Here I Am might be the intro track on the album, but truth be told it was the last song written and recorded. The entire song is written as a kind of introduction. Originally, before Here I Am was written I planned to use a different theatrical sounding "sound track" type of instrumental but when I showed it to people they said it sounded like something out of the Batman movies. Something about that didn't pass. So Here I Am was used instead. This beat was produced by Jee Juh Productions.
"There's no telling where this CD's gonna take my name, it could move across Canada, graffiti on a train"
lyrics
here I am, here I stand
I put in work but I'm not playing out some million dollar plan
I'm just trying to make some music, while I stick it to the man
take a second, see me cooking every record in the pan
Glad
I put every ounce of heart and soul in this that I could muster
put the meat between the bread but I could never cut the mustard
too all the people looking down at me like I wont make it
my songs a dick and you're the bitch that's gonna take it
that's me man and that's never gonna change
you're gonna need a sharp blade to get it outta my veins
you're gonna need good aim to get it outta my brain
what am i saying, this is down pour
you cant compete with heavy rain!
I'm on a roll
trying to compete could take a toll on your body and mind
i got nobody mind when they're asking me who could body my rhymes
nobody, I tell em fuck!
This is not a good time
Some of us are lost out here with the fear
we might never find a way back
dreaming of careers, where the pay at?
do it cause we love it, something pleasing to the ears
you don't care?
fucker you don't gotta say that
No telling where this CD's gonna take my name
it could moves across Canada, graffiti on a train
and I'm tired of these lames, trying throw me off track
I'm gonna lace up the runners and I'll run it right back
anybody trying to tell me I ain't fit for this shit
better have a good reason, or your shit gets flipped
see what I did there?
see what I do with these rhyme schemes?
In my dreams, in my sleep, hit you with the high beams
so I know you see the light, so I know you know what I mean
I'd love to have a chat with Jimmy Iovine
until the day I get signed, I'm writing lines that rhyme
if you don't like it, you can step to the side
here I am
credits
from Mood Swings,
released February 21, 2014
Written and Performed by Swing Adam
Produced by Jee Juh Productions
Mixed and Mastered by Bryce Kaminsky at Garfield Studios
