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Let's start from the start

Listen up these are bars from the past

Came up thinking I'd cross paths with the stars

If I aim up I could hit the dot with the dart

With my art, I was talented

Didn't plan this shit, I was adamant

Never asked for a hand in it

No managers or handlers I'm commanding ship

I was captain campaigning as a candidate

Please elect me for your ears let me rap in it

I'd select beats that were free from the Internet

Bought a mic, SM58 still have it

For noise cancelling I used spare mattresses

My mate could rap we formed an alliance

He taught me how to flow like a tide

Multi-syllabics it was all like a science

New Dawn Poets we were spawned from the giants

Nas, Eminem, Tupac, Biggie

Tried emulating what we're hearing

So the bars set as high as the ceiling

Went hard from the jump, popped in the beginning

We were known locally as the dope emcees

It was still a joke to me how some awkward teens

Had the lyrical potency over the local scene

Culturally there's an opening for both to sit

There's Aussie rap with strong slang and accents

And American rap bout thugs and gangsters

We wanted to bridge the gap with our lyrics

Make something relatable for our friends

First Gen immigrants felt left out in it

So we made music that we would want to listen to

People shared are our sounds around

We were kids geeking

Even getting listens from the different schools

The benefits of being in a group

Was that the work would be generally split in two

What happens when the vision isn't clear to you

Soon things were beginning to get difficult

We're growing up maturing into different dudes

I don't know what's the reason but its pitiful

One lie can strip you from your principles

Two lies means the truth's inadmissible

Third time now your life's just fictional

Resentment's always growing over time

Relationships get sour as a lime

So I saw a sign then I sawed the line

This sorta kind of divide can't be solder ironed

Suicide and the New Dawn Poets died

Mourning, go ahead son pour a pint

Dead Poet Society joining in the line

At the morgue there's a corpse frozen in it's prime

Lost in a time now what's left for Lace

Like Fawkes I revive still got life in me

I'm a hawk with my eyes now I see life clearly

There's growth of a kind even when not winning

I'm a porcupine with the quill I'm inking

I'm sharp, I can switch flow up like a pump

You don't know know a rapper more smart

Now I'm going Solo like Han

Trying to be like Bolo with the punch

Lines pouring from the heart

Had to go and open up accounts

MC Lace find me on the cloud

Facebook, Insta, but it slowed it down

No shares, no views, no cares, no clout

Advertisements, algorithms

You have to pay up now for visits

It's rigged, even how they count the listens

Some threw the towel and got out the kitchen

What's selling out? When no artists are selling

Now it's all just how you garner mentions

You're a goner if you're not on what's trending

In my feelings coz it's all about meming

Not about the art, skill or meaning

Farming their songs, keep on repeating

They can't compete so they started cheating

Pretend you have heat and dumb believe it

I'm destined to be underachieving

I'm leader, I don't give a fuck about pleasing

People who don't even know who Kool G is

I don't need to give a bunch of reasons

Why I'm not dropping shit all the time like a seagull

Releasing only quality like Eastwood

Be grateful I'm still here after six years

Feeding, if you crave bars get to feasting

Fans who appreciate the art please repeat it

I'm the heat warming up your blood, I'm a fever

I'm a creep recording all my fucks, I'm a streamer

To fuck is to beat, so I beat the beat up

Pepe the frog sipping on the tea cup

Everything I've written with precision like a key cut

Every composition has a message I'm a teacher

My shit is timeless

Ever after years they'll still rewind it

Don't compare me to my peers just a lil reminder

I compete against me I'm a different fiber

I don't have a problem if I don't blow up

I will get my money from another route

Show me an Aussie rapper living comfy now

I do this for fun and I do it proud

I do it coz I'm good and it soothes me down

I'm content in the roots where it counts

Yeh I'm done