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How Many People

from Blue Volume by Joelistics

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HOW MANY PEOPLE

Alice is embarrassed by the thoughts in her head and she thinks so much she starts to get scared doctors told her, she was bi polar
put her on prescription pills like that would solve it it didn't quell the low self esteem
and the guys that she falls for treat her so mean they tear off strips until there ain't nothing left
but she can give back just as good as she gets
and she gets so worked up then down in the dumps can't hold a steady job unemployed for months
the drugs aren't something that she does for fun they're just a way to stay comfortably numb
she says the world will cut you deep
and it creeps and it eats up all the dreams you keep but when the music begin and she starts to move she is a bright light shining inside the room
She cries tears and they stream down her face old beyond her years and she never feels safe
we talk and it helps and she melts and dissolves
I can't help thinking that the world is cold
In dreams she sees him wakes up screaming
she can smell the beer on his breathe and hear his breathing They used to share the same name
now she'll never trust men again, simple and plain Therapy helped but she still blames herself
the guilt and the shame of a regular hell
if she could, she would send him straight to the grave
but she knows some day all debts get paid
I know her story, I'm in awe of her strength
You just see a junkie who's life is a mess
In a society so quick to judge , so quick to get drunk not so quick to reflect it's easier to demonise an addict as a threat
a failure, a monster, a joke, a lost cause
It ain't about the high, it's the mental health
Alice didn't need prison, she just needed some help

How many people do you know completely sober
how many people do you know who self medicate
How many people do you know who on occasion
take a little something something just to take the pain away how many people do you know who have a problem
How many people do you know with excuses
How many people do you know who are wrestling with demons, and memories and invisible bruises

Cameron had a habit of having a fucking habit couldn't figure out how to kick it, in to submission It was killing him slowly , it was losing him friends
but something bout the high always got him in the end nobody said it would be easy, he knew it
he wasn't looking for pity, He knew the city was up
to no good, getting busy, He lay in the rhythm
and ran amok everyday with a singular vision.
He was born in the belly of the beast
where the beast feast on the belly of the deceased
and he would sleep underneath bright neon street signs quick on the rewind, flip it on the B side
He'd spent enough nights sleeping in the park
to know a dollar wasn't too much to ask for
and he would kick it with the homeless, the hopeless, the hounded somehow he fit in in with the outlaws
In the cracks and the fissures
The city was a vicious little animal without inhibitions
and he would look but he couldn't tell the difference
between the saints and the sinners
the heroes and the villains
a brother in prison
a sister in the system
he never knew his dad
and his mum was indifferent listen
we all make the best of the life we get
but some get a lot less to begin with, yeah?

How many people do you know completely sober
how many people do you know who self medicate
How many people do you know who on occasion
take a little something something just to take the pain away how many people do you know who have a problem
How many people do you know with excuses
How many people do you know who are wrestling with demons, and memories and invisible bruises

I ain't tryna judge nobodies ache I ain't tryna judge nobodies ache

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from Blue Volume, released June 20, 2014

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Joelistics Melbourne, Australia

Joelistics’ great gift is beats, melodies and the crafting of common language into evocative turns of phrase. As a rapper, writer, multi-instrumentalist and producer he is recognised as a unique voice in the Australian music scene.

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