I'm A Criminal

(Intro — Spoken)
Yeah…
From the back streets to the city lights…
Every choice leaves a scar.
Every road you take…
You gotta answer for where it leads.
(Beat drops)
(Chorus)
They say I'm a criminal, running from the law,
Sirens in the distance and the thunder starts to roar.
Red and blue lights flashing, shadows on the wall,
I thought I was a king but I was headed for a fall.
I'm a criminal, yeah, that's what they call my name,
A kid with broken dreams caught up inside the game.
Took a wrong turn, now I'm paying for it all,
Thought I was escaping but I was building my own walls.
(Verse 1)
Raised where the concrete cracks and the street signs fade,
Where the young ones learn survival before they learn their trade.
Had anger in my chest and a storm inside my mind,
Running from my past but I left my soul behind.
Midnight on the highway, city sleeping low,
Mistakes in the mirror everywhere I go.
Thought the fast lane meant I finally had control,
But every kilometre was another piece of my soul.
I heard the engines screaming, heard the sirens call,
Thought I could outrun everything I did wrong.
But the road keeps talking and the truth comes back,
You can't hide forever from the weight on your back.
(Chorus)
They say I'm a criminal, running from the law,
Sirens in the distance and the thunder starts to roar.
Red and blue lights flashing, shadows on the wall,
I thought I was a king but I was headed for a fall.
I'm a criminal, yeah, that's what they call my name,
A kid with broken dreams caught up inside the game.
Took a wrong turn, now I'm paying for it all,
Thought I was escaping but I was building my own walls.
(Verse 2)
A stolen moment turned into a lifetime of regret,
A decision made quick that I never can forget.
Friends stopped answering, family lost trust,
Now I'm sitting with the damage and the weight of the dust.
I wanted respect, wanted people to know me,
But the road I chose only ended up owning me.
The headlines don't show the nights you can't sleep,
Or the memories that follow when you're six feet deep.
Australia's a land where the legends stand tall,
But even strong men can stumble and fall.
From the bush tracks burning to the city streets,
Everybody's got a battle that nobody sees.
(Bridge — Slow)
I hear the echoes of the choices I made,
Every promise broken, every debt unpaid.
Was chasing a name, was chasing a throne,
But the further I ran, the more I was alone.
The lights got brighter, the night got cold,
Found out the truth when I lost control.
A criminal's life ain't the movie they sell,
Sometimes the biggest prison is a mind full of hell.
(Verse 3 — Fast Flow)
Now I’m looking back at the road behind me,
All the fake friends that tried to define me.
Could've been more, could've changed my story,
Could've chased dreams instead of chasing glory.
No more running, no more hiding,
No more pretending that the pain ain't rising.
I wear my scars like a lesson learned,
From the bridges I broke and the pages burned.
The streets taught lessons that I wish I knew,
Before every mistake came crashing through.
A man ain't measured by the crimes he commits,
He's measured by the courage to change from it.
(Final Chorus)
They say I'm a criminal, but I know my truth,
I was lost in the darkness when I should've found my roots.
Red and blue lights fading, but the memories remain,
Every wrong road teaches something through the pain.
I'm a criminal, that's the name they gave me,
But I’m more than the mistakes that tried to break me.
The road keeps moving and tomorrow calls,
A fallen man can still rise after the fall.
(Outro — Spoken)
Yeah…
Everybody's got a story.
Some people just have to fight harder to rewrite theirs.
The past is a chapter…
Not the whole book.

Australian Rap Whisper Song