Owned
Written By Mr ShaoDow
Copyright Mr ShaoDow © 2007
VERSE ONE
Now check it,
Sit back shut your trap you don’t wanna wreck it,
ShaoDow broke the mould now I’m gonna set it,
It’s a fact I could chat the crap,
I could slack but my tracks would be wack and I’d never let it,
I don’t march to your drum, are you dumb?
Become about the same things? Guns and the slums,
And the sums, on the streets they pretend that they run,
No you’re not a thug you still live with your mum,
Everyone of these rappers eventually succumb,
To the lies caught all up in the web that is spun,
See the emcees on the TV, think it’s easy,
Make a CD, It looks like fun,
Get signed, the Labels will take all your funds,
Make sales or else you will soon get slung,
See what they done? Choices are gone,
Make the same old same till my brain goes BOOM!
Hey that’s long, we ain’t no pawns,
ShaoDow’’s the name I change the norms,
Reform the game and brave the storms,
It’s about time art came back to the war,
Closing the door so I come through the floor,
Mic like a sword so it’s hard to ignore,
Still they abhor, ‘cos I’m more than they thought,
And my freedom ain’t so easily bought,
This ain’t about the dough, I’m flowing from the soul,
I know they’re in control and so I’ll never slow,
Jehovah keep me whole, I go into the zone,
And mow down any foe, go toe to toe,
KO ShaoDow’s on a roll, using my brain so move like a pro,
Don’t wanna help? Then I’ll do it alone,
Get out the way cos I won’t be owned.
*POINT OF INTEREST*
This was at a point when I couldn’t think of decent names for my tunes, so Owned was born.
The song was written on the bus on my way to a performance in Wantage. ( I write a lot of my lyrics while travelling)
