Grown Man Raps

from Shadows Resembling God EP by Chuckie Campbell & OneWerd

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lyrics

Grown Man Raps

Verse 1, Chuckie Campbell
I’m a grown man
What it look like?
Are you confused
by the way that I talk?
I’m unmoved by your jewelry and cars
or the dope that you move in your songs
I'm my own man
By my own hand
Can’t buy me
This came from my heart
Seen the broken repent
in the darkness
with nothing but
a handful of dollars...yeah
Far beyond the rhetoric you represent,
I reference a dealer who sold dope on the block
Paid to the detriment,
he dealt to the delicate,
addicted to the pain and the loss
It was irrelevant to criticize the regimen
until he saw the homie sold dope to his mom
Now, he’s reticent to recommend
the will to keep it real,
when at times to keep it real goes…wrong

Chorus 1, Chuckie Campbell
I can feel it when you sing it in a song
when the syllables are there
but the sentiment is off
I can feel it when you sing it in a song
Tell me everything you are
when it’s everything you’re not --

Verse 2, Chuckie Campbell
I’m a grown man
What it look like?
Are you confused
by the way that I talk?
I’m unmoved by your immature thoughts,
that struggle rap you call bars
You’re your own man
By your own hand,
you communicate nothing at all
So we’re clear and those from afar
don't mistake us, let’s take just a moment to --
Whether mumbling a melody in auto-tune
or rapping about rapping the affect is the same
There's a difference in a rapper,
who would hide behind a metaphor,
and another who has something to say
A good artist can communicate complexity
but does it a clear and a concise way
There’s a lot of fake depth
in a deep fake world
when what passes for substance is...fake

Chorus 2, Chuckie Campbell
I can feel it when you sing it in a song
when the syllables are there
but the sentiment is off
I can feel it when you sing it in a song
Tell me everything you are
when it’s everything you’re not

Verse 3, Chuckie Campbell
I’m a grown man
What it look like?
Are you confused
by the way that I talk?
Once I was you,
insecure in my art
and appeared to be something I’m not
I’m my own man
By my own hand,
I’ve chased dreams
that have broken my heart
and been on stages with legends
who told me I’m blessed
with the essence to carry this --
Once a time, I thought it cool to act hard
and rap about a life I never lived
but to pretend is to be privileged enough
and never pay for the pain others know too well,
and once I was that lyrical, that miracle,
that technical God emcee until,
I realized it was just another way to be pretentious
and avoid making art we...feel

Chorus 3, Chuckie Campbell
I can feel it when you sing it in a song
when the syllables are there
but the sentiment is off
I can feel it when you sing it in a song
Tell me everything you are
when it’s everything you’re not

END.

credits

from Shadows Resembling God EP, released June 3, 2022

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about

Chuckie Campbell Buffalo, New York

Chuckie Campbell is an American hip hop artist who lives in Buffalo, NY. Campbell commonly performs with a live band (drums, keys, and a full horn section), to make for a dynamic, powerful, and eclectic approach to hip hop, filled with fluid instrumentation, lush musical arrangements, and heartfelt poetic nuance. ... more