The Shake Down
Trace
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Yeah Back when I was a kid My momma told me life was hard and I ain't know what she meant She told me if I ever make it they gon want their percent So on your climb to the sky you better watch their intents Yeah, everybody wanna be rich Everybody wanna claim that they got dollars to spend Everyone around you gonna say they made you like this And they all gonna claim that they were why you picked up a pen, yeah But then they act like your friend, and that's the hard part, why would someone do you like this? And now it's hard not to go outside and say this is it But play your cards right, cuz you don't wanna give up and quit Yeah If you put up with the rain clouds It'll pay off with a rainbow And when you think you're bout to break down Don't forget about your rain coat In the thundering rain, no I don't wanna feel no more When you saying my name, no I don't wanna hear no more No, I don't wanna break down, I don't wanna break down, no This is the shake down, this is the shake down People change and they fall like the leaves do But f*ck it I can do this on my own if I need to Aye, but I'm all by myself While everybody's hands out, I kept my hands to myself This is what you wanted isn't it? Aye, could you pay me a visit? I'm trapped behind these fucking walls that I feel like I'm living in Or maybe it's a game and the money and the fame is the only way to claim That you're someone with a name nowadays At least it seems that way And I don't wanna seem that way So when I pick up a pen and start to writing these songs I think about all the kids who live in broken up homes, yeah Because I been there before And I know what it's like to be alone In the thundering rain, no I don't wanna feel no more When you saying my name, no I don't wanna hear no more No, I don't wanna break down, I don't wanna break down, no This is the shake down, this is the shake down Yeah I guess this what fame is, but f*ck I never wanted to be famous I'll let you in on a secret All I wanted was happiness Now I struggle to keep it You break me down to the bones Yet I'm the one being hated? Now when they ask me how I feel, I say a little bit richer but a lot more alone, yeah In the thundering rain, no I don't wanna feel no more When you saying my name, no I don't wanna hear no more No, I don't wanna break down, I don't wanna break down, no This is the shake down, this is the shake down In the thundering rain, no I don't wanna feel no more When you saying my name, no I don't wanna hear no more No, I don't wanna break down, I don't wanna break down, no This is the shake down, this is the shake down
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