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Shallow Lyrics by Michael Ryan

2017

I wanna say I’m sorry
I haven’t been true to you, you knew, what I had to do, its true
We knew
I would stray from my roots
What do I do, I’ve strayed from my crew
I’m new, you knew
Society changes you
Happily embraces you
But I just wish that you people would see how it changes you then disgraces you
It’s rare to find people with their eyes open
Mind open
A sign that I’ve woken
I’m real to you, my heart's wide open
They see me doing music and ask if I’m jokin'
Then I go to school like a stupid mule
'cause school will teach the skills that you need and you’ll (sarcasm)
Need as a human being
Teach to love yourself
If you don't love yourself, you can't get it from someone else
Why you living life under worthless debt?
You work for respect, not for a worthless check
You broke your neck
Trapped under a circus net
And just 'cause you got money don’t mean you deserve respect
You wanna be a doctor?
Great I’ll be a rapper
Just know fame and money isn't what I’m after
Getting in touch with myself
Awaken some people
I talk about humanity's greatness and evil
Stupid 12 year old kids think I’m irrelevant
Good for them, they won't understand my benevolence
They won't understand it ‘till they get some maturity
Replay this song when you're miserable and 30
Most adults can’t comprehend what I’m saying
Child’s mind, society has them playing
They won't understand a single message I’m conveying
They wanna get numb from the game of life they are playing

Yeah
I wish I knew the world
As a different one
One where the first world doesn't exploit the third world
One where the first world doesn't encourage all the things we’re told not to do
Drinking, smoking, gambling
We live to work for the wealthy
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Michael Ryan

Michael Ryan

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