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Feb 2017
I'm up and hitting the pavement
Head first, burst into flames
Everyone wants to sleep in
Take a little, take a lot
I'm waking up at 5am
Jotting down notes of to do
Staying at my own place
So I can hit that fit
Ride or die
I don't need a sidekick by my side
I'm my own boss.

We got the wrath, the fury
Running on empty living off last paycheck
Giving it all I got
Everyone thinks I got it all
Just 'cuz I'm in a 17 dollar fancy dress
I'm being asked for advice
The climate of the stream
I'm swimming in deep
Hoping not to say anything stupid
Or anything I wouldn't want to repeat
But everyone thinks I have it all
And maybe in some ways I do.

But I'm up before you
While you writing that Instagram novel
Recycling your tumblr found mantras
Or sipping gin juice
Forgetting we need this or that
Or demanding more of me
Than you can choose
I was out here
Up here
Hitting the pavement
Lighting the flames
Cuz I'm the ******* leader
And I don't need to flaunt it
Because it's bigger than just my blonde head
But while you were sleeping
I was up and out.
OnwardFlame
Written by
OnwardFlame  Los Angeles, CA
(Los Angeles, CA)   
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   Keith Wilson and ---
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