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Ground Zero Lyrics by Rotey

GRound Zero

2015

Bright sunny day, I was looking for a way to pass summer time/
(Hey!) Why not hit CVS, pay that 99 cents and buy a spiral book?/
Spent a couple minutes looking, for some reason hooked in/
When the teal one revealed its cover to me, walked to the cashier/
And paid in cash (here) lived nearby so I walked home too/
On the way thumbing through blank pages I knew/
Were soon to be filled, but, still without a clue/
How much caged up like animals in a zoo/
Rested at the kitchen table then the thoughts just flew/
Scribbled what little spittle at that time I was able/
To put on the page, and back then, it wasn't much/
But as soon as fingers touched the pen it was such a rush/
Ever forget it, forever stamped in memory/
Awake into your dreams, open your eyes then you'll see there's/

Hook:

No L's no mistakes
(I can't lose)
Go wherever it takes me
(This Gold Road)
Maybe later you'll thank me
(Because I)
Built it from the ground up starting at Ground Zero

Ground Zero, letting loose letting fear go
Here goes Ground Zero, letting loose letting fear go

Verse Two:

What started as a hobby pretty soon after got me/
More hooked on it than heroin needle shots be/
What shocked me the most, and I don't mean to boast/
Looking back now, I wasn't half bad/
I mean, they weren't great, but its pretty hard to hate/
When my little teal book would leave most of y'all shook/
The story's origin, before storming in/
Brain storming then, now rhymes pouring in/
2nd and 3rd books, verses, hooks/
Way before I knew what an ad-lib was, I was/
Catching a buzz off the raps I would bust/
Back when I still crushed tabs to dust/
Back when I still had Matt to trust/
Fat packs of buds, burn gas kick dust/
Up like tires on Acuras, on the Gold Road cuz
Thats a must/

Bridge:

Practice blood sweat tears, ain't holding back for nothing/
Made it past drugs, flipped my life around (spatulas)/
Passion love added up with obstacles to gas him up/
Had enough of those to make most wanna pack it up/
(but)
But I had enough of being laughed at, grabbed that/
Note pad wrote raps, now they're stacking up/
Whack as fuck at first but each verse steady padding up/
Took the time to learn, thats the only L Ill ever take now/

(Hook)

Outro:

Yeah, Ground Zero... where it all starts
Gold Road
Bei Unik
Jaye Newton
Stevie G
Eli
Rotey
Credits
Rotey

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About “Ground Zero” by Rotey

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"Ground Zero" appears on "GRound Zero" in 2015.

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