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Pursit Of Happyness (written)


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Ok well I just sall the movie, it was great so I wrote a song about it. The first verse was just me talking about the main points/storyline of "Pursuit Of Happyness". The second verse I turned the story around into a third person metaphorical meaning of the movie, refering Chris Gardner's story to a soldier, and saying things like "a soldier fell out because lack of ammunition" really saying "my wife left because we had no money", things like "I'm tryna get back up, back on my feet/ but the shells hit my knees/an there a mine under me./a soldier by my side that needs a medic/I'm failing my mission feeling so pathetic." really meaning "everythings falling apart, and getting worse and worse, I have my son with me, and we need money, I'm trying my best, but loosing". Anyways enjoy if theres any questions let me know

Verse 1

He was, livin his life, Tryna do right

Dreams in sight, Holding His son so tight

one night, he got evected, the other he was convicted

an now he's got a strict time frame so he's constricted

a couple dollas in his pocket, can't let them in he locked it

while he was livin in a washroom, with outsider knockin

They was tryna get in, he was tryna get out

nobody really knew what Chris was about

he was a, man with honour a man with dreams

thousand's in parking tickets, stuck inbetween

all the hardache, and heart breaks, frustration an pain

knowin he may never see his son again

he was confused, but knew what he had to do

he had a dream, like most of us do, but do you

follow it with anything an everything you got

or do you constrict yourself within a hidden box

on the streets nothing to eat, nowhere to sleep

have a son, with no mom, then you tell me...

Chrous

I had it hard but i made it

this whole life was created

no fakeness all facts

winnin so much more back.

through all the heartaches

the struggles an the pain

I managed to stay tough

I managed to stay saine.

I tryed to my best

it never worked it seems

but finally I've got it all

I accomplised my dreams.

An its me....(yes its me)(it was so hard to be)

(but its me)(but its me)(it was so hard to see)

Verse 2

A life in front of me, what do they want from me?

so many people happy, an they taunting me

with their smiles, their ambitions

I'm stuck on a lonly mission

A soldier fell out because lack of ammunition.

I'm tryna get back up, back on my feet

but the shells hit my knees

an there a mine under me.

a soldier by my side that needs a medic

I'm failing my mission feeling so pathetic.

I decide to stand tall, gather everything an leave

attach the mine to my feet

crawl on my knees

I reach the place that I once called home

an cry knowin, that I did it all on my own

No nothing all I had was a dream

an it seems, all I had to do was believe

Chorus

I had it hard but i made it

this whole life was created

no fakeness all facts

winnin so much more back.

through all the heartaches

the struggles an the pain

I managed to stay tough

I managed to stay saine.

I tryed to my best

it never worked it seems

but finally I've got it all

I accomplised my dreams.

An its me....(yes its me)(it was so hard to be)

(but its me)(but its me)(it was so hard to see)

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The first verse was great, but I just don't like the 2nd verse. I mean, you could be figuratively speaking, but it would help to connect it to something more positive. I mean considering the subject matter. 1st verse and chorus are fine. I just don't like the 2nd verse. It either needs to be expanded, or otherwise it just doesn't fit. I just wouldn't put Chris Gardner's story like that. That's just me tho.

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