Metric - Celebrate (Blood in the Pen Remix) lyrics

[Bridge: Emily Haines] I'll be standing tall When you call, I'll be there, yes, I will Don't even think of giving in Though all your fears keep creeping into your mind Even the darkest hours soon will be over My friend, it will be over I've been blessed and I've been cursed I've been the best, I've been the worst Now I'll take what's mine [Chorus: Tre Mission] Could've gave up, could've been dead I chose to be ali-li-li-ve Could've gave up, could've been dead I chose to be alive instead Could've gave up, could've been dead I chose to be ali-li-li-ve Could've gave up, could've been dead I chose to be alive instead Could've gave up, could've been dead I chose to be alive instead Could've gave up, could've been dead I chose to be alive instead Could've gave up, could've been dead I chose to be alive instead Could've gave up, could've been dead I chose to be alive instead [Verse 1: Tre Mission] Now, I could've gave up, but I'm right back in Kicked out the game, jumped right back in it Put blood in the pen, then write tracks with it Back to the roots like Mike Waxx with it Jook, jook, jook, yeah, I'm like that with it But I'd rather make money for the squad and the fam I don't wanna ride or call for the scram Fell in love with the roads, but it all was a scam Now I'm in a new mindstate I was flirting with the streets like a blind date Way too many pings on the iPhone I'm irate, gotta put it in airplane Bet you thought I was gonna say vibrate Bet you thought I was gonna stay down too You never thought that I would land on my two feet But I fell out the sky, now it's round two [Break: Emily Haines] I'll be standing tall When you call, I'll be there, yes, I will [Chorus: Tre Mission] Could've gave up, could've been dead I chose to be ali-li-li-ve Could've gave up, could've been, could've been I chose to be alive instead Could've gave up, could've been dead I chose to be ali-li-li-ve Could've gave up, could've been, could've been I chose to be ali-li-li-live [Verse 2: Tre Mission] Now, we could've gave up, but we never did So everything else is irrelevant You haffi know what it is, never hesitant All we do is bill up this medicine All we do is coke when life is a slope Might smoke then fight from the ropes No, I never lose faith in myself when I'm writing this truth Same way, what I'm writing is dope, that's quotes n***as ain't real, that's hoax They wanna see me in the wagon like Vaulk, no joke Whoa, can you hold it down? Don't choke This is the release of the woke I awake in a new form, still flawed, I ain't ever been Innocent, ever since newborn Before life got real, it was all good Before the ends got hot, it was new p**n Everyday new work, new money, new corn And that's what it is and what it will be If it don't k** me, that's called coming up Even though I'm growing up, same way, I'm still me [Bridge: Emily Haines] I'll be standing tall When you call, I'll be there, yes, I will Don't even think of giving in Though all your fears keep creeping into your mind Even the darkest hours soon will be over My friend, it will be over I've been blessed and I've been cursed And I've been blessed and I've been cursed [Chorus: Tre Mission] Could've gave up, could've been dead I chose to be ali-li-li-ve Could've gave up, could've been, could've been I chose to be alive instead Could've gave up, could've been dead I chose to be ali-li-li-ve Could've gave up, could've been, could've been I chose to be ali-li-li-live [Bridge: Emily Haines] I'll be standing tall When you call, I'll be there, yes, I will Don't even think of giving in Though all your fears keep creeping into your mind Even the darkest hours soon will be over My friend, it will be over I've been blessed and I've been cursed I've been the best, I've been the worst Now I'll take what's mine [Outro] That's when the sound really came together in a way, and that's when... just knowing that you have to push yourself almost into the future to be the best possible version of yourself you can, cause you have to live down whatever you created for the next couple of years minimum, you know? And ideally for the rest of your life, so...