Looking for me? I be somewhere in Zastron
The place where 18 years of my life have been spent on
Place where most, if not all of my guys, grew on
My family, some of my teachers; I salute you all
Got my first kiss somewhere around this city
Completed matric and almost didn’t wanna go,
I really love this city
Funny how sometimes I hate this place
People see you as a threat,
Part of my heart happy when I get to chase
Dreams in other areas, I’m tired of living in a box
Like I’m a shoe, better respect me, when you put me on,
You put in socks
How I shine the way my crown does,
Has got me feeling the star I knew I was,
I stand tall
Back and forth in these streets, me and my homies move
I call this one a remix; word to my homie Mdu
He did a freestyle, now I’m doing mine, this is number two
Even though the beat ain’t the same, that’s where respect is due
There’s always two sides, never let them tell you one!
This might be the smallest place in Free State to reside in
But this is home, and I am not ashamed,
No way you be at the top on day one,
We start somewhere then we’re rising
All with patience, to the top, we’re getting there
I’ll never give up on putting Zastron Town on the map
Until it’s “Zastron City” when you type it in a GPS
Until it physically changes, get rid of the shacks
If you wanna change the world, you’ve gotta start within
And Zastron’s always that place where I wanna begin
I’ve said there’s always two sides, that was the happy part
So, let me take you through some heavy stuff:
(Let us walk through the pain, you know why?)
I’ve lost so many people that I love
I know they’re up in Heaven, looking down on me with love
I thought 2010 will be last time I cry
But you’ll never get used to the feeling,
Bro, some other nights,
I don’t even sleep ‘cause I’ll forever have a broken heart
Remember few lines back? Then this the other side
The one that’s very sad, won’t be happy all the time
Told you when I rap that I put real life up in my rhymes
Why would I talk about champagne when I don’t have water?
When the chaos steadily rises, decreasing the order?
When somebody’s getting buried ‘cause he was slaughtered?
They tried to rob him, but he fought back, he wasn’t stronger
How’s she supposed to be happy when she has lost her daughter?
Either to a kidnapping or big rapist who just called her
Promised her the world, he don’t even have a house
These people say anything just to get under the blouse!
Man, I’m sorry, but I have to talk about it
People run away from the truth, but me, I walk in darkness
The lies you’re using as a shield, and have you surrounded,
I’m walking through it and destroying it, the only violence
I’d ever do physically,
The only MC in Zastron City willing to face danger, killing it!
Cause most of you just be rapping and not addressing shit
Just be bragging about nothing you have; you make me sick!
They told us that we have to stick together
I get it, we have to push each other to get further
But me, I only push those who be weathering the storm
Those who do something to make a change, not just talk
Man, I was somewhere in Zastron
Some other time ago when I saw somebody was getting robbed
He was drunk, and I was going home
I didn’t see the faces, it was dark, I couldn’t fight,
Sometimes you’ve gotta walk
Why be a hero when you’re all alone
Against four gang members?
I’m just happy they took money and gone
No matter how small this place be, just watch yourself
There used to be a lot of killings here, now we’re going back!
Ayo, I swear we’ve been through some scary times
Not even long ago, people were getting buried young
Rest in peace, my condolences
I hope the families find peace and acknowledge it
Lebamang Phakoane, known as Speeder Razor, is a Hip-Hop artist, songwriter and record producer from Zastron, South Africa.
Speeder Razor released his self-produced debut album “Born and Raised in Zastron” on August 6th, 2021. Before this, he's had several mixtapes. "Moving Back and Forth" (July 9, 2021) & "Forever Speeder, Vol. 3" (Sept. 30, 2022) are his most recent, self-produced mixtapes....more
