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how i started rapping

August 6, 2018
By collindeville2002 BRONZE, Port Byron, New York
collindeville2002 BRONZE, Port Byron, New York
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Collin DeVille                                                                      

                           I've had many personal experiences in my life

But today i wanna talk about me pursuing my rap career and how i started the drive to even start rapping. It all started when i went to a futuristic concert when he just finished rapping his song “I'm The Greatest” the amphitheatre went quiet the vibration from all the movements and bass stopped. And he put on an instrumental from his rap “Talk” and he started to freestyle. And at that moment it inspired me to start practicing freestyling in my bedroom over instrumental type beats and then i went to parties with friends and performed for them as well. Then one day i decided to start freestyling on playstation 4. So many people were saying i was good and that i should start a youtube channel. After awhile of people saying i should start a youtube channel i went to youtube and i did so i haven't uploaded like much of anything but i'm going to proceed and do so soon.

 

 

                           What i've learned so far from this experience of rapping freestyling is not all that hard tbh. But writing music is a struggle i'll be doing good but then ill start having metal blocks. And trust me the pain in a mental block is cruisating the agony that flows through your veins in the top of your head. So when that happens i sit back relax and breath and say to myself “let's just listen to music and relax and let the instrumental and words give you ideas of what you should write about” i always say that to myself. One thing i hate the most is when you have such good progress on what you have written and after and hour or two you just feel like its not good enough and i delete everything and i restart… 

 

        

 

                           Not everyone is perfect, I've been saying that to myself for approximately 6 years now since i was of the age of ten. Me and my family have rough patches down the road we struggle and we argue and fight but we never hate each other we will say we do but never truly mean it cause that's what family is about were always there for eachother. I started to have the idea to rap cause it helps me think when my head isn't straight it's my place to go and let my head flow so i don't stress over stupid sh*t i get stressed, frustrated, and angry fast my temper isn't a joke i could snap like a twig being stepped on and snapped that my temper. I've been to counseling i've been put in a mental institution and nothing has helped me but music helps me think and get my head straight. If it wasn't for music i feel like i wouldnt be here today. It's been quite a journey to where i got to today.

 

 

                           I've done stupid stuff but lately i haven't been myself and it hurts life is a struggle as a kid but as an adult its even more frustration i understand that completely. I feel bad for my parents cause of this past year so much crazy things have been going on it's OUTRAGEOUS!! I can't stress it enough i can't say cause its personal things within the family that's how crazy and bad things have been for me and my family. But tbh i feel like when i type my story out it makes me feel like a better person to give a feedback to all the young/advanced minds ot there so they can get a taste of what i have dealt with and the mistakes i've have done also it lets me express myself in ways i would be frightened and scared to express in person thats why rapping puts me in my own comfort zone cause i can express my emotions and what i have accomplished and yet have not done. I think to sum this story up all i can say this with my own words “be you not what others want you to be”...


The author's comments:

"this piece really comes from the heart and mind of learning through out this process of time sometimes spots and rough patches will make you quit for what you wanna stride for. But dont stop going for what you believe..."


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