[Verse 1: Illy]
Before itâs performed, before itâs released
Before itâs recorded, before itâs written, before I scored the beat
Before the emails back and forth, hassling trigga
For whatever heat, the quickening ainât need
Before sold out tours, where the runs on the board
Got it looking like I never been bowled out before
And sure, itâs before daughters and sisters and mrsâ nationwide
Caught a glimpse and turned vicious, uh
Before listeners dissed, âcoz the kids had a run
Thatâd leave Usain Bolt in the dust
Going 3 years young, what Iâve done with the chase
The whole country embraced, they still rapping to their mates
So that love turned hate, when this unknown punk turned famed
And it happened at an unheard rate
But before they lay blame put âem up on this
Before they gave a fuck what I did, I been doing it
[Verse 2: Illy]
Before hitting my bed, after driving from Tullamarine
Before a flight spent trying to sleep
Before lying in the lounge, waiting on a plane
Still higher than the clouds looking out through the window pane
Before check in, packing, dressing
Before sitting in the shower for like half an hour
Before our tour manager is banging on our door, waking me up
Before I pass out blind drunk
Before shot after shot after whatever the fuck punters got for me
Cut for me, crushed or rolled up for me
Before I step off stage
Before I kill it for an hour straight, before Cam hits the first snare, and we away for the set
Before I pray, before I stretch
Before I chase straight vodka with the redbull thatâs left
Itâs just 3, motherfuckers sitting backstage
Hungover like âI swear I ainât drinking againâ, so
[Verse 3: Illy]
Before iâm gone, before Iâm old
Before Iâm big into classical and twilight strolls
Before I retire, fuck it before Iâm hired
Before milestones acquired, in my time in this rap shit
Before my business manâs on, before they try and market this shit as a brand, stop
Before my whole damn campâs on
Known as the Frankston Line Champ
And each fan thanked by hand, before
The whole future has come
Iâll be chilling right here writing raps in tune with the drum
The truth hard to swallow when you donât chew once
Still hungry, dummies saying I already blew up
Nah, you donât believe me, watch
I got the next decade locked, by doing what Iâve done from the dot
So before I start talking like somebody Iâm not
To please otherâs Ima be in a box
- :
- Papercuts (Single)
- Cinematic
- Bring It Back
- Non-Album Releases
- Long Story Short
- The Chase
- Cinematic: Uncut
- On & On
- Swear Jar
- 100% Hits 2016, Vol. 1
- Tightrope (feat. Scarlett Stevens)
- Heard It All
- Generation Y
- It Can Wait (Single)
- 100% Hits Best of 2013
- 100% Hits 2014, Vol. 1
- Hot Parade Forever Summer 2014
- Triple J House Party, Vol. 3 (Mixed By KLP)
- triple j House Party, Vol. 3
- Cigarettes