Old School

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Song a week #46
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Five years into a brand new millennium
AS tests coming up I’m not ready for them
Long-haired teen, more often seen studying the screen
Living the dream when I clean house on Timesplitters 3
Work Saturdays at Toys R Us
I been mistaken for a lady more times than I care to discuss
“Shall we ask this woman where to find the teddy bears?”
I turn around and say, “I can’t help you there”
When I’m off let’s meet up at Bayston Hill
At the jumps, what’s the latest way for us to find a thrill?
Pills? Never took em, didn’t drink, smoke or fight
But we had a game of cricket in the middle of the night
BB guns from poundland, bullets on the ground land
Shot you in the eye are you ok? “yeah I’m sound lad”
And let’s not mention the free-running group
I never went by the nickname Passionfruit
Just learning how to be me
Learning how to live free
Learning how to dance like the class isn’t watching me
Takes a lot longer than you think sometimes
I’m still working on becoming less dignified

The first time I ever rap live is in church
And that probably applies to the second and the third
Though there’s no hip-hop in my CD collection
Delirious and Bob Marley head up the selection
Taught myself to play the guitar and I write songs
Wanna be on the stage, hear the crowd sing along
My teenage fantasy; I headline Glastonbury
The kids from college agree I sang fantastically
No idea how to make a dream a reality
Maybe it’s vanity? Or a lack of sanity?
Pulled back to ground by a dose of gravity
I need more than a flawless rendition of Barbara Manatee
Finally cut my hair and I might have even washed it
Found some confidence because long ago I lost it
Finishing my teenage years pretty strong
And until the days of adulthood it won’t be long
Just learning how to be me
Learning how to live free
Learning how to dance like the class isn’t watching me
Takes a lot longer than you think sometimes
I’m still working on becoming less dignified

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from Song a Week Project, released May 6, 2020

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Andy Lowe England, UK

Andy Lowe is a multi-instrumentalist and music producer following his unquenchable curiosity into new electronic realms. With a penchant for playfulness and storytelling, Andy creates sound worlds that defy easy description and genre pigeonholing.

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