Ordinary People

By TheGenesis (1973)
On album The Very Best Of The Softones (1973)

The Very Best Of The Softones
[Hook : Marceline]
Ordinary people chasing stars
Stop to find out who they really are
But the circles keep on closing around them
Fascinating fires draw them up
Plus all their dreams and hopes thrown to the wind
Ordinary people chasing stars
Stop to find out who they really are
But the circles keep on closing around them



[Verse 1: The
Genesis]
I need to get the fuck up out this couch
And rhyme my way out of this mountain of doubt
With the skill I never realise I found
There's no going back once this is out
All it would probably do is go down
But it's okay
As i love the process of having this made
Even though i'll probably be surrounded by hate
At least it controls my mind state
From all the anger and rage
You might be wondering
Then why the other songs are full of screaming and pain
Cause that's what's going on in my head
I know i have a lot
That many would want
But trust me it's not
I cry through all the things I bought
You might think my life is perfect
You might think i sound offensive
That you would suck dick
Just to get what you wanted
But we'll all end up in the same place
Unsatisfied feeling like waste
I say with confidence
I have the latest phone, and a high allowance
A fucking i
Pad a laptop, a camera that costs a grand
A million dollar house, it's what fancy living is about
I'm fucking rich, but i'm sick, of all these bitches
Thinking i'm happy as fuck



[Hook : Marceline]
Ordinary people chasing stars
Stop to find out who they really are
But the circles keep on closing around them
Fascinating fires draw them up
Plus all their dreams and hopes thrown to the wind
Ordinary people chasing stars
Stop to find out who they really are
But the circles keep on closing around them



[Verse 2: The
Genesis]
Please listen, here's just a piece of advice
Don't let the money lead you, it's blind
You can never put a price
For the quality people you find
It will make you think a diamond is worth a dime
You think the main goal
Is to get rich, but you stay broke
Mind stuck in getting a money over load
When you don't think of your people
I'm sorry for sounding cold
But i'm tryna bust into your skull
Before your brain goes null' into getting dough
Now it's set in stone, so you let it go
You don't realise where you're going
You're too focused
To getting a bonus
I'm not telling you to stop working
Provide for your family then buy your self something
You've earned it
But you have to be causeous
Cause money will turn you so monstrous
Don't get why these poor people
Want to get 6 digits
When they know it's more then enough
To survive and get what you want
They keep stepping it up
The people they love
Start packing they're stuff
Because money becomes a basis for them being fucked
Your better of pointing at yourself with a gun
Then squeeze the trigger to end it at once
Like i would've did
If i didn't find a way out of this slump
And realise I never shrunk
Depression is never fun
But you'll be fine as long as you do what you love
With the people you love
And be where you love
And see what you love
Yeah, all of the above



[Hook : Marceline]
Ordinary people chasing stars
Stop to find out who they really are
But the circles keep on closing around them
Fascinating fires draw them up
Plus all their dreams and hopes thrown to the wind
Ordinary people chasing stars
Stop to find out who they really are
But the circles keep on closing around them



[Verse 3: The
Genesis]
I'm an ordinary person
With only one difference
People thinking my life is perfect
With no exception
Yeah there is
I do what I can
And never rest
All i do is risk
All of my shit
To get where I wanted
It seems impossible for us to be in the shoes of fame
It seems like there's no way to get to that place
Until you've witnessed it
You'll never see the difference
Until you become them
Then you feel condemned
Doesn't feel right
Getting too much of anything isn't fine
It'll leave you everything but alive
Do I have to say it multiple times to get to your mind
Or is the shit i devise
Enough to save your life
I have to admit, this is one of the biggest sacrifices i'll give
This probably won't give me any attention
Nope, it's not about that
It's about people who needs help to hear this rap
And have their life on track
I'll go home from the studio and back
Cause it's the best job a guy like me could have
It's the easiest way to unleash a mass
Collection of tasks
From a guy who has
Everything, and gives to those who lack



[Hook : Marceline]
Ordinary people chasing stars
Stop to find out who they really are
But the circles keep on closing around them
Fascinating fires draw them up
Plus all their dreams and hopes thrown to the wind
Ordinary people chasing stars
Stop to find out who they really are
But the circles keep on closing around them



[Outro: The
Genesis]
To hopefully help them keep intact
And still get flack
From fuckers who can't deal with the fact
That what they want is not the one
But they still believe in what they see
Rich guys smiling in Ferraris
Then they kill theirselves next morning
But poor people are only gonna highlight the fact that they have money
Not what happened, so they're still wealth hungry
This fucking world is full of greed
When what we should be seeking is peace
But the world is full of evil indeed
And the good are deceived
Doesn't seem equal to me
It fucks you up knowing what people could be
No one but themselves to please
The same people who say ebola's the worse disease
Then say how it's shit, on their twitter feed
No wonder they don't notice what the world has become to be

Go back to your search "might not getting perfect"

Go back to main blog post

Not the right song? Post your comment for help

Showing search results from SongSearch