[raps] The ground is soft so I don’t need shoes I may be short but don’t get me confused With a dwarf I don’t mine Or live deep in the earth Instead I live in the Shire Yeah my home might be dug in the dirt But man do I have a story to tell What has transpired You see There was a Grey hair fellow Tall, who had mastery of the magical arts He came and told me of a journey That I must embark To destroy a ring that had a power that was set apart Other warriors gathered but it was clear Even though I was small and weak My innocence was revered I was least likely to be steered Away from the light and towards the dark So our fellowship made a pact At all costs That I would make a journey and never turn back to the top Of a mountain where clouds loomed But didn’t send rain Instead produced doom Along the way I met a scraggly skinny man Who seemed to be attracted to what I had I wore it around my neck He called it My Precious And sometimes the ring was I could feel it tug Even call out to me when I was in trouble And I wore it It became a part of me But then the evil eye Ontop of a tower From the sky Would know where I was And wouldn’t rest until I died So I snapped out of it Remembered my mission Even though I loved the ring I hated it I hated That it changed my life And Was my burden to bear Darkness and Light… I was in the Middle of these extremes Middle of earth But when I was about to fall My close friend would catch me A brother for sure A man that was wise, my wing man be Born for adversity And of adverse things we did encounter Even alive trees Also undead beings Other warriors that tried to steal my ring That were twisted beyond the point of speech And could only screech [pause for effect] When it seemed like the night got to its darkest hour And even elves were out powered Stuck between two towers That’s when the sun rose and my wizard friend made a return For a moment on our journey he had given his all to stand firm But now was given a second chance And his resolve boosted our confidence beyond its original stance So onward we pushed With the guidance of the scraggly skinny man We reached the place of doom And a distraction was made by an army of the undead who Fought as if there was nothing to lose As the three of us climbed to the top My every step became one that I’d like to stop And I change my mind The ring was a part of me by design Darkness and light could wynd Why should I hate what I love I should instead love it Let the darkness win [whispers] It is what it is [spoken word, angry] Don’t bother us After all I’m just a hobbit Wait! Let Go of em! Golem! Nooooooo!!!! [pause for effect, whispers] Was the sound I made when I let go of the ring that was attached to the scraggly man being That fell into the lava beneath [spoken word] And now finish the story that you are reading Written in my friends diary isn’t the end of all things Only the beginning [rap] Evil didn’t regain power to rule over all things It may have ruled over me for a moment Found me at my weakness when I chose it Brought me to my knees in shame In the darkness it knew my name And it tried to bind me But the light of love broke my chains Reminded me I was already forgiven Gave me power to step off the mountain With my fellows help, who removed the speck of dust in my eye By first removing the plank from his eye We defeated shame, the evil eye And to my surprise I learned it was the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay When I look back I can’t say [spoken word] I did it alone you know? Signed yours truly
