#AaronSwartz Lyrics

[Verse 1: AWKWORD]
First and foremost, let me get this off my chest
Rest in peace Jesse, skateboard vet

Just like Harold Hunter, overdosed, left
Suicide by any means, can't live, depressed
I know it may be hard to understand my point a view
But keep in mind that everything is relative (ugh)
In japan they call it falling, on your sword
And we ain't ask to be born so it ain't our fault
But excuses is excuses, and nothing more

I live for my sister, my mom's honor, that's all
Truth is, I don't blame my five friends
Who all did like Cap Steez, (yeah,) and made their own end
You see, these people felt pain like Freddy E

People try to fill the voids and still unhappy
And 'they gotta understand that it seems so bad'
Or the subject of the story, was just born sad

[Hook: L*A*W] x2
Though the times is hard
And your soul is scarred
All you see is, rainy days
Still don't throw your life away


[Verse 2: AWKWORD]
Take it from the horse's mouth, man I've been miserable
Everybody say you great, I felt pitiful

Perfectionist or negative, whatever you call it
It's the feeling that, everything you touch, you spoil it

Turn, dollars to dust, gold to glitter
Ain't none a these damn things, make you feel better
Peep the most important thing, they got no help
Even when things were tried, it did not help
(, so)
Keep trying, or you will lose
I know all my peoples could of done better with you
There's so many groups, so many like minds
I'd be a part of them all, if I didn't write rhymes
And I know not everybody's, made for sharing
But if you get to 'that' point, please make it apparent
Because there's people in this world who need you here
And this song is one part, to lead you there
[Hook] x2

[Verse 3: AWKWORD]
A suicide occurs every 15 minutes
And then there's the rest still living with the sickness

F the jargon, dogma and the stigma
F the plastic people making you feel lessa
Wrestla, W-W-F ya

Cause we been through it all, just in our heads, bruh
And then you got the real life, real life

Being alone, feeling alone, who needs life?
But twist it all around, if you really don't care
Now's your chance to do what you want, yeah so dare
Better than taking your own life, or, their's

Cause, nobody deserves death before its fair
And life ain't, and we all know that
But there are so many groups, who can help you hold back
And not only that, they might put your life on a track
I wish Aaron Swartz was still here, to hear this rap

[Outro: L*A*W & AWKWORD]
Though the times is hard
And your soul is scarred
Rainy days
Still don't throw your life away

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Grassroots Suicide Prevention presents: AWKWORD – “#AaronSwartz” [feat. LAW | prod. by Steel Tipped Dove]

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As we have seen with the passing of Capital Steez and Freddy E this past year alone, we have a mental health and suicide issue in Hip Hop. HipHopDX, AllHipHop, Rap Rehab and others have written on it in 2013. And this is representative of a larger trend in America, with a suicide occurring every 15 minutes. Then consider all the young (and older) people still alive and suffering.

Aaron Swartz, the founder of Reddit, was systematically targeted, arrested, prosecuted and harassed by the federal government, essentially for being down with the likes of Wikileaks and seeking freedom of information. He was 26 when he was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment, having hanged himself. The young man who invented RSS at 14…

I can relate, as I do quite personally in my new song “#AaronSwartz”, produced by Steel Tipped Dove and featuring the guitar and singing talents of seven-time Grammy nominee LAW.

This rap Suicide ‘PSA’ is sponsored by Grassroots Suicide Prevention and will appear on AWKWORD’s DJBooth-sponsored 100% for-charity global Hip Hop project ‘World View’, as well as Steel Tipped Dove’s ‘& a whole bunch of crazy motherfuckers’ mixtape, also dropping Monday, July 1.

For more info and other music, go to http://AWKWORDrap.com.

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    Notorious (Missing Lyrics)
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    Radio 2.0 (Missing Lyrics)
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    Go!
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