TraVisT - Shine

Shine

Excerpt:

You know after contemplatin' on what I am, and what I want to be when I grow up, I still struggle with this to this very day

Things happen unexpectedly, and don't go the way I intended it to go. I am sure all of ya share similar struggles

But you know, people will always judge you, before getting to know you. It really is a cruel world. But in spite of it all, I still thought I share my story with all of you

Verse 1:

Sometimes things in life just don't go right
In spite your fight, you are shot from flight
From bright lights, gunned down to dark nights
Your life transforms to black from white

Numb to reality and cold as ice
Your dreams itch like parasitic lice
Though you ought to love the things in life
Your limits gotchu waitin' in deafening strife

To save yourself from the torment inside ya
You knock life decision-making into a coma
Though there are things you care about
Pushin' your limits would mess yourself up

But you force it for the love of the game
Even though you know it causes you pain
It really is a shame how much it strains
You just didn't notice till you let it wane

Chorus:

You have come up short to livin' your dream
So you're blankin' in reality
It's so despairing, how your broken wings
Let yourself down, nowhere near the moon or stars
I guess that is life, it's meant to be hard
So you're diggin' ajar, in spite all scars

Tighten that upper lip
Solider salute come quick, confess
To yourself sayin' you've tried your best

Verse 2:

The satisfaction is what you get
But the sleep deprivation is making you spent
Your anxieties were all about you
Wishin' you know how to try something new

What's there to do? Now you have the time
Your choice is a job from 9 to 5
But your thoughts clash into a psychotic mess
Cause you have no career in mind, unless

Tis a job where you don't even think, just act
Sorta like a drone or a grunt workin' his best
But you lost the motive, since you know composin'
Music has chosen you again

It's a shame how your misery fades
When you stop your love, everything waits
Help me out, child, cause I am done tryin'
To fix my life up when the music is dyin'

Chorus:

You have come up short to livin' your dream
So you're blankin' in reality
It's so despairing, how your broken wings
Let yourself down, nowhere near the moon or stars
I guess that is life, it's meant to be hard
So you're diggin' ajar, in spite all scars

Tighten that upper lip
Solider salute come quick, confess
To yourself sayin' you've tried your best

Verse 3:

Fuck it, you know you are up late
No need to wait, music's your fate
You're an insomniac so cut the crap
Quit your day job cause you've got the rap

Tell yourself you don't live to compose
Let yourself know you've got something to show
So play and perform, here comes a storm
It's not always warm, but I ain't here to please the norm

Music is like the sun around the planets
These other jobs are like the black holes dammit
Upsetting the whole fucking universe
So let me rehearse as I begin to spit this verse

Success is not about me but a form of We
I really can't do it alone, successfully
I need the eyes to guide my lose mind
Together I promise we can shine

Chorus:

You have come up short to livin' your dream
So you're blankin' in reality
It's so despairing, how your broken wings
Let yourself down, nowhere near the moon or stars
I guess that is life, it's meant to be hard
So you're diggin' ajar, in spite all scars

Tighten that upper lip
Solider salute come quick, confess
To yourself sayin' you've tried your best

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I am currently looking for talented singers and rappers to do voice makeovers for this song and possibly add new verses. Business inquiries at admin@TraVisTRecords.com

Special thanks to my little brother Kyle, for allowing me to make such a polished video.

Shine Composed, Arranged, Directed and Produced by Travis Balitz
Video Editor / Camerman by Kyle Balitz

http://www.TraVisTRecords.com

Copyright © 2011 TraVisTRecords. All Rights Reserved.

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[qwerty1920]

youre officially my 2nd favourite rapper after eminem lol. nice cinematography too

[CheonHoPark]

Nice, You might want to post a playlist on your ManHoPark page, so people know you uploaded you video on here.