Fresh-Ta-Def Posted December 17, 2006 Report Share Posted December 17, 2006 Ok well I just sall the movie, it was great so I wrote a song about it. The first verse was just me talking about the main points/storyline of "Pursuit Of Happyness". The second verse I turned the story around into a third person metaphorical meaning of the movie, refering Chris Gardner's story to a soldier, and saying things like "a soldier fell out because lack of ammunition" really saying "my wife left because we had no money", things like "I'm tryna get back up, back on my feet/ but the shells hit my knees/an there a mine under me./a soldier by my side that needs a medic/I'm failing my mission feeling so pathetic." really meaning "everythings falling apart, and getting worse and worse, I have my son with me, and we need money, I'm trying my best, but loosing". Anyways enjoy if theres any questions let me know Verse 1 He was, livin his life, Tryna do right Dreams in sight, Holding His son so tight one night, he got evected, the other he was convicted an now he's got a strict time frame so he's constricted a couple dollas in his pocket, can't let them in he locked it while he was livin in a washroom, with outsider knockin They was tryna get in, he was tryna get out nobody really knew what Chris was about he was a, man with honour a man with dreams thousand's in parking tickets, stuck inbetween all the hardache, and heart breaks, frustration an pain knowin he may never see his son again he was confused, but knew what he had to do he had a dream, like most of us do, but do you follow it with anything an everything you got or do you constrict yourself within a hidden box on the streets nothing to eat, nowhere to sleep have a son, with no mom, then you tell me... Chrous I had it hard but i made it this whole life was created no fakeness all facts winnin so much more back. through all the heartaches the struggles an the pain I managed to stay tough I managed to stay saine. I tryed to my best it never worked it seems but finally I've got it all I accomplised my dreams. An its me....(yes its me)(it was so hard to be) (but its me)(but its me)(it was so hard to see) Verse 2 A life in front of me, what do they want from me? so many people happy, an they taunting me with their smiles, their ambitions I'm stuck on a lonly mission A soldier fell out because lack of ammunition. I'm tryna get back up, back on my feet but the shells hit my knees an there a mine under me. a soldier by my side that needs a medic I'm failing my mission feeling so pathetic. I decide to stand tall, gather everything an leave attach the mine to my feet crawl on my knees I reach the place that I once called home an cry knowin, that I did it all on my own No nothing all I had was a dream an it seems, all I had to do was believe Chorus I had it hard but i made it this whole life was created no fakeness all facts winnin so much more back. through all the heartaches the struggles an the pain I managed to stay tough I managed to stay saine. I tryed to my best it never worked it seems but finally I've got it all I accomplised my dreams. An its me....(yes its me)(it was so hard to be) (but its me)(but its me)(it was so hard to see) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfuqua23 Posted December 17, 2006 Report Share Posted December 17, 2006 The first verse was great, but I just don't like the 2nd verse. I mean, you could be figuratively speaking, but it would help to connect it to something more positive. I mean considering the subject matter. 1st verse and chorus are fine. I just don't like the 2nd verse. It either needs to be expanded, or otherwise it just doesn't fit. I just wouldn't put Chris Gardner's story like that. That's just me tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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