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Against All Odds

by Shelem

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[Verse 1]

How you been I’m doing swell
While I’m present in the past I cannot dwell
So far so good it’s gon better I can tell
It’s in the books guess I finally learned to spell

Take a L and you can bet I bounce back til it’s down pat
Used to drop tracks that would not amount jack
I would think about the positives and not about lack
Got a master vision and I never doubt that

Give a damn how much I stream, I never lost my steam
Now I’m held in high esteem when I step out on the scene
Phony people showing love, I know that they don’t mean
Cause the whole time we was speaking he kept calling me “Sheleem”

I don’t pay them any mind, always focused on the grind
Spent a quarter century ugly now these thotties think I’m fine
Prolly cause the way I shine, messed around and made them blind
They got insufficient funds so I gracefully decline
You forgot lemme remind you

[Chorus]

This ain’t nothin new
Everything I said I would I see it coming true
Standing on my toes tryna to stay above it all
Hands up in a ball with my back against the wall
And it’s me against the world
(Me vs the world)

[Verse 2]

Alone
Don’t, belong, trust, I won’t
Follow in they footsteps bruh I cannot be a clone
Trust my intuition and I do this on my own

Get it hot hot in the summer
Oh no please don’t treat me like another up & comer
All that ever did was put a chip up on my shoulder
So I had to dip and make it pop I’m selling soda

Tryna meet my quota feel like bench pressing a boulder
Can’t lose my composure I don’t force it I’m not yoda
That’s a reach but so what stretch my back I’m doin yoga
Steady gettin older huh, patience getting lower

Meanwhile I done went up like price on petro
Now I’m stuck up like nights on Metro
I been on overdrive since get go
Money my forte mine’s on mezzo
Talking that green got sauce no pesto

Talking that green got sauce no pesto
I pop out least expected
Listen this genius manifested
I am the cleanest antiseptic
Man respect it

[Chorus]

This ain’t nothin new
Everything I said I would I see it coming true
Standing on my toes tryna to stay above it all
Hands up in a ball with my back against the wall
And it’s me against the world
(Me vs the world)

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released June 6, 2023

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Shelem Charleston, West Virginia

New EP out now. All sales will benefit the United Way of Central WV.

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