From the recording Rough Draft EP (Deluxe Edition)
Lyrics
I’ve got this dream to be a one-man team
And that means that I'll achieve everything I need to make it big
Standing under the lights and never spiting anything that gave me this life, ‘cause I
Will play for any crowd, dead or loud, that's you now
Anything to get my music out
You know I’ve got some people that will boo me off the stage
But others say that I'm going places; foreign faces
Now, I'm tying up my laces and I’m packing traces of what's left of me before I make it famous
Call me Vegas I'm going all in
Betting everything I have just to make it big
These dreams are all I have to hold me
And, these strings are the only things that can take me away
Away
You know it's my life and you can't tell me otherwise that it ain't right
Because it's not wrong standing on the stage underneath the lights watching the crowd sway to the left and right to my
Flow, like an ocean
I'm rapping like a robot, but you know that I don't have a laptop
In my back pocket
I'm not a rap god
I ain't got nothing
All I got a these strings to feed the crowd so I can eat after the show
Selling CDs out of my rucksack
With my backpacker; I gotta travel light
‘Cause I don't know where I'll be sleeping by the end of the night
Some people call me naive, but I just dream
Plan A, no plan B, gotta make it work and I don't sleep
I’m just looking for any gig in the streets
Whether it's 3 or 3,000; I gotta stay grounded
I gotta make it work; I gotta say I found it
But some people, you know, they will never allow it
Some kid in his teens just holding his dreams, but by the end of the day I will make them see
I’m headlining a tour across country - across borders
Invading the ears and you know I'm always moving forward
Never stop writing ‘cause it's my remedy
My history, and everything that I hold dear to me
These dreams are all I have to hold me
And, these strings are the only things that can take me away
Away
I had a thought, maybe get a job, invade a record company and make friends with the top guy
Who can give me a ride and all I have to do is apply online
Then I'll pack my shit and move to New York or some other sort; try to make a name for myself, of course
No, I'm never endorsing, no, I'm never enforcing
No, the label's never gonna change my name or my music
Yeah, it’ll always stay the same and I'll never abuse it ‘cause that's foolish
‘Cause it's a part of me, so why the hell would I go and hurt the heart of me
Yeah, it's my time to shine; all the signs are in aline
Just helping me find the right time to vent a rhyme to the
Right crowd, right stage, right song, right playlist
I could keep going but you know I've got to say this
These dreams are all I have to hold me, oh
And, these strings are the only things that can take me away
Away
These dreams are all I have to hold me, hey, hey
These strings are the only things that can take me away
Away