As Soon As I Wake Up

[Intro] "To really to be a creator, you must ask yourself, 'In the stillest moment of your night, if it were truly denied you to create, would you die?' And if your answer is yes, you have no choice: that is your choice, because there is no euphoria in a different place for an artist. That's where you are; that's what you do. That's it and it's not an easy life, but it's your life." [Hook] As soon as I wake up I'm going to change my ways Because the music's my savior And no one can take my pain Except for this paper The page flows like rain As soon as I wake up I'm going to change my ways [Verse 1: Xperience] Instead of staying the same Because I see better days ahead of me I paint them on the page Then I save them for the rainy ones When anger and the anguish want to hang around I say em outloud and complain to them I figure I'm made to live and haven't gone that far But I made it here so if there is a God I give thanks to him Then I take a pen and make amends again The only way I know to repent I know somebody listenin [Verse 2: Macklemore] Dear God I'm so thankful for you keeping my plate full The struggles, heartache, pain, the progress and the breakthrough Every single track has made who I am to this day Prove this page is the only way to paint you But lately it's like my soul feels counterfeit Scared to pick up the pen to see what the hell might come out of it So God grant me the serenity without giving me the christening Because all I ever needed was a beat and people listening Step Cousins [Hook] As soon as I wake up I'm going to change my ways Because the music's my savior And no one can take my pain Except for this paper The page flows like rain As soon as I wake up I'm going to change my ways [Verse 3: Xperience] Instead of rotting away and plotting my grave, hiding in a bottomless shame I found a way to fight my way out and see the light of day And proud to say I took the safe route but there's a price to pay They like to keep my name in they mouth and tell lies on me What you see is what you get, truth in the flesh, homie You can do the rest I'm through with trying to prove myself to you I'll see you when you wake up, hope the feeling is mutual [Verse 4: Macklemore] Now for artists and musicians you see the target's to list To the heart inscripts with no margins, no limits To make to pain, strengths, sun rays a part of the picture And can bathe in every shade and take it further and vivid They're going to say what they say, abrasion, the vision And whatever the DJ plays, they mark, and they gimick But I've got a path to follow and along with the distance I realize I'm already awake I'm just starting to live it My language [Hook] As soon as I wake up I'm going to change my ways Because the music's my savior And no one can take my pain Except for this paper The page flows like rain As soon as I wake up I'm going to change my ways