More Than Just Art (feat. Dave Stewy)

from Shadows Resembling God EP by Chuckie Campbell & OneWerd

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Chuckie Campbell & OneWerd's Shadows Resembling God on a gold-faced cassette. Features instrumentals and a remix of "It All Falls Down" by Adriatic as well.

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A test-pressing of sorts, we have some copies of Chuckie Campbell & OneWerd's Shadows Resembling God EP with alternative artwork.

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lyrics

More Than Just Art featuring Dave Stewy

Chorus 1, Dave Stewy
They want to bury me under,
deep in the dirt,
but they can’t keep me down
I keep on drowning
My life just needs saving
I’ll rise above,
shining bright like the sun

Verse 1, Chuckie Campbell
Yeah, I don’t know --
Am I writing this song
‘cause nothing’s left in me
but these habits and faults?
Seems like everything I’ve loved,
I’ve either hurt or I’ve lost
Am I unworthy of your love
unless you’re equally scarred?
Why should this be any different
because music’s involved?
For the fans? For the culture?
For some charitable cause?
What if I wrote this for myself?
Is it inherently flawed?
I’d like to think there’s more to it
but I’m apparently wrong
They say I’ve come along way
but maybe I’ve not
Part of me is still a teen,
staring up at the stars,
taking sips of Olde E
bumping Biggie and Pac
Lost --
Drinking to the trauma
that once shattered my heart
and rewriting my experience in every song,
I’m trying to reconcile the present
with the past that is gone
and tell myself this is
more than just art...
but it’s not

Chorus 2, Dave Stewy
They want to bury me under,
deep in the dirt,
but they can’t keep me down
I keep on drowning
My life just needs saving
I’ll rise above,
shining bright like the sun

Verse 2, Chuckie Campbell
Yeah, I don’t know --
Am I writing this song
for any deeper purpose
than to sell it to y’all?
Reciting every line
with my hand on my heart,
couldn’t tell if I was spitting
or I was talking to God...
Why should I compromise
my standards or the things that I like?
‘Cause some struggle rapper
thinks his music’s doper than mine?
Should it change how we determine
how great art is defined
when the content has a context
cemented in time?
Timeless –
the unwanted pregnancy,
the rapist who lied,
the absent father who abandoned
and walked out on his child,
pedophile who abused youth left in denial,
street hustler fighting for his life up in Rikers
I write this...
pursuing what is human
even when it gets hard
I’m trying to reconcile the present
with the past that is gone
and tell myself this is
more than just art...
but it’s not

Chorus 3, Dave Stewy
They want to bury me under,
deep in the dirt,
but they can’t keep me down
I keep on drowning
My life just needs saving
I’ll rise above,
shining bright like the sun

END.

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from Shadows Resembling God EP, released June 3, 2022

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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