The Staircase - Dan Bull

I used to be trapped in the elevator

Waiting for fate to favour me

Then I realised that in real life

Nothing would be handed on a plate to me

Before I deserved dessert

I’d have to taste the savoury

Each and every flavour

Even when it’d make me heave

Remember to say your Ps and Qs

Please may I leave the table reasonably soon?

I’d stay for tea

But I’ve got faces to see, places to be

Basically I’m dedicated to chasing the dream

I’ve been making believe for so long

I was unable to see me go wrong

Step up

Step back

Step off

Step to it

I used to be trapped in the elevator

Doors slammed together in my face

But I grabbed them and seperated them

'til my hands had gone red and aching

Then I made plans to elevate manually

Hand me a pen and paper

Now allow me to demonstrate

That even my acapella could make

The whole track collapse like there was a quake

I’m faster than any race car

They tagged me the devastor

It’s a fact that I’ll never give way

Til I’m dead or at number ten

Replacing David Cameron, Clegg

And named the greatest rapper to ever pave the way

Cos I made this staircase

Step 1:

Learn your lessons and take criticism

It’ll enable you to make it bigger

Step 2:

Keep it real, stay true to you

You don’t need to be anyone else

Because you are you

Step 3:

Enjoy every syllable you deliver

Whether it’s ignorant or lyrical

Whether it’s simplistic or difficult

Step 4:

Always remember that everything you do is yours

And that should be the reason you do music for