Chase March explores the writing process in the newest song from Hip Hop Headucatorz. It starts from the blank page and putting down some lines. Then, throwing the work away and starting again. Chase explores the revising process and everything it takes to become a good writer.
Watch the official music video below!
This song is available of Bandcamp and the download comes with a booklet featuring worksheets you can use in your classroom to accompany the music. Save the PDF and print it off. It’s as easy as that.
Written and produced by Chase March
Mixed and Mastered by Wizekrak
Video by Chase March
LYRICS
This right here, it all started from nothing
Putting pen to paper maybe I was just bluffing
cause I only had that first line
scribbled it down quick
Now I’m flying through the ink
Cause the next line just fits
Getting a little bolder, humming
Maybe that could be the rhythm
or the cadence of my words
I pay thought with the verse
Always try to do that
Lay it down on the line
Yo, this couldn’t be worse
I crumple up page and toss it far away
The beat on repeat signaling what I should say
It’s supposed to be that way, right
I spent all last night
perfecting the sonics
So why do I think the words
should magically appear on the paper
Maybe it needs that same effort I gave the
chorus cuts are so dope
The raps need to match
Time to take a second stab, I think
so I can be
With every single word placed on the page
I think of different ways to rearrange
Sharpen the thoughts I want displayed
to get my point across in the way
that will hit you for days
make it sound harmonically
unique to me
every writers got a voice
you could seek to be
one of the greats by choice
choose what goes in, what stays, what you throw away
Hammer at it for days
cause what you build could stay
around for 500 years or longer like the great plays
This ain’t disposable, there ain’t no way
It’s not a fleeting thought if it’s written down
and resonates, there’s a place and time
when the words will just flow
you will be flying through the ink like a superhero
and some may even think you’re colder
cause with every word imagination gets a little bolder.
