The Voice

(Chorus)
Hold back in the silence
The wind and the sun at your side
Feeling the elements
That blow through your voice and your cries

(Verse 1)
I lived in a day when the shadows whispered
The only solace - tobacco and liquor
As for the moment that fallacy withered
The dream I could summon a scantily vigor
In my darkest time
A voice did arise in the back of my mind
Saying I banished it half of the time
The thing of this voice? It bantered in rhyme
I learned to channel it
The daily stress? It helped me handle it
In my dark times it acts as a candle lit
And it lets me be seen as talented
So how can I honestly turn this down?
It gave me a voice to stand from the crowd
I went from ashamed to loving the sound
And it's creating a name that is commonly found

(Chorus)
Hold back in the silence
The wind and the sun at your side
Feeling the elements
That blow through your voice and your cries

(Verse 2)
It's crazy, what I've been achieving
Under the name of CollectiveFreedom
Really, at times, I can't believe it
I'm trusting this voice with songs releasing
And along this path
The voice and I merged through the process of rap
We're one in the same, and we're running this game
I struggle to say that I know this will last
I'm holding my breath
I'm chosen to flow in the moment unless
I'm roaming the road as I go to confess
I'm hoping to show that I know what is best
But it's all risk
My soul's on the line so where's my solace?
Lost in a flow that's barely polished?
I fear without it, I'm quick to abolish

(Chorus)
Hold back in the silence
The wind and the sun at your side
Feeling the elements
That blow through your voice and your cries

(Verse 3)
My dreams and ambitions, have shifted
I'm wanting to be known, my plan and mission
Is to carry my soul in these vast emissions
Which is easy to do, since I'm trapped in rhythm
Wouldn't it be great?
If we could sit back while waiting on fate?
Living our lives in a peaceful state?
Living as one, when the people wake?
As we know, this world ain't perfect
So much tension arose to the surface
Something the voice had put in my wording
It's known to be as the "Ever-Returning"
It's something I captured
Spinning and twisting its essence and mastered
Bringing the light in a lyrical rapture
Forever remembered: Collective the Rapper