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Things Ain't What They Used To Be

from As The Crow Flies by Abstract Artform

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Things Ain’t What They Used To Be

CHORUS
Things ain’t what they used to be
(And I know) this ain’t what I used to think
(And I know) I should probably get used to it
‘Cuz most these other rappers on some useless shit

VERSE ONE
Tough gig
Rappin’ where I live
My Booking agency
Most of the talent strips
Real talk
Superb Entertainment
Look em up
Need dancers?
Call my booking agent
No major labels
No support nationally
I think the Universal rep
Is really just an answering machine
Self-managed
Self-handled
Gig swap
Self-made
Self-released
Nobody from nowhere
Still trying to make it
Despite what they say to me
Small bowl
Big fish
Just my mentality
Rip or Rob
Don’t know which that makes me
Pick your Van Winkle
Still chasing the dream
Take me as I is
And I don’t need the biz
The so called industry
Ain’t given me shit
So I’m still causing noise
Break out from the down low
Hustling my life
Through some downloads

CHORUS
Things ain’t what they used to be
(And I know) this ain’t what I used to think
(And I know) I should probably get used to it
‘Cuz most these other rappers on some useless shit
VERSE TWO
Doing festivals
Travelling the atlas
Trying to figure out
Where the rap fans went
Network
Politicin’
Almost been ripped off
By my favourite
Artist in the business
Water under bridges
What’s done is done
Learned my lessons
Now I guess I know who to trust
No one
David Duchovny
No more Mr. Nice Guy
Its about to get ugly
Hip-Hop’s John Wayne
Or Wayne Rostad
Take off out west
I’m on the road again
Yelling “I Am Canadian”
Top of my lungs
Giving everything
Every time
It’s all that I’ve got
And If you listen
I mean really listen
I want you to know
That you’re the reason
That I’m still going
Making music I love
Despite an industry
That’s a million to one

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from As The Crow Flies, released July 5, 2013
Written by: S. Malcolmson
Composed by: A. Kilgour

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