White Boy Reggae

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Just another suburban stereotype
Love for the rhythms and the grooves despite
that I'm not from the islands and I'm the palest of white I
put the reggae grooves together with the words that I write

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But I can't relate to a struggle that I've never seen

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I can't praise a god that I don't believe in

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You might think Ive been lying when it comes from the seems

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But I'm not a fucking lion I'm a drunk with a dream

  Dm
And I'm a million miles away from everything,I thought I'd become
I've lost all my faith in the Lord above
And if I work real long and keep my convictions
I could still fill and satisfy everyone's predictions

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So I drink to stay numb but I sing to stay alive

  G
There's no shot big enough to keep me satisfied

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No rhymes smart enough for me to save my pride

  A
There's a fire burning in me that I cannot deny

  Dm
And I ain't preaching shit all I want is to be able
to make enough money with music to quit waiting tables
My blood runs cold as I try to comprehend
the words we deify that are creations of men

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I'm just a hopeless romantic with the focus on hopeless

  G
writing love song after love song in a hope that I can cope with

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The truth of my reality, It's hard for me to swallow

  A
The realest love I've known is between my liver and a bottle

  Dm
Decidedly rough I've confided enough
I am forever in possession of unrequited love
So I tether my confessions to the words I supply
I would rather die alone then settle for a lie

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Because I'm a dying breed the extinction of a race

  G
Separating heads from shoulders just to spite the face

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I've been coming around looking for the right sound
to escape from the mold that's been worn in the ground

  A
with the walls closing in on my coffin of sin
i would like to explain but before we begin

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If you're waiting for me to fall

  Dm
Take a seat and hold your breath it's almost last call

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And I'm just one shot away from an early grave

  G
I've been running at a pace that I can't maintain

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There's a demon living in me who's controlling my brain

  G
A poison running through me that I'll never contain

  Dm
So I siphon it off with a mic and a pen
But the growth is exponential it's drawing me in
Acting inconsequentially I'm lost to the sin

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You call it white boy reggae, I call it sanity's end.

Solo
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