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The first chosen single of The Starting XI mixtape. This song represents the defender position of Left Back (LB). The song is about all the things Malachite is going to leave behind in his life while moving on to his new found success and music career.

lyrics

Yea!

Born July 3rd 1987
26 years going strong thank God
26 years who made me who I am today
And who I'll be tomorrow
Got a lot to take with me and a lot to leave back
Malachite
This ones to everything ama leave behind

Yup!

Verse 1
Zero in the bank account
Haters tryna hate me
No food on the plate
Low shoulders no weight
Baggage on ma carousel
Life in a mental prison
9 to 5 living
Slave to the system

Uh, but now I'm freeing my mind
Call me Neo in this game
Yea I'm seeing the signs
It's like the Matrix
But I'm looking for the agents
There's no more chasing pavements
Now we chase stations, to get played
Like Playstations, writings on the wall like cavemen
Leaving back all my fears, my doubt and disbelief
I got niggaz on my arms, I got tricks up my sleeve

Hook
These are the things that ama leave back
These are things that help make me
These are the things that ama leave behind just
To stay in ma past and didnt break me

These are the things I wont take B
Moving forward, moving up on track
Down the line, up the line get back
Defending my goal a Left Back

Verse 2
Hate in my heart
Sloth and the sickness
All of y'all cynics
Naysayers with sly gimmicks
Life with the no mission
Girls who was tripping
Beta style living
And all my competition

Better watch how I'm shifting
Aiming for pole position
Getting 'em hearing so many Nah's like it was written
Cause I'm closing all these doors, whenever I catch 'em slipping
If they ain't on the boat they better be fast swimming uh
Tackling life, I'm on my Kieran Gibbs and see
I ain't gonna stop, like time I keep ticking
Like mines I keep getting till I blow
I'm so focused like it's a kodak moment
Y'all know what!

Hook
These are the things that ama leave back
These are things that help make me
These are the things that ama leave behind just
To stay in ma past and didnt break me

These are the things I wont take B
Moving forward, moving up on track
Down the line, up the line get back
Defending my goal a Left Back

credits

from The Starting XI (Originals), released April 21, 2014
Written & Performed By: Malachite (Henry Busili)
Recorded By: Malachite (Henry Busili) @ formalachite Studios
Mixed & Mastered By: Mateo Palmisano
Produced By: Iceburg

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