White Boy Reggae

  Dm
Just another suburban stereotype
Love for the rhythms and the grooves despite
that I'm not from the islands and I'm the palest of white I
put the reggae grooves together with the words that I write
  A#
But I can't relate to a struggle that I've never seen
  G
I can't praise a god that I don't believe in
  A#
You might think Ive been lying when it comes from the seems
  A
But I'm not a fucking lion I'm a drunk with a dream
  Dm
And I'm a million miles away from everything,I thought I'd become
I've lost all my faith in the Lord above
And if I work real long and keep my convictions
I could still fill and satisfy everyone's predictions
  A#
So I drink to stay numb but I sing to stay alive
  G
There's no shot big enough to keep me satisfied
  A#
No rhymes smart enough for me to save my pride
  A
There's a fire burning in me that I cannot deny
  Dm
And I ain't preaching shit all I want is to be able
to make enough money with music to quit waiting tables
My blood runs cold as I try to comprehend
the words we deify that are creations of men
  A#
I'm just a hopeless romantic with the focus on hopeless
  G
writing love song after love song in a hope that I can cope with
  A#
The truth of my reality, It's hard for me to swallow
  A
The realest love I've known is between my liver and a bottle
  Dm
Decidedly rough I've confided enough
I am forever in possession of unrequited love
So I tether my confessions to the words I supply
I would rather die alone then settle for a lie
  A#
Because I'm a dying breed the extinction of a race
  G
Separating heads from shoulders just to spite the face
  A#
I've been coming around looking for the right sound
to escape from the mold that's been worn in the ground
  A
with the walls closing in on my coffin of sin
i would like to explain but before we begin
  E#                        A
If you're waiting for me to fall
  Dm
Take a seat and hold your breath it's almost last call
  A#
And I'm just one shot away from an early grave
  G
I've been running at a pace that I can't maintain
  A#
There's a demon living in me who's controlling my brain
  G
A poison running through me that I'll never contain
  Dm
So I siphon it off with a mic and a pen
But the growth is exponential it's drawing me in
Acting inconsequentially I'm lost to the sin
              A
You call it white boy reggae, I call it sanity's end.
Solo