The View from Below #soundseasons

Hey guys, I'm Aidan and all my lyrics are 100% human born! www.aidanyagu.com Official YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@AidanYagu Come find my songs on: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/1BV1H4smyzhn7ANF2u4lEf?si=pN9wFFmAQzqWARyIir2mJw YouTube music: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCHaTCd6c3Mw61o2J75aRHgg?si=4Pdcf8OdAPpNMJB5 Apple music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/aidan-yagu/1788245086 Amazon music: https://music.amazon.de/artists/B0DS1WQ6QK Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/artist/296357901 Bandcamp: https://aidanyagu.bandcamp.com/ Enjoy! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yeah… News clips, hollywood shows, headlines told But that ain’t the truth, that’s just what’s sold Now I’m standin’ where the cameras don’t go And man… I ain’t never felt cold like this before Stepped in the zone where the lights don’t glow Where the nights move slow, but the fights still grow I been watchin’ through a screen, never seen it this close Now the air too thick, feel the weight on my throat They say, Work hard, push past, stay driven, But the start line’s bent, and the race stay rigged in Back home, it’s a vote, here it’s court dates given One slip, whole life in a case no witness Schools shut down, cops flood blocks, I seen dreams laid out in white chalked spots. I see moms work shifts while the rent still climb, While execs play chess with a dollar and a lie. I see the world, but it ain’t the same show What I call a struggle, they call the status quo I hear their voices, I try to know But I can’t wear the weight of the scars they show Ohhh, I didn’t know… How the world looked from below… Now I see, but I still can’t hold what it means to survive in a life this cold… ohhhh... this cold.... They flip pain to a check, make cash off views Broadcast blues, but don’t ask who lose Tell ‘em "pull up boots," but they laced too loose When the weight too great, how they ‘sposed to move? I seen kids with no space just to play like kids Cuz the block ain’t safe, so they stay like this I been blind to the walls that they face like this Never feared that a badge might erase my prints Talk "rags to the riches," but the rags stay ripped And the riches get stacked by the ones who sit I been taught, If you fail, get up, don't trip But if failure’s all you know, when the hell’s that switch? I see the world, but it ain’t the same show What I call a struggle, they call the status quo I hear their voices, I try to know But I can’t wear the weight of the scars they show Ohhh, I didn’t know… How the world looked from below… Now I see, but I still can’t hold what it means to survive in a life this cold… ohhhh... this cold.... I seen the chain-link gates, the long court dates The hand-me-down fate, the locked-in place I seen the red lines drawn, the silence taught And I see I got the privilege to leave when I want Yeah… I ain't tryna preach, just tryna learn Cuz back home, we talk, but we don’t know the burn I see it now, and man, it cut deep But seein’ ain’t livin’, so what does that mean? Ohhh, I didn’t know… How the world looked from below… Now I see, but I still can’t hold what it means to survive in a life this cold… ohhhh... this cold.... this cold... this cold!