Listen To My Demo - Joyner Lucas.mp3

[00:00.000] 作曲 : Joyner Lucas
[00:14.521][Verse 1]
[00:18.341]I'm standin' outside in the rain
[00:20.109]Passin' out demo tapes tryna get a name
[00:22.175]I was like eleven back then with the braids
[00:24.250]It was 1999, I was tryna catch a wave
[00:26.760]I heard JAY-Z was in town
[00:28.501]'Bout to hit the Summer Jam stage and I gotta see his face
[00:31.060]If I give him my demo, then I wonder what he'll say
[00:33.238]Maybe he'll sign me and I'll finally get a break
[00:35.459]So now he on stage
[00:37.562]And everybody's singin' all the words to his shit and I'm amazed
[00:40.420]I'm holdin' up my demo with a sign, sayin', "Please
[00:42.059]I just need a couple minutes of your time, Mr. JAY, could you?"
[00:45.766]But that ain't gon' work
[00:46.705]**** it, though, I know there's gotta be another way
[00:48.925]Snuck past security and made it backstage
[00:51.492]Demo in my hand hopin' he gon' press play when he see me
[00:55.095]But when the show was all over, I was tryna walk fast
[00:58.077]Catch him when he leaves hopin' we can cross paths
[01:00.108]But he ain't see me and I was feelin' all bad
[01:04.234]And then security approached me, he was wearin' all black
[01:06.752]I passed him my CD with my house number on it
[01:08.950]Sayin', "If you listen to it, could you please call back? Please"
[01:09.891]
[01:10.349][Chorus]
[01:12.289]Please listen to my demo
[01:14.318]Please listen to my demo
[01:16.435]Please listen to my demo
[01:18.134]P-p-p-p-please listen to my demo
[01:21.094]Listen to my demo
[01:23.217]Please listen to my demo
[01:25.375]Please listen to my demo
[01:27.514]Please
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[01:28.920][Verse 2]
[01:29.771]It's 2001
[01:31.447]I'm thirteen now, but I'm better than I was
[01:33.462]Rappin' in my class when I should be doin' work
[01:35.579]But I'm thinkin' 'bout this beat I was hearin' on the bus
[01:38.008]I heard Dre and Snoop Dogg was in town
[01:40.195]Up In Smoke Tour, Eminem comin' out
[01:42.748]You should have seen the way my eyes popped out
[01:44.404]You'd have thought the heavens opened up and God popped out
[01:47.737]I wish that I could vibe with him
[01:48.986]If I give him my demo, maybe I could ride with him
[01:51.205]Maybe Em would listen if I got some time with him
[01:53.303]Maybe Dre is lookin' for a kid that can sign with him
[01:55.419]I don't know
[01:57.128]All I know is that I gotta go, hopefully it all pans out
[02:00.067]Tryna get tickets, so I get the plan down
[02:02.265]If I get front row, then I'll probably stand out
[02:05.956]Then my pops came home with two VIP passes in clutch
[02:09.283]And at that very moment, I was happy as ****
[02:10.906]So I started gettin' dressed so fast in a rush
[02:13.439]Demo in my hand, had a rich-man glow
[02:15.926]He walked in my room and said, "Kids can't go" (Damn)
[02:18.764]And so he brought his girl with him
[02:20.390]And I can't believe I let another big chance go, damn
[02:21.218]
[02:21.709][Chorus]
[02:23.379]Please listen to my demo
[02:25.427]Please listen to my demo
[02:27.532]Please listen to my demo
[02:29.234]P-p-p-p-please listen to my— uh
[02:32.212]Please listen to my demo
[02:34.271]Can you listen to my demo?
[02:36.436]Please listen to my demo
[02:38.202]P-p-p-please, uh
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[02:39.640][Verse 3]
[02:40.991]A lot of years went by
[02:42.235]I'm twenty-five now and the tears went dry
[02:44.830]2015 and I still got a dream
[02:46.456]But reality is lookin' kinda real this time
[02:49.388]I'm in the booth with the grunge on my face
[02:51.416]Tryna make a demo with no funds in the bank
[02:53.451]I don't wanna quit 'fore I make it out the bricks
[02:55.584]And my girl told me that we got a son on the way
[02:57.622]What the ****? Damn
[02:59.784]I gotta push the go button, I ain't got a bit of time
[03:02.686]'Cause it ain't 'bout me no more, I gotta just provide
[03:04.405]If I don't make it when he born, then I gotta get a job
[03:07.233]I hit the ground runnin' with a plan
[03:08.948]Make a mixtape and build somethin' with the fans
[03:11.524]If I don't do it now, then I'll never get a chance
[03:13.155]Got a certain way of thinkin', some will never understand
[03:16.152]So now I'm sittin' on the block
[03:17.911]Vibin' out, bumpin' instrumentals in the drop
[03:20.080]Writin' every day like my pen don't wanna stop
[03:22.196]And my baby mom packagin' my demos in a box
[03:25.076]I was pullin' up to schools in a rental
[03:26.711]CD in my hand, put my arm out the window
[03:29.231]Nobody took it and I didn't get the memo
[03:31.267]And all I kept sayin' was, "Please listen to my demo"
[03:32.203]
[03:32.665][Chorus]
[03:34.387]Please listen to my demo
[03:36.432]Please listen to my demo
[03:38.940]Please listen to my demo
[03:40.172]P-p-p-p-please listen to my demo
[03:43.565]Listen to my demo
[03:45.205]Please listen to my demo
[03:47.596]Please listen to my demo
[03:49.728]Please
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[03:51.149][Verse 4]
[03:51.626]It's 2025 and some change
[03:53.316]I think I finally made it to a household name
[03:55.486]Moved my whole family out the hood, what a change
[03:57.730]Told my mama quit her job, she won't work another day
[04:01.010]I got Platinum plaques now
[04:02.274]Couple hit singles and a back-to-back now
[04:04.462]Couple big cribs I'ma have to pass down
[04:06.651]When I put my demos out, I don't have to ask now if you can listen
[04:10.277]I'm sayin' what I want
[04:11.118]All your favorite rappers keep sayin' I'm the one
[04:13.390]And if I died now, then I'm grateful what I've done
[04:15.508]'Cause a lot of niggas never really made it where I'm from
[04:18.024]I'm on tour and they waitin' in the front
[04:20.261]Campin' outside while they bakin' in the sun
[04:22.295]Pull up in your city and they wavin' to the bus
[04:24.499]Got my songs on the speaker and they singin' every one
[04:27.729]And so I hit the stage
[04:29.454]This the same book, just a different page
[04:31.216]Crowd goin' crazy, but I know this one kid
[04:33.333]Starin' at me with a glow like he was in a daze
[04:36.155]I'm lookin' at him in the crowd, I can see his face
[04:38.604]And he lookin' back at me and I wonder what he thinkin'
[04:40.639]It remind me of how I used to look at JAY
[04:42.636]When all I wanted was someone to give my shit a play
[04:45.882]And when the show was all over, they was tryna get me back in the cut
[04:49.217]Security was walkin' all faster than us
[04:50.454]Tryna get me out the buildin', get me back to the bus
[04:54.190]Standin' by the bus was the kid that I seen from the crowd
[04:56.176]Nigga, how coincidental
[04:57.796]Handed me his CD with his number on the pillow
[05:00.307]Looked at me and said, "Please listen to my demo"