this is the story of a young rapper
about your age 16 the first time he
performed on stage the crowd give him
love he was bitten by the bug that
adrenaline got in him and it was like a
drug addicted to the shouts and the
hollers and the screams that was the
sound of him following his dreams they
echoed in his mind while he’s falling
off to sleep and yes you might have
guessed now that young rapper was me now
the years went by and my confidence grew
as did my arrogance and it was obvious
too because I was so happy to burst and
brag about why I am an exceptionally
talented guy alright I might be from
Huddersfield but that is an import and
when you go and win a World Championship
in New York man your origins are nothing
I’m not into pigeonholing not while the
list of my accomplishments are growing
I’m on fire
my competition are just little embers
apprentices in my embassy and I’m their
Emperor need I emphasize my head stretch
to the size of mega minds I’m clever as
Edison Einstein and Tesla combined
blessed when it comes to connecting
rhymes I suggest you recognize I’m one
of the best of live who me catch my
breath
fine so yeah I guess I was quite a
big-headed guy then one day a friend of
mine asked the question why does every
line I write start with the letter I he
said you were talented lyricist who’s
pursuing a skill you can come up with
like a hundred rhymes and do it at will
but of all the things to talk about in
the universe and from the whole
dictionary you decided to choose the
word I well I spy with my little eye
lyrics beginning with I from a guy who’s
learned how to rap but hasn’t learned
why a whole world of potential that he’s
yet to realize I mean sure there’s
nothing wrong with bars for bars sake
but life is full of joy pain love and
heartbreak and that’s a diverse
collection of components you should be
inspired by such a wide spectrum of
emotions yeah you could rap that’s great
that may but I need you to go deep and
write from that place well from that day
forward I couldn’t ignore it
I’ve been shown a new world and I had to
go
explore it but before I could go there
and discover that place there was an
enemy inside that I first had to face so
here’s an invitation to the deepest part
of my mind where you’ll find out what
all my secrets are whoever subconscious
stew of thoughts bubble away and there’s
only a couple of them I would ever say
so today is your lucky day
full disclosure when I looked inside
this voice took over it said everything
is all about me the world revolves
around me can we talk about me I want to
stand on center stage in the spotlight
cuz the power that it gives me makes me
godlike Oh eyes on me I feed off
attention I want more likes more
retweets and mentions I hate it when I
see other people succeed only one person
should be winning just me the rest of
the world only serves my mission I focus
on me they just blur my vision I don’t
need any real relationships I turn a
conversation into a dictatorship and
make everything all about me the world
revolves around me can we talk about me
I want more fans more listeners more
shows more power more influence more
dough more followers more praise more
love give me more more will never be
enough you see all of us want to be
whole complete souls but most of us have
these deep holes we try and fill them by
making ourselves heroes but that’s also
how we end up feeding our egos and it
was my ego my ego how naively I followed
my ego and wherever he’d go I’d go and
now I know why I wrote the word eyes so
much but a strange thing has changed now
that I’ve grown up I learned everything
is not about me and it was just low
self-esteem that made me want it to be
see when you look at the core the main
principle of a musician is to give you
stuff to listen to that’s all it is
that’s really the purpose when you break
it down it’s just a service it’s a
chance to enhance the life that you’re
living not a vehicle for me to take a
ego trip it’s just a service
me too you and I can only take so much
credit for what I do because I didn’t
invent music I didn’t design your ear I
don’t even know the science behind why
it’s nice to hear and I don’t own the
copyright to the English language
these things were already here and I
just take advantage a performer and an
audience
what’s one without the other nothing
we’re completely dependent on one
another a reciprocal relationship of
value and trust that was never about me
and was always about us when you focus
on yourself you miss the bigger picture
and it’s a beautiful world that you’re
oblivious to your whole life is dulled
and you’re not fully living when you’re
thinking about getting and not about
giving so I took her idea and I put it
in a song about how when you’re
self-obsessed all the things you miss
out on I went to that deep place and
this is where this came from it’s a
story with two characters a mother and a
son
at seven years old he was king of the
road when he rode his BMX bicycle on his
own and she chased after him proud and
concerned he pedaled with all he had and
remembered all the eteland
she shall a break before you turn but he
just wanted to make the robber burn with
no stabilizers or hands on his shoulders
with sheer joy he yelled out mom I’m
getting older a 15 he was growing up
fast talking back smelling the smoke and
growing attached and she was working
overtime and had a short fuse he wanted
more freedom she wanted more rules he’d
fallen for a girl and had a chance to
stay alone at her place while her mom
and dad’s away she said no you’ll come
home like it’s a poster he said I’m not
a little kid mom I’m getting older and
our lives become shades as silently as
clouds in the breeze and time slips away
guess them hours we’re not ours to keep
at 21 he was ready for the world eager
for success independence and for girls
and she helped him pack his bags when he
moved out and drove him 200 miles down
to his new house bubbling with
anticipation he unpacked she said if you
ever need to you could come back he said
I appreciate that but them days are over
I need my own space now mom I’m getting
older then after he found himself stuck
single and broke with his career in a
row and she listened while he told her
all his wars with a patient
eeeyah for him while they spoke on the
phone she said you know we finally paid
off our mortgage so we could help with
rent if you have a money short and she
said nah I should be a homeowner and I
should settle down on mom I’m getting
and time slips away guess them I was
with not ours to keep and all your face
reminds me
[Music]
by 35 he had figured it out found
himself with a wife a couple kids in the
house and she would babysit the children
every Sunday night so he could have some
a long time with just his wife he’d come
back and tell her all about raising kids
how he loved it but how the pressure was
changing him how his heads getting great
and thin and when he showed her they
both laughed when he said mom I’m
getting older
then at 46 he was always working rarely
with his family so he saw it as a burden
his she told him take the pressure off
yourself he said it’s not as simple as
that
see I’m compelled and the kids have
gotten older and I picked for an
extension and I booked a holiday and
there’s the mortgage in the pension and
I’m not getting no younger retirements
getting closer and I can’t afford to
risk it I mean mom I’m getting older and
she well she just listened she always
did but now she’s lost her vision so
listen he’s all she could do these days
she smiles and lines consume her face
and her body saw frail hairs now bright
silver and his 10 condition she takes
pills for and she said we have come so
far and I know I know you’re getting
older my dear we all are
these are the times that were alive in
everyone is dividing the individuals
rising narcissism is thriving social
media addiction kind of seems like a
religion devoted to images to the point
where worship in them though we don’t
know what the long-term effect on our
mental health is we seem to only care
how many likes are on ourselves is
celebrity culture reinforces the thought
that a single life is way more important
than us all even most politicians in
positions of power tend to put their own
ambitions before ours so everywhere you
look the message is just think about
yourself and you don’t have to worry
about anybody else but the key the truth
self esteem and real value is being part
of something which is larger than you I
said the key the true self esteem and
real value is being part of something
which is larger than you and so whatever
you do in the following years and
however you develop your hobbies and
careers just remember that your skills
are a privilege to have don’t just use
them for yourself think bigger than that
and please don’t reduce your life to
just serve in your ego because there’s
potential in a person but there’s power
in the people all the best [Applause]
about your age 16 the first time he
performed on stage the crowd give him
love he was bitten by the bug that
adrenaline got in him and it was like a
drug addicted to the shouts and the
hollers and the screams that was the
sound of him following his dreams they
echoed in his mind while he’s falling
off to sleep and yes you might have
guessed now that young rapper was me now
the years went by and my confidence grew
as did my arrogance and it was obvious
too because I was so happy to burst and
brag about why I am an exceptionally
talented guy alright I might be from
Huddersfield but that is an import and
when you go and win a World Championship
in New York man your origins are nothing
I’m not into pigeonholing not while the
list of my accomplishments are growing
I’m on fire
my competition are just little embers
apprentices in my embassy and I’m their
Emperor need I emphasize my head stretch
to the size of mega minds I’m clever as
Edison Einstein and Tesla combined
blessed when it comes to connecting
rhymes I suggest you recognize I’m one
of the best of live who me catch my
breath
fine so yeah I guess I was quite a
big-headed guy then one day a friend of
mine asked the question why does every
line I write start with the letter I he
said you were talented lyricist who’s
pursuing a skill you can come up with
like a hundred rhymes and do it at will
but of all the things to talk about in
the universe and from the whole
dictionary you decided to choose the
word I well I spy with my little eye
lyrics beginning with I from a guy who’s
learned how to rap but hasn’t learned
why a whole world of potential that he’s
yet to realize I mean sure there’s
nothing wrong with bars for bars sake
but life is full of joy pain love and
heartbreak and that’s a diverse
collection of components you should be
inspired by such a wide spectrum of
emotions yeah you could rap that’s great
that may but I need you to go deep and
write from that place well from that day
forward I couldn’t ignore it
I’ve been shown a new world and I had to
go
explore it but before I could go there
and discover that place there was an
enemy inside that I first had to face so
here’s an invitation to the deepest part
of my mind where you’ll find out what
all my secrets are whoever subconscious
stew of thoughts bubble away and there’s
only a couple of them I would ever say
so today is your lucky day
full disclosure when I looked inside
this voice took over it said everything
is all about me the world revolves
around me can we talk about me I want to
stand on center stage in the spotlight
cuz the power that it gives me makes me
godlike Oh eyes on me I feed off
attention I want more likes more
retweets and mentions I hate it when I
see other people succeed only one person
should be winning just me the rest of
the world only serves my mission I focus
on me they just blur my vision I don’t
need any real relationships I turn a
conversation into a dictatorship and
make everything all about me the world
revolves around me can we talk about me
I want more fans more listeners more
shows more power more influence more
dough more followers more praise more
love give me more more will never be
enough you see all of us want to be
whole complete souls but most of us have
these deep holes we try and fill them by
making ourselves heroes but that’s also
how we end up feeding our egos and it
was my ego my ego how naively I followed
my ego and wherever he’d go I’d go and
now I know why I wrote the word eyes so
much but a strange thing has changed now
that I’ve grown up I learned everything
is not about me and it was just low
self-esteem that made me want it to be
see when you look at the core the main
principle of a musician is to give you
stuff to listen to that’s all it is
that’s really the purpose when you break
it down it’s just a service it’s a
chance to enhance the life that you’re
living not a vehicle for me to take a
ego trip it’s just a service
me too you and I can only take so much
credit for what I do because I didn’t
invent music I didn’t design your ear I
don’t even know the science behind why
it’s nice to hear and I don’t own the
copyright to the English language
these things were already here and I
just take advantage a performer and an
audience
what’s one without the other nothing
we’re completely dependent on one
another a reciprocal relationship of
value and trust that was never about me
and was always about us when you focus
on yourself you miss the bigger picture
and it’s a beautiful world that you’re
oblivious to your whole life is dulled
and you’re not fully living when you’re
thinking about getting and not about
giving so I took her idea and I put it
in a song about how when you’re
self-obsessed all the things you miss
out on I went to that deep place and
this is where this came from it’s a
story with two characters a mother and a
son
at seven years old he was king of the
road when he rode his BMX bicycle on his
own and she chased after him proud and
concerned he pedaled with all he had and
remembered all the eteland
she shall a break before you turn but he
just wanted to make the robber burn with
no stabilizers or hands on his shoulders
with sheer joy he yelled out mom I’m
getting older a 15 he was growing up
fast talking back smelling the smoke and
growing attached and she was working
overtime and had a short fuse he wanted
more freedom she wanted more rules he’d
fallen for a girl and had a chance to
stay alone at her place while her mom
and dad’s away she said no you’ll come
home like it’s a poster he said I’m not
a little kid mom I’m getting older and
our lives become shades as silently as
clouds in the breeze and time slips away
guess them hours we’re not ours to keep
at 21 he was ready for the world eager
for success independence and for girls
and she helped him pack his bags when he
moved out and drove him 200 miles down
to his new house bubbling with
anticipation he unpacked she said if you
ever need to you could come back he said
I appreciate that but them days are over
I need my own space now mom I’m getting
older then after he found himself stuck
single and broke with his career in a
row and she listened while he told her
all his wars with a patient
eeeyah for him while they spoke on the
phone she said you know we finally paid
off our mortgage so we could help with
rent if you have a money short and she
said nah I should be a homeowner and I
should settle down on mom I’m getting
and time slips away guess them I was
with not ours to keep and all your face
reminds me
[Music]
by 35 he had figured it out found
himself with a wife a couple kids in the
house and she would babysit the children
every Sunday night so he could have some
a long time with just his wife he’d come
back and tell her all about raising kids
how he loved it but how the pressure was
changing him how his heads getting great
and thin and when he showed her they
both laughed when he said mom I’m
getting older
then at 46 he was always working rarely
with his family so he saw it as a burden
his she told him take the pressure off
yourself he said it’s not as simple as
that
see I’m compelled and the kids have
gotten older and I picked for an
extension and I booked a holiday and
there’s the mortgage in the pension and
I’m not getting no younger retirements
getting closer and I can’t afford to
risk it I mean mom I’m getting older and
she well she just listened she always
did but now she’s lost her vision so
listen he’s all she could do these days
she smiles and lines consume her face
and her body saw frail hairs now bright
silver and his 10 condition she takes
pills for and she said we have come so
far and I know I know you’re getting
older my dear we all are
these are the times that were alive in
everyone is dividing the individuals
rising narcissism is thriving social
media addiction kind of seems like a
religion devoted to images to the point
where worship in them though we don’t
know what the long-term effect on our
mental health is we seem to only care
how many likes are on ourselves is
celebrity culture reinforces the thought
that a single life is way more important
than us all even most politicians in
positions of power tend to put their own
ambitions before ours so everywhere you
look the message is just think about
yourself and you don’t have to worry
about anybody else but the key the truth
self esteem and real value is being part
of something which is larger than you I
said the key the true self esteem and
real value is being part of something
which is larger than you and so whatever
you do in the following years and
however you develop your hobbies and
careers just remember that your skills
are a privilege to have don’t just use
them for yourself think bigger than that
and please don’t reduce your life to
just serve in your ego because there’s
potential in a person but there’s power
in the people all the best [Applause]
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