{Verse 1}

I got the text I didn’t believe it 

Looking at my phone jaw down by my knees it’s

A miracle I feel, it feels like they’re aligning 

But a huge part of me’s so scared I might decline it

Grateful for the offer but not sure I’d be any good

But then I thought of 8 year old me remember we said we would

I started with a thank you said that I’d be honoured 

Got to writing a set list feeling like a scholar

Next day I’m practising, breath control and memory

I wanna be a true emcee it’s gotta sound authentic 

We made a decision live vocals is best for me

Feels like the deep end but that’s how you grow evergreen

Got my set list right 2 months to get it right

Nerves are setting in now but you wanted to emcee right?

Mitchell said it’d be the best night of our ascending lives

I guessed he’s right, maybe one we talk about on our wedding nights

We used to film shit as kids and I’d show him verses

How embarrassed I felt, when his sister heard us

Learn the lyrics to Best Friend the best mems

Now he points the camera at me, and my best pen

30 minutes to fill, how am I gonna do it?

Crowd Space’ll start it off, then I’ll pick the truest

Tracks that Ricochet in Aqua that’s the family music

Then it’s unreleased Odyssey that shit’s therapeutic

Now I’m comfortable practicing like every day

Breath control’s on point, in like every way

Main Reason was the one I had to think about

Do I really wanna air my feelings to the crowd?

But then I thought to make an impact make a connection

Make em feel like they me, engage their perception

If I can do that then maybe they’ll take in my message

Now it’s the day of and I’m waiting to get em 

{Interlude}

Hello

Hello you alright?

Yeah how are you doing though, you good?

Mate I’m shitting myself I’m not gonna lie

Did you put Gentle on the set list?

Yeah I put it on there

*censored* gonna be fuming at you if you don’t play it you know that

I know she is

Alright I’m on my way to yours, it’s gonna be like 2 and a half hours until we get there

{Verse 2} 

Just get in the car, a stomach full of butterflies 

I stepped on this path, as someone who had justified 

A life without success, just needed to express

Feelings that I had, I would always wonder why

I feel out of place only bought 1 person with me 

Point the camera at me, in case it’s the last time

He would never ask I just needed some proof

That my shit impacted someone 

My writtens and production 

Checked into the hotel the shit now feels so real

4 hours to get here gotta make it worth our while 

Gotta take my nerves to trial lock em up flow like the Nile

On our way to the venue I am feeling wild

I walked in the door and I see Bx, I said it’s nice to meet you then I’m up the steps

Greet Jimmy and we speak he was kindhearted

Haven’t seen him in a few months since the Fine Art Vid

We’re doing sound check and I touch the mic

The room’s so empty, but it’s such a fright 

The light in my eyes it’s enough to blind

If I remember my lines then I know I’ll be fine

I got the nod, they said it’s my turn

I hopped on stage and it was silent

What should I say? I don’t know what to say

I can’t speak but I can rap so I just press play

Got a couple reactions from a couple lines

But I was tunnelling down, where the bugs all lie

Comparison’s the thief of joy I can’t take it

Away from myself but I just can’t shake it

Came off stage someone severed my feelings 

Eventually I realised I’d never believe it

As a kid if you told me I’d ever achieve it

But I just wished I’d looked up to the