A Capella - Chase Goehring

I’m out to be the best me that I can be

Workin' on my craft day in and out

You know that’s what I’m about

No, I’m not aiming to become famous

I just wanna play and sing this

The only competition I see is myself

I gotta tunnel vision kinda like a telescope

And I’m looking at, and I’m picking at

Everything that I could do to become better

I see a lot of people, I hear a lot of things

They’re talking about diamond rings, money things

I guess that happens when you hit the top

Become unsatisfied with everything that you already got

You say it’s all about the music

But mess around with girls who do it

Yeah, you lie to your fans

I’m singing from my shadow, you can call that shade

My verse is straight and my flow is hard

I paint my songs like a work of art

I never grew up listening to other stuff

You can say I’m kinda different, maybe just a bluff

But let me tell you, I am one hundred percent reality

Authentic, I ain’t dancing around in a fantasy, no

Only sea that I’ll be dancing in

Is a sea of fans in a sold-out MSG

Maybe a year or two, maybe a year or three

It doesn’t phase me, honestly

Even if I don’t make it by then

I’ll still be doing shows, so I make it in the end, yeah

And if you think I’m irrelevant

Well, then I must be relevant

'Cause you took the time to listen to my song

That I wrote on my bed in my bedroom

I don’t sing for a backtrack

I write songs in my snapback

I don’t care what they say

Keepin' it real, kinda like an a capella

I don’t hook up with strangers

I’ve got class and respect

I don’t care what they say

Keepin' it real, kinda like an a capella

A capella, a-a capella

A capella, a-a capella

A capella, a-a capella

Keepin' it real, kinda like an a capella

Sometimes I need to focus on myself and what I need

Sometimes I feel like my mind is on its own kind of speed

But I guess it’s the way that it goes when you try to write like a beast

This is my feast

Don’t ever classify me as a rapper

I spit a little bit and I can talk fast but that’s it

I ain’t about the gold chains, ain’t about the fake girls

Ain’t about the high life, ain’t about the money

See, my lyrics are different

They come alive the minute I start to sing them

I would say that I put my soul all up in them

But I am a ginger, you know how that goes

My world comes together

The moment my pen hits the paper like I’m a jail breaker

But I have committed, no crime to be charged for

You see me in bars but don’t know what I stand for

I don’t sing for a backtrack

I write songs in my snapback

I don’t care what they say

Keepin' it real, kinda like an a capella

I don’t hook up with strangers

I’ve got class and respect

I don’t care what they say

Keepin' it real, kinda like an a capella

A capella, a-a capella

A capella, a-a capella

A capella, a-a capella

Keepin' it real, kinda like an a capella — wait

My finger’s bleed when I pluck strings

I was never raised to play this guitar with a pick thing

At times people say I sound British when I say things

When I say things, say things

Now they’re coming to me asking if I wanna be the next big thing

I’m the next best thing, buddy

You better get your facts straight, uh

I don’t need a record label to show them my talent great

'Cause if the people like it then the people buy it

Why would I wanna hire another writer to take it higher?

Foolish, like the gold that you place in my hands

That’s fool’s gold and I’m not fooled by this fame game

This twitter game, it’s so lame

'Cause I’m verified on the inside

Don’t need a blue check to be satisfied, uh

Break strings when I play this

Take names when I play this

Take notes when I play this

Break strings when I play this

Take names when I play this

Take notes when I play this

Break strings when I play this

Take names when I play this

Take notes when I play this

Break strings when I play this

Take names when I play this

Take notes when I play this

You already know

I don’t sing for a backtrack

I write songs in my snapback

I don’t care what they say

Keepin' it real, kinda like an a capella

I don’t hook up with strangers

I’ve got class and respect

And I don’t care what they say

And I don’t care what they say

'Cause I’m keepin' it real

Keepin' it real, kinda like an a capella