Song: Fade by Joe Buchmann

(Verse 01 and Chorus)
Here I thought I'd add something different. Besides being a designer, I'm a rapper/writer. Rap use to be the biggest part of my life for a lot of years. It's really a hard game to get into and be successful. It's all about connections and hoping you find those doorways that lead you to a stage. I was fortunate enough to get to perform in front of about 500+ people once. Won a DVD too =P

After having a family I decided that I needed to go to school and focus my efforts on building a career. At this point in life I realize that I won't ever become a famous rapper. The passion for writing still burns in me though. So I figure I might as well share some of it with people. I think I might somehow put my recorded songs on my website. We'll see. Anyways, this is the first verse of the most recent thing to come out of my head. Hope it comes across ok. I have no idea how it reads since it flows with a rhythm in my head.

Up here in Cali
Livin' up in the Bay yo
And I'm workin' so hard
Still I don't got no pay, no
And I'm workin' so much
Day and night drive me crazy
Yet I got no money
Pay the bills for my babies
Now I'm thinkin' maybe
It's time that I go another road
Gotta do it now
There's a better place that I better go
But I gotta find it, where
How do I get there right
Open up my eyelids
Provoke myself with a better sight
With the way I feel
I feel I got the wings to take me high
Just gotta use 'em
And get my mind into takin' flight
'Cause now I've learned in my life
As I feel I'm growin' old
That the only one that's ever
held me back is me alone
God help me now
Help me find my way and see the light
Am I doin' one thing
Anything just a little right

Cause I got this pain
(Let go)
Just wanna see it gone
It's in my brain
(My soul)
Just wanna move along
And it's such a strain
(So hard)
How do I make it right
Wanna catch a train
(Be gone)
And fade into the night