IDM from Hyperrealism by Peter Anthony Red

I used to live without a life
Cause I was boxed inside the slightest possibility
Refused the sin of compromise
But I was lost and I denied the cost was killing me

And I’d say, I don’t mind
And I’d stay on my grind

I used to think that my persistence was a gift
To chip away the wall that’s holding me
I had the patience of a saint,
The more I scraped, the more I sank into the hole beneath

Yeah and I’d say, I don’t mind
As it takes all my time

I used to take on every day like it was fated
And the ends would justify the means
(the ends would justify the means)
The word “vacation” was a myth
And I'd be working all through it
With high anxiety.

And I’d say, I don’t mind
And I’d stay on my grind

I pushed my body past exhaustion
Ran the gauntlet as I built and billed for all things
(Don’t stop breathing, just keep working)
Just want to buy my mom a house
Just as the audience ran out the building, on the beat

And I’d say, I don’t mind.
But it weighed on my mind

And the work was never over
And my mother and my father passed away
And the house they broke their backs for
was as empty as my soul was on that day

(It’s not gonna work)
Maybe if I make a sound
(It’s not gonna work)
Maybe I can break this down
(It’s not gonna work)
Maybe I can make them proud
(It’s not gonna work)
Maybe I’ll go harder now
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It’s not the same
I won’t cry.
It’s not the same.
I won’t cry.
Cause I’m safe.
I’m just fine.


Tell the ones you love
No matter what
You love them
Every one of us
No matter what
Becomes them

Tell the ones you love
No matter what
You love them
Every one of us
No matter what
Becomes them

• Hip-Hop/Rap
• alternative
• electronic
• hip hop
• house
• idm
• rap
• singer-songwriter
• synthwave
• New York