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about
"Broken Dreams" was written and recorded while I was attending college at Haskell Indian Nations University, Fall 2019. In October, I found the instrumental titled "Smoke Screen" on the BeatStars app from a favorite producer of mine, VybeHitz.
I recorded my vocals in the dorms right on campus. Once I had my song mixed and mastered. I tried a release strategy that would help to grow my Facebook artist page to reach my first 1,000 likes.
"Broken Dreams" was released September 10th, 2020.
lyrics
Yeah
You know everybody’s gotta have dreams
Even if they never come true
Momma always told me stay in school
Daddy always told me I was cool
And they always said that I could be anything that I ever put my mind to
So I started to write
Then I got myself a mic
I was working on my craft
Like every single night
Signed into the internet
and made myself a website
Yeah I did it up big
Got some plays and likes
Now my family look at me like I’m a fool
Cuz I’d rather live my life out by the pool
Maybe if I knew about the struggles that we faced would that make me wana follow rules
Man I’d like to think not
Cuz I’m caught up in my ways
So caught up in my dreams
That I’m caught up in a daze
I’m losing track of time
Losing track of my mind
I’m losing touch with everything
I think I’ll be just fine so
Tell the people lies
As we sing them all to sleep again
Tell them that we love them
Tell them that we’ll always be their friend
Show them that we care
Show them that we’ll always be right there
Chasing broken dreams
I guess life just isn’t what it seems
Yeah I guess life just isn’t what it seems
(Aye)
So we tell our kids to chase they dreams
(Aye)
And we tell them all to face they fears
(Uhh)
But as time goes on they taste the tears
(Yo)
Cuz things can fall apart in days
(That's tough)
And all that shit adds up to years
(That’s time)
So we gotta try our best to thrive
(Gotta try my best)
Making sure we all survive
Tryna make these ends meet (aye)
I just wanna see my people eat
and I know things don’t always go as planned
Now that I’m old enough I understand
(Yeah)
It’s so much easier to tell a lie
When no one really gives a fuck (Bitch)
Cuz at the end of the day
No one really gives a fuck
No one really gives a fuck so
Tell the people lies
As we sing them all to sleep again
Tell them that we love them
Tell them that we’ll always be their friend
Show them that we care
Show them that we’ll always be right there
Chasing broken dreams
I guess life just isn’t what it seems
Tell the people lies
As we sing them all to sleep again
Tell them that we love them
Tell them that we’ll always be their friend
Show them that we care
Show them that we’ll always be right there
Chasing broken dreams
I guess life just isn’t what it seems
credits
released September 10, 2020
Beat: "Smoke Screen"
Produced by: VybeHitz
Artwork: DontSleepGFX
Mixing/Mastering Engineer: Saran "Craft Masta G"
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