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A Letter to Live #ConstantlyPositive

by Whyte Lyte

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This is my story... "or at least part of it."

I'll start by saying that this track originally started as a song called "Lying Smile." A look into my struggle with what I know would admit is mild depression. Anyone who knows me would say "He's one of, if not *the,* happiest people I know!."

There's no denying that I love my life, But hindsight shows that I was divided between two people: the one everyone knows, and the one hiding behind the smile.

I finally started realizing this during the year I spent back in college, an experience that I am indescribably thankful for, even if it turned out quite differently than planned. I wrote the first two verses sometime last fall as a way of sharing the internal struggle that I'd experienced... "Over the last few years."

Fast forward to March, right before I came up with the idea of launching #ConstantlyPositive as a true 'movement.' I had the fortune of acquiring a large catalog of beats from Anno Domini and Diract Beats. This beat grabbed me from the very first pass-through of all the instrumentals. The verse you hear 3rd was actually meant to be the first verse as I started writing specifically to this instrumental.

After I finished the first 16, I noticed a shared theme with "Lying Smile," turns out those verses fit perfectly over this beat.

The rest, as they say, is history. Enjoy!

"As for me, I will always have HOPE..." - Psalms 71:14

@WhyteLyte
www.facebook.com/ConstantlyPositive
www.ConstantlyPositive.com

lyrics

Intro:
There's this awesome project going around called The Suicide Sign. Check it out if you haven't already. It says "Suicide does not end the chances of life getting worse, suicide eliminates the possibility of it ever getting better." So yeah, I'm not expect you to change your entire outlook on life all at once.

Minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day, keep making the conscious decision to carry on, no matter what.

So right, I'mma tell you my story... Or at least part of it. It goes like this:

Dear listener...
Over the last few years

Verse 1:
I’ve been wading in a state of self-hatred /
Lower than low, beneath the bottom, but I finally made it /
Out of the pit I was in, I won’t fall in again /
For y'all about to count me out, well I am in it to win /
I was down for the count, time and time and time again /
Wouldn’t believe some of these things I’d keep hiding within /
Back when the apathy mastered me, I’d still smash the beat masterfully /
Make you think I live happily, but the fact is that half of me was /
In the midst of this war inside of my core like never before /
The pain and the pressure would never get better I chose to ignore /
Everything that I held inside, through it all my head held up high /
I’d say I was okay because even I believed that lie /
Lookin’ at my smile you would swear I’m shining bright /
But in reality, everything inside of me was dark as the night /
Looking at my life, it was all a fight /
Mind gone and I’m wrong, make you swear I’m alright, right? /

Hook:
I want you to live. /
see me with CP, that's #ConstantlyPositive /
I'd give my all, my everything, and when I'm out I'll give some more /
If it means that you would live through another 24 /
Said I want you to live. /
see me with CP, that's #ConstantlyPositive /
One thing about life: is that it keeps going on /
Long as you find your reason to stay strong /

Verse 2:
So many struggles inside of my mind, tryna find where I can begin, /
Good at havin' problems, 'stead of getting better I'm a veteran at holdin' em in /
To hold them in was to hold my breath, heart so cold, might catch my death /
Give my all, 'til I fall, truth be told, nothing left /
Nothin left but I make you think that it's alright /
Dark as night but I'm mad lyin' all bright /
Does wordplay count if you have to explain it? /
I digress, my thoughts so dark that I could hardly contain it, sustain it /
Still tryin' to pick up the pieces, concealin' a feelin' that reaches /
So deep and I'm so weak and I can't stand as the burden increases /
I'm hopin' that you see this, til then I'm sittin' waitin' /
Can't believe, anybody, would help me with my situation /
Feels like there's been a break-in, and I let myself get taken /
You would say that I'm okay, but the truth is you're real mistaken /
You know my style, always got a smile on my face /
This time, my own mind, is where I'm, out of place /

Hook

Verse 3:
I wrote this song like a letter, just to say that I'm feeling better /
I've been through a lot but I think I finally got it together /
It's the combination for the culmination, /
it's the elevation after years of devastation /
It's the finally feeling like you can breathe /
After getting loose from the noose that kept your being diseased /
It's that finally feeling like you're alive /
Cuz once you decide what drives you'll not only survive but thrive /
It's the feeling you can scream at the top of your lungs /
"My mind is finally on board with who I am meant to become." /
Now I'm off and runnin', first I walked, but when I fly /
It'll be with a force that no one on this earth can deny /
I'm here to be the reason you find yours /
Part of my reason for breathing is just so I can rhyme more /
Hardest beat I've ever heard is from a heart that was broken /
Every word is aimed to make this the day you find hope in /

Hook

Outro:
"As for me, I will always have HOPE..." - Psalms 71:14

For me, it was God, my family, and music. I don't know what yours is, but you gotta stay alive long enough to find it.

Signed,

Whyte Lyte
#ConstantlyPositive
Hope for the Day
#BeTheOne

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released September 9, 2015
Instrumental Produced by Diract Beats - "Bitter Vengeance"
Recorded at Unlabeled Studios

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