Yeah, listen, before music was a piece of my life I used to play basketball, that was me every night I wanted to play college to, yo I'd reach for the sky Until, at eighteen, I caught some disease in my eye, yeah I had to stop playing, what should I do? When ball was the only thing I wanted to do Listen, that forced me to focus on music Pez sat me down like "bro we can do this" After hearing that I didn't need more really Going half blind made me see more clearly Yo, I've learnt to take the good with the bad I'm half blind yeah but now have a look where I'm at When something seems to turn negative in life You can always go and turn it into anything you like So if it happens just remember every time Yo, a tragedy can always be a blessing in disguise When you're on your own No one's there for you When you're all the way home There'll be a miracle in a costume Yeah, uh When I was young I was attracted to the dark side I wanted everyone to see me as the hard guy Walking around with my mates trying to start fights Hoping they wouldn't want to cause I can't fight Thinking back now that **** could of ended crazy I'm just glad that situation never faced me Back then I was thinking you could never change me What a ****head, that's not how my parents raised me See I wasn't facing the facts Acting crazy, wishing I could take it all back but It took one of my mates to get stabbed just to realize This **** wasn't a game, it was wack That's how I wrote "So Fake" so easily 'Cause, apart of those dudes, I could see in me So, if somebody is wanting to fight Just swallow your pride and leave it be and that's real When you're on your own No one's there for you When you're all the way home There'll be a miracle in a costume Yeah, yeah, uh, I nearly died in an accident Yeah, and so I wrote this story It's funny though how the worst thing to happen Probably was the best thing for me Falling and Flying shouldn't take this long But thanks to the crash, yo I made this song So now I ain't afraid to see the day that I die Because, with this, I'll be staying alive (I'll be staying alive) Yeah, I believe in believing the sky's the limit Have a look and you'll see me up there, flying in it It's a nice view, sometimes you might lose But understand when you fall you can fly too Don't let anybody tell you what you can't do Don't let them enter in your head because they aren't you And understand you could have anything you want If you put the effort in to remember what you've got When you're on your own No one's there for you When you're all the way home There'll be a miracle in a costume
[00:19.63]Yeah, listen, before music was a piece of my life [00:23.84]I used to play basketball, that was me every night [00:26.78]I wanted to play college to, yo I'd reach for the sky [00:29.26]Until, at eighteen, I caught some disease in my eye, yeah [00:32.46]I had to stop playing, what should I do? [00:34.95]When ball was the only thing I wanted to do [00:37.26]Listen, that forced me to focus on music [00:40.19]Pez sat me down like "bro we can do this" [00:43.12]After hearing that I didn't need more really [00:45.76]Going half blind made me see more clearly [00:48.49]Yo, I've learnt to take the good with the bad [00:50.71]I'm half blind yeah but now have a look where I'm at [00:53.94]When something seems to turn negative in life [00:56.41]You can always go and turn it into anything you like [00:59.24]So if it happens just remember every time [01:01.40]Yo, a tragedy can always be a blessing in disguise [01:05.16]When you're on your own [01:10.57]No one's there for you [01:15.93]When you're all the way home [01:19.73]There'll be a miracle in a costume [01:24.96]Yeah, uh [01:26.52]When I was young I was attracted to the dark side [01:29.31]I wanted everyone to see me as the hard guy [01:31.97]Walking around with my mates trying to start fights [01:34.58]Hoping they wouldn't want to cause I can't fight [01:37.32]Thinking back now that **** could of ended crazy [01:40.17]I'm just glad that situation never faced me [01:42.89]Back then I was thinking you could never change me [01:45.60]What a ****head, that's not how my parents raised me [01:48.43]See I wasn't facing the facts [01:50.45]Acting crazy, wishing I could take it all back but [01:53.45]It took one of my mates to get stabbed just to realize [01:56.42]This **** wasn't a game, it was wack [01:58.91]That's how I wrote "So Fake" so easily [02:01.44]'Cause, apart of those dudes, I could see in me [02:04.33]So, if somebody is wanting to fight [02:06.15]Just swallow your pride and leave it be and that's real [02:10.14]When you're on your own [02:15.53]No one's there for you [02:20.88]When you're all the way home [02:24.65]There'll be a miracle in a costume [02:31.04]Yeah, yeah, uh, I nearly died in an accident [02:34.39]Yeah, and so I wrote this story [02:36.67]It's funny though how the worst thing to happen [02:40.05]Probably was the best thing for me [02:41.99]Falling and Flying shouldn't take this long [02:44.06]But thanks to the crash, yo I made this song [02:46.69]So now I ain't afraid to see the day that I die [02:49.32]Because, with this, I'll be staying alive (I'll be staying alive) [02:52.35]Yeah, I believe in believing the sky's the limit [02:55.58]Have a look and you'll see me up there, flying in it [02:58.20]It's a nice view, sometimes you might lose [03:00.93]But understand when you fall you can fly too [03:03.52]Don't let anybody tell you what you can't do [03:06.11]Don't let them enter in your head because they aren't you [03:08.74]And understand you could have anything you want [03:10.93]If you put the effort in to remember what you've got [03:14.48]When you're on your own [03:20.18]No one's there for you [03:25.44]When you're all the way home [03:29.31]There'll be a miracle in a costume