Life Is Like a Book
A rap series about life (2 of 3)
Life is like a book, words written every second,
Written letter by letter and never left to be read and,
If you’re upset, hating life, or you just can’t be effed,
Stuff it, start a new chapter… chapter 7,
I remember being younger and all the problems that I had,
I don’t wanna clean my room, I don’t wanna go to bed,
He called me this and she called me that,
Mum! I can’t find any socks that match,
Man, the funny thing is, you can’t even see,
That the problems you have are such little things,
And it’s not ’til now, as I’m writing this speech,
That I realise I’ve been blind not to see life’s been a breeze,
Yet it wasn’t long ago when I went through this phase,
Angry, annoyed and upset everyday,
Over and over, dad asking me why,
Lying “nah, I’m alright”, and just crying all night,
Overthinking everything, those were the worst days,
She’s got the whole week, just give me back my Thursdays,
Or even just last year,
I had my whole life planned and I was going nowhere,
I’ll just get a job, “she’ll be right”, “it’ll all be sweet”,
Then suddenly, randomly, things falling in place for me,
Now, year 13, in 2014,
Thinking EIT for 15 and 16,
One very important decision for me,
That may have completely changed my destiny,
So, I learnt life goes on, you’ve just got to turn the page,
I’m grateful for new chapters, thank god things change,
’Cause life is short, live it up and be grateful,
You’re blessed with life, why the heck would you be wasteful?
-17-year-old me
Check out parts I & III here!
I wrote and performed this rap in highschool for my speech in English class. I was a bit cheeky and also submitted it as my creative writing piece in English and my solo composition in Music. I received top marks all round and was even awarded the creative writing cup for it!
My dad was suffering from Motor Neuron Disease at the time and has sadly since died.
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