that DJ that they gave me had never fucked it up
But now I'm up, 4 in the morning, feel like he's mourning
I feel like I finally get why these people used to ignore him, cause "Lwansta's just an internet rapper, so we don't know what would happen, if we had him and gave him a chance, have him rapping and shit."
2015 I finally made the lineup, I made my mind up
No matter what the fuck would happen I'd make that drive up. Thankfully man they booked me a bus
But I was moving with girl, they made preparations for both of us
That was sweet, I appreciated that shit
But as soon as I hit the stage I really hated that shit
Because all those damn rehearsals and all of that fucking nervousness is bullshit if I can't even hear when to get my verses in
I begged him, gave him signals to put my volume up
I couldn't hear the beat at all man I was fucking up
And I was stuck, inside of the eyes of those in the audience
The pressure and anxiety had me quarter to nauseous
That one chance, I blew it
Baat myself up into a pathetic puddle of fluid
"I knew that you couldn't do it Lwansta, uyaphapha that's all you're good at on the Internet, but never forget how you fucked up at such a big event"
*laughs*
"Don't listen to this asshole.."
[Verse 2: ByLwansta]
"Put yourself on Lwansta, put yourself on
Work your ass off
Till everyone of your ass off CDs on every shelf gone'
And stop being so depressed over what other guys achieve
Just focus on doing you, man fuck it ntwana believe! 'Cause While you lose your mind just remember you're losing focus, remember you were jealous Clara after OMAZ?
She was up there with her team and their energy was the loudest, and deep inside your heart you were probably one the proudest, my brother?!
There's no more time to slow down
You're making bigger moves than some rappers in this city and it's their home town
So don't be so surprised if you're not getting bookings
Because the whole time they're looking for rappers they're never really looking
They just call up a friend, and put them on the line up
He never needs to sign up
He never needs to climb up
You find them at Gagasi like even if all their rhymes suck
And I'm just sitting there thinking, hold on, what the fuck?"
The Routine was written by ByLwansta.
The Routine was produced by Beatmochini.
ByLwansta released The Routine on Thu Aug 11 2016.