Murs: The Pain

Ladies and gentlemen the man above blessing us with his verbal skills is Murs, he's from Cali. This track is called The Pain, and this is one kind of pain that most fellas could easily relate to.

"I'm a little bit shaded by a lot of what I see
So if you're still interested you should come get at me
Cause I'm tired of getting shot down, put down and dissed
I wanna be picked up, held tight and kissed"

What I love about Murs is that he keeps 100% G (Gangsta). While other rappers rhyme about having money, women, cars and anything else of monetary value that most people can't relate to, Murs rhymes about being a real dude having to deal with real issues. Here he rhymes about the trouble he's facing in wanting to get together with a female who probably wasn't right for him from the beginning.

"They say that good girls love bad guys and that might be
But a bad girl with a good guy, that's unlikely
So what's a man to do to get to hold hands with you?
Do I talk shit and stand and look hard with my crew?"

Good girls love bad guys... but a bad girl with a good guy? Like Murs said, that's unlikely. I don't think I've ever seen a bad girl with a good guy. It's pretty much always the other way around. I've had my personal experiences with bad girls and just like the fate of every white female in the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" movies, it has never ended pretty.

The next two lines speak in volumes. A lot of guys always put up this tough exterior and try to act hard... and all of this is done just to get a female's attention. Whatever happened to just being yourself. I could easily picture some fool acting tough, "I'll kick anyone's ass if they just look at me." In the meantime it so happens to be that a really pretty female walks by and she happens to over hear what the idiot just said. Lol, I don't know how this could possibly develop into something meaningful.

"Said she had a boyfriend, just trying to be nice
But I've heard the same lines from different women all night
Too easy let down, but don't let it get you down
Shit, that's what my boys told me, but end of the night
I was still sitting lonely, if only I could find 'em
Without all the drama, without the one-liners
Excuse me miss, hey mam, you got a man, what's ya name?
I'm in my mid-twenties so enough with the games
Simply put I think you're stunning, and what about some kids?
A couple dogs, a couple cars, a four bedroom crib?
Look, I'm not trying to jib, I'm just speaking from the heart
But we can start with a drink if you wanna play it smart
She looking at my boy who got two kids at home and
I know how it goes, here's his number telephone and
He does the girl's turf, and I know you're smelling on him
But every b**** needs a dog, so I guess that's why you want him"

The entire section above is pretty much the story of my love life. I can't even count the countless times I've been rejected and I've had a friend or my sister tell me, "Don't worry Dwin you'll find somebody." Yup, only if it was that easy. After each and every rejection I go back to my drawing board to figure out what to do next. It sucks to always end up back at square one... it's tough but that's just life, I keep it moving.

It's songs like these that I could listen to repeatedly and never get tired or annoyed. Thank you Murs for making tracks like these for all of us guys who aren't complete ass*****.