Cinematic - Illy

Yeah, long as cameras on us hold it, let it roll

And I’ll give you the greatest story I’ve ever told

Started green, and out of my reach

On the Bayside beaches and south-side streets

Frankston line trains I found my niche

Teenage dreams bound by speech

Native tongue I talk rap but of course fluent in the universal language of more

Testament to patience

Shattered every estimate they gave

With hat and hand never said it’s greatness

Put in four or five years, that work ethics amazing

Either pay respect or be mistaken

Dudes tried startin', youse no part of it

I don’t raise my voice I improve my argument

I’ve done it before, won’t hesitate to do it again

My city, my pad, my pen

Life feels cinematic right now

Life feels cinematic right now

And life feels cinematic right now

And life feels cinematic right now

Life feels cinematic right now

And life feels cinematic right now

It’s all lights, camera, action right now

And life feels cinematic right now

There’s no pressure to prove none of you wrong

You the same ones judging whole careers off a couple of songs

Man my skills still tight, but skills ain’t love without icing

So I slid a velvet glove over iron fist

It worked, deal with it

I’m my own meal ticket

Did it while they stayed home still

So fuck a death threat, my family’s proud

I can’t please everyone, but I can buy a house

I’ve been, humbled by love, toughened by hate

I’ve grown thick-skin, never been coloured in jade

I’m still as hungry as I ever was

We stayed steady on

Look at everyone else, where’s the effort gone?

Worked magic with the mic

Since the days where the pay was a fraction of the flights

Now the proof rules, we don’t buy in the hype

It’s the fourth time, cue the highlights

Middle finger to the magistrate

The one that got away

Middle class white boy, stand with my back up straight

Navigated fake friends and false accolades

Swear I’ll never break bread with that pack again

New day more extras and advances

Hand in hand with

More pressure, better standards

I’m well aware by expressing it with grandeur

I ask more questions than I answer

Rack your brain

Hip-hop my guardian angel

Married to the music, game to stay faithful

Never satisfied that

Where I’m at’s right

Cause success ain’t final

Failure ain’t fatal

Fall down, straight back on the bounce

Diamond in the rough, now jewel in the crown

Might not be much but it’s all I’m about

When I stop and look out at the crowd

Maybe one day you will realize what this means to me

Maybe you won’t, but I know

This is me from twelve till now

My life has been put in these rhymes

For almost as long as I can remember

And this is it

The moment I’ll look back on as one of my greatest highs

And all of you made this possible

I couldn’t thank you if I tried

But let me try