Recorded
by DJ MF Shalem at:
Nicola’s Trattoria
(Keene, NH),
Carriage House
(Dublin, NH),
Yellow Clover
(Keene, NH)
All keyboards by
DJ MF Shalem
(except where noted).
All scratches by
DJ MF Shalem.
lyrics
6. TRAPPED I used to be famous, I used
to be cool/ I used to be a giant, I used to
run the school/ I used every word that I
knew/ I bent the drums in half/ I played
the game, like them, and said don’t make
me laugh/ We used the best loops and
breaks/ We never worried about the voices
we take/ We grew up in the woods and
lakes/ Far from the city and venomous
snakes/ Made our fair share of mistakes/
But always found luck in those crates/
Cleaned my boots like I cleaned those
plates/ Struggled to find style in an all
white state/ Never hated the next man,
was always with my girl/ Got burned out
and burned down trying to give her the
world/ Took a shot when I had it/ Worried
about the wrong things/ Waited for the
right time/ Sorry that I never learned how
to sing/
(chorus)
Not giving up, trying to be real, when the
money don’t come, it’s hard to deal/ You’re
never gonna make it if your dreams ain’t
what you feel/ I could steal the moment
and run it back/ But I’ve gotta march on
cause I won’t be trapped/
I should have listened in class/ I could
have been something else/ But nothing
made me happier than hearing myself/
Blown out ego, overshadowed by a love for
my people/ with a flow that’s so lethal/ so
god dang evil/ we go, hard, like the world
is watching/ like stop clock ain’t stopping/
like being number 1 is the only option, like
here Sha take it from the top an…/ show
em how they shoulda rolled from first
breath/ Hold em tight they coulda told us
life wasn’t death/ Cold fem fatale, woulda
taken my heart from my chest/ What a
mess, I’m a fool for stress/ We had a good
run/ We’ve got a place in the books/ Wrote
a million verses dissing all those halfway
crooks/ Swear on my life I was never
shook/ But maybe, just maybe, I didn’t
have what it took/
(chorus)
Recorded
by DJ MF Shalem at:
Nicola’s Trattoria
(Keene, NH),
Carriage House
(Dublin, NH),
Yellow Clover
(Keene, NH)
All keyboards by
DJ MF Shalem
(except where noted).
All scratches by
DJ MF Shalem.
I'm not really sure why I slept on this album for so long. Oh that's right, I prefer the blue pill to the stark reality of our morally defunct society as presented in this brilliant piece of work. This album is a poignant combination of rage, desperation, and just enough hope to force my eyes open. Jay-Radd
Album of the year. In a fair and just world, they would be headlining festivals with this one. Big hooks. Vivid verses. Fingers-crossed, the instrumentals will get the vinyl treatment. Goodwill Hunter
Sometimes you come across an artist that is compelled to do what they do.
I appreciate the musicality and the arrangement and the artistry of the songs. He sings and plays like his life depends on it. I appreciate the humanity of the lyrics… Like reading Tortilla Flats, or watching Nobody’s Fool.
Ceschi is a bright star. I’m glad he’s loose in the world. oldtruck