Lyrics of Rise and fall

|verse 1|
Back in the days, i had dreams of rapping on stage
Imagined listening to radio where my track would get played
It's tragic, i never fathomed that the magic will fade
Lets take it back to the days when i established my name
I was over-hungry for beats, like the melody was something to eat
(bars) a hundred a week was nothing to me
As long as i had something deep to crush a sucker mc
I won battles but in a couple i fumbled, suffered defeats
I was grinding hard, way harder than other artists did
At 17, on choice fm, i went bar for bar with swiss lyrics for 45 minutes
Ready and prepared
No lie, you can ask anybody that was there
Simple and plain, my cd got critical acclaim
I began to build an official position in the game
Quicker than i could think, i was fulfilling all my aims
I miss them days, now it's difficult 'cause shit isn't the same

|chorus|
Everything that goes up must come down
I was alright before, but i'm fucked up now
Got a bit of success, didn't like it at all
It's time that i document my rise and my fall
If it's not your destiny then it's not meant to be
In the mirror, face to face with my worst enemy
Got a bit of success, didn't like it at all
It's time that i document my rise and my fall

|verse 2|
Before volume 2 dropped, my brother died
I never stopped, i just carried on busting rhymes
Putting on a brave face but it was still tough at night
I couldn't sleep 'cause my nightmares were nothing nice
Volume 2 came out, got live in the press
Regardless, i was still stressed and fucking depressed
More successful, the more i felt stuck in a web
Pain ate away at my soul 'till nothing was left
There were rumors about, i heard a dirty sound
They even tried to say that chancers turned me down
Everyday, they were on the phone, tryna get me on that show
'till i had to tell 'em straight, look, i didn't wanna go
I didn't wanna blow
Had nothing to prove bruva
In '05 i won an award for best new comer
But that shits all irrelevant
They say the only thing worse than not getting what you wish for
Is getting it

|chorus|
Everything that goes up must come down
I was alright before, but i'm fucked up now
Got a bit of success, didn't like it at all
It's time that i document my rise and my fall
If it's not your destiny then it's not meant to be
In the mirror, face to face with my worst enemy
Got a bit of success, didn't like it at all
It's time that i document my rise and my fall

|verse 3|
I just can't handle the chins wagging
And the lips chatting
My issues had me making decision to quit rapping
It's funny (why?)
'cause that almost really did happen
I changed my mind everyday
Kept zig-zagging
But i'm a lyricist, i live for this
I tried to stop
Got volume 3 off my chest
Then hit writers block
Very pissed, i was getting sick of my topics
A pad of paper, i couldn't fill one line of it
Seeing rappers in magazines, i know i'm better than
Cussing has-beens when really i'm just a never-been
Me and my clique would be rich if we were american
Those negative times are so clear when i remember them
I hope you heard a bar, you could maybe relate with
Life's strange, it never remains the same, it changes
It wasn't just memories that made me make this
'cause we all rise and fall on a daily basis...