Who Are You

from Rough Around The Edges by TEX the GREAT

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WHO ARE YOU '17

WHO ARE YOU?
BEHIN CLOSED DOORS WHEN NOONE'S WATCHIN'.
ARE YOU THE SAME WHEN EVERYONE'S WATCHIN'?
FACADES ARE NORMAL, EVERYONE'S GOT EM.
WE’VE ALL GOT WEIGHT ON OUR SHOULDERS, IT’S HARD TO SPOT EM.
BEIN' REAL DEPENDS ON SOCIAL STANDARDS.
IN SOME SITUATIONS, THE WORD REAL GETS SLANDERED.
IT'S NOT BEIN' LOUD AND OVERLY OPINIONATED. (SHUTUP!)
REALLY, YOU'RE LOOKIN' FOOLISH WITH YOUR UNEDUCATED STATEMENTS.
BEIN' REAL STARTS FROM WITHIN, UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF,
AND NOT LIVIN' WITH FEAR, OF OPINIONS FROM EVERYONE ELSE.
SOCIAL ENGINEERING IS CLOUDING OUR PERCEPTION,
OF HOW AND WHO TA BE, DON'T COMPROMISE YO' REFLECTION.
NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED, IT'S STILL 1965.
ONE RACE WANTS TO KILL ANOTHER RACE JUST FOR BEING ALIVE.
WILL THE EVER END? I HOPE IT WILL BUT I DOUBT IT.
UNTIL IT DOES, PRISON CAMPS WILL REMAIN OVERCROWDED.
UNTIL IT DOES, WOMEN WILL KEEP CLUTCHIN' THEIR PURSES.
UNTIL IT DOES, BUSINESS WILL KEEP BOOMIN' FOR HEARSES.
GOVERNMENT SPENDIN' HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS TO DESTROY.
YOU THINK BUSH WAS BAD, NOW WE GOT BUSH ON STEROIDS.
EVERY COUNTRY LOOKING AT U.S. LIKE WE JOKES.
WE GOIN' DOWN, A BUMPY HILL, ON WHEELS WIT WOODEN SPOKES.
DO YOU GET LOST IN A HOUSE, OF SMOKE AND MIRRORS, WIT HALLS THAT ARE THIN?
OR DECLINE, ANYTIME YOUR MIND'S INVITED IN?

credits

from Rough Around The Edges, released October 10, 2023
Lyricist - Tex the Great (TX -> MD)
Production - Beats Reloaded (MD)
Engineered by Beats Reloaded (MD)

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TEX the GREAT Maryland

Tex was born and raised in El Paso, TX. He was conceived in Washington D.C.
Tex wrote his first rhyme at 10 years old. He's released music in the past and was on hiatus. He's back and he seems to be ahead 2 steps. Enjoy the old, prepare for the new. ... more