Jacob Nash - Underground lyrics

[Hook] I'm unsigned and unhyped There's no hope but I still write I'm not dope, but I don't even care Because I've got some music to share I've got some lyrics I want you to hear [verse 1] Yo, I'm underground, it's like being six feet under the ground It's like I'm dead and I can't even make a sound Because I'm not noticed by anybody around This is the polar opposite of being renowned I could be the best rappers around or even the best hands down It still wouldn't matter. I still couldn't be found You see for now, I'm stuck in a state of obscurity I rhyme, but no one feels me and I rap, but no one hears me I guess I must be amiss by trying to go through with this Because, I just can't seem to even get noticed How am I supposed to go through with this? How am I supposed to rise to fame? How do I get the industry to acknowledge my name? Maybe I can't. Maybe all of this really is hopeless Maybe there's no hope for me ever getting noticed I guess my dream to be a rapper is really just bogus I think I might be destined to be destitute and homeless Because I'm not rich and I don't know if I'll make any money with this Should I join a band to have more family members as fans? Because I still don't have any fans. Maybe I'll find some tomorrow I probably won't though. There's got to be someone I should know Someone to give me a go and to hear me bust my flow Who can turn me from a zero into some kind of a hero Someone that I could meet to get me back on two feet And keep me off of the street, and provide me with some new beats? I'm tired of being a bum. I'm stumped. I need to find someone There's got to be someone to get me out of this slump And get me out of this dump. I just want to rap and I'm pumped But if I try doing this all on my own, I'll never make myself known I just need to find some way to get myself signed But nothing's coming to mind. I guess for now I'm unsigned I'm underground [hook] [verse 2] Some day, I may blow up and become famous I don't need the fame though, but I do need enough to live off this So it's time to make some changes to my unsigned status Enough hobby rapping, it's time for me to get serious I'm not joking, I seriously plan to make a living off rapping But before I can do that, I've got to try to write something I'll write more rhymes which will give you a peice of my mind And I'll rap them well enough to get myself signed But how will I ever get signed When I scarcely have the motivation to write one more line? If you were to ask me how it's going, I'd just that it's say fine But it's not fine. I don't have enough time for the truth, so I'm lying And I don't want to whine, so I'll save just us some time You probably don't want to hear the truth anyway Because I don't have anything cheerful to say Even on a good day, I'm still not okay If I had to be honest, I'd say I want to die today Because I'm sick of being a bum. It's all that I've become It's like I'm lazy and dumb. My life hasn't been any fun But I just need a contract. I need to find someone with one If I don't make it big, we might have to sell the farm I can't let us sell the farm. I've got to save the farm But most of all, I've got to move away from the farm You want to know how it's going? Well, here's a few hints My life is the pits and I'm sick of living off of my parents I've got to build up confidence and prove to everyone that I can do this I need to step it up if I want to go through with this It's time to pick up the slack. It's too late to turn back I may not be black, but does that make me whack? I can't let that hold me back. I need to make some more tracks I need to get a contract and I'll make it big perhaps But for now I'm underground [hook] [verse 3] I know I'm underground and I still haven't been signed But I'm going to fix all that soon. That's what I've got in mind I was made to get signed. That's just how I was designed I was designed to rap and I'm inclined to rap But I have to get signed if I want to put myself on the map Rap is the point to my life. That's why I use my time to write That's the reason I sometimes don't even go to bed at night Because I'm too busy reading through my lyrics And scribbling them out to rewrite I rewrite each song until I get it just right But is it right when rap is the only point to my life? Should I be trying something else such as finding a wife? Should I get an actual job and live a normal life? Should I just play it safe and put rap out of my sight? No, that's not my decision. That's not even an option That's not in my vision and I won't let it happen I'll never give up or even consider quitting I'll just keep going and spit each line with precision I've done too much with rap to go back on it now I'll sign to a label as soon as God allows I'm fed up with farming. It just isn't for me I think that I'm meant to be some kind of a celebrity I'm somebody you should see when you turn on the TV I shouldn't be rapping for free. I should be an emcee This has got to become more to me than just another hobby It's about time for me to start rapping professionally But I want all of you to see that I'm not only rapping for me I don't want to make music selfishly Greedy rappers are definitely not lacking in this industry This is for all the fans and for God, not me This goes out to everybody who is going to listen to me It's time to try to get signed [hook]