Metallic memories (feat. Sihle Dlamini)

Yo Odyssey What do you remember about primary school? Because for me somethings weren't that hard to see Books were the mission But our adolescent prohibition Led us to the beautiful game of diski Score-you-keeper, last-minute-goals, derby-day demolitions Bro, truly the happiest I've ever been Do you know what really chaps my hide? Before this influx of porn, depression and people caring about pride We as kids were unapologetically real We genuinely had nothing to hide This actually ties in with an anecdote I wanted to tell you Remember when you cycled to my house in grade six? Mind you, you live in Douglasdale, and I live in Fourways That was a good one hour journey Bro I was flabbergasted when I opened the door And when I asked Why did you come here despite the distance? You simply replied with "I was bored" I don't know why I was expecting a grandiose answer But one thing I took from you is Never limit the amount of fun In anything you do Now back to the poem We too scared to follow our actual dreams Because as soon as we encounter anything foreign We drop dead and panic So we get the safe degree and the safe job Because I guess it's pragmatic? Just like robots fulfilling their master's tasks We click and clunk around As we slowly become Metallic