Released: October 1, 2007
Songwriter: Akala
Producer: Reza Safinia
[Verse 1]
I used to feel it in my heart with a passion
It would pump from my veins
Was the fuel for my actions
Such that it was my cane and my crutch
I was sure it was real
I could taste, I could touch
I was it, and it was mine
I felt free for the first time
I was sure they were behind me so I never turned
I just kept going straight which means I never learned
And when I finally did take a look around
My world came to the ground
And this is what I found
The truth is hard to swallow, harder to follow
When the blessings you receive for your deeds seem hollow
[Chorus 1]
Chasin' for the sun
I was born to run
But I feel like I'm defeated
I feel like I'm defeated
I feel like I'm defeated
But I will not be beaten
[Verse 2]
No matter how I fight, they always outgun me
No matter how I sprint, time will outrun me
I'm stuck in a rat race 'round about lap eight
Every time I go around, I feel like the track changed
The goalposts keep movin'
How can I reach one when there are no conclusions?
The poor, wise man or am I the rich fool
At the bottom of the road still scared of the pitfalls?
Fat cats and poor kids both bloated
Life is a bitter pill with a sugar coatin'
Even a queen can be taken by a pawn
Darkest hour is the one before dawn
[Chorus 2]
Chasin' for the sun
I was born to run
But I feel like I'm defeated
I feel like I'm defeated
[Chorus 1]
Chasin' for the sun
I was born to run
But I feel like I'm defeated
I feel like I'm defeated
I feel like I'm defeated
But I will not be beaten
[Chorus 1]
Chasin' for the sun
I was born to run
But I feel like I'm defeated
I feel like I'm defeated
I feel like I'm defeated
But I will not be beaten
I used to feel it in my heart with a passion
It would pump from my veins
Was the fuel for my actions
Such that it was my cane and my crutch
I was sure it was real
I could taste, I could touch
I was it, and it was mine
I felt free for the first time
I was sure they were behind me so I never turned
I just kept going straight which means I never learned
And when I finally did take a look around
My world came to the ground
And this is what I found
The truth is hard to swallow, harder to follow
When the blessings you receive for your deeds seem hollow
[Chorus 1]
Chasin' for the sun
I was born to run
But I feel like I'm defeated
I feel like I'm defeated
I feel like I'm defeated
But I will not be beaten
[Verse 2]
No matter how I fight, they always outgun me
No matter how I sprint, time will outrun me
I'm stuck in a rat race 'round about lap eight
Every time I go around, I feel like the track changed
The goalposts keep movin'
How can I reach one when there are no conclusions?
The poor, wise man or am I the rich fool
At the bottom of the road still scared of the pitfalls?
Fat cats and poor kids both bloated
Life is a bitter pill with a sugar coatin'
Even a queen can be taken by a pawn
Darkest hour is the one before dawn
[Chorus 2]
Chasin' for the sun
I was born to run
But I feel like I'm defeated
I feel like I'm defeated
[Chorus 1]
Chasin' for the sun
I was born to run
But I feel like I'm defeated
I feel like I'm defeated
I feel like I'm defeated
But I will not be beaten
[Chorus 1]
Chasin' for the sun
I was born to run
But I feel like I'm defeated
I feel like I'm defeated
I feel like I'm defeated
But I will not be beaten
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Freedom Lasso (2007)
Akala popular songs
- Fire in the Booth
- Find No Enemy
- Shakespeare
- Fire in The Booth Part 4
- The Thieves Banquet
- Comedy Tragedy History
- Fire In The Booth Part 3
- Fire In The Booth Part 2
- Behind My Painted Smile
- Maangamizi
- Absolute Power
- Fire in the Booth (Part 1, 2 & 3)
- Carried Away
- Malcolm Said It
- Get Educated
- Murder Runs The Globe
- Another Reason
- Knowledge is Power
- Sun Tzu
- This is London
- Old Yellow Bricks Freestyle (Arctic Monkeys)
- Something Inside My Head
- What is Real?
- Fear