MC Lars - Never Afraid Lyrics
[CHARLYNE:] I was never afraid [x4]
[LARS:]
On a big blue couch in the corner of the kitchen,
we went on many missions and amazing expeditions
Shel Silverstein rode shortgun, but it was up to us
to peel apart the layers and search for the dragons
the cats wearing hats, Curious George and Peter Rabbit
the newest freshest books? Mom always brought them home
then in high school it was Steinbeck, Keats and Edgar Allan Poe
[WATSKY:]
Don’t let the memories fade, we’ve got to make them last
I was still a baby when Grandma Katy passed
and passed on her hardcover novels,
‘cause I’m not sure if the lord is above,
but I know that your mother is alive in the stories you love
that you read to us when we were little, until we were grown
and I’m gonna pass them on when I’ve got some kids of my own
(Kids of my own)
[CHARLYNE:] I was never afraid
[LARS:] (of the monsters in the closet, it would be alright)
[LARS:] (reading Goosebumps up in Tahoe on those summer nights)
[CHARLYNE:] I was never afraid
[WATSKY:] (of a moaning ghost, or of a pile bones)
[CHARLYNE:] I was never afraid
WATSKY: (even when the floorboards groaned)
[LARS:]
Did Stuart Little give up? (No!) He always persevered
you came on stage at Warped Tour, remember how they cheered?
And unlike Jackie Paper I’ll be back to Honalee
to play you my new demos, ‘cause you’re so honest with me
‘cause to you I’m still Andrew, and I’ll always treasure that
I’d choose my own adventure, it’s taken me so far
ghostriding giant peaches, catching seagulls with these bars
[WATSKY:]
Keep all your nickles and dimes, feed me your riddles and rhymes,
read me your Wrinkle in Time, build me a bridge out to Terabithia, meet me at nine
on the mysterious island, right at the scene of the crime
come with Captain Nemo, but I’m emo, don’t leave me behind
staring at the sun out on the cape until we’re legally blind
freeze any Mutiny on the Bounty, just cary me there,
out by Where the Red Fern Grows and just bury me there
(Bury me there)
[CHARLYNE:] I was never afraid
[LARS:] (of the Twits or the Grinch or even Captain Hook)
[CHARLYNE:] I was never afraid
[LARS:] (of Boggis, Bunce or Bean, no I was never shook)
[CHARLYNE:] I was never afraid
[WATSKY:] (of the Grendel or of Ichabod Crane)
[CHARLYNE:] I was never afraid
[WATSKY:] (even when the Tripods came)
[CHARLYNE:] Now suddenly,
for the first time,
I’m ready to be loved
[LARS:]
And If I ever have kids, I’ll read them Stega Nona
Lyle Lyle Crocodile, Matilda and Ramona
[WATSKY:]
I’ll never give ‘em the back of my hand,
give ‘em the Giver, the River, Hatchet and Raggedy Ann
[LARS:]
And even as a rap fiend, mama
you always kept my hats clean, mama
[WATSKY:]
Even though we have seen drama,
you always had the vaccine, mama
[ CHARLYNE:] I was never afraid
[LARS:] (of gettin’ lost in Narnia because we had a map)
[CHARLYNE:] I was never afraid
[LARS:] (in those Oakland Hills sitting on my mama’s lap)
[CHARLYNE:] I was never afraid
[WATSKY:] (in Jumanji, or of Anansi)
[CHARLYNE:] I was never afraid
[WATSKY:] (there’s no Ork or Morlock that haunts me)
[CHARLYNE:] I was never afraid [x4]
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MC Lars Never Afraid Comments
This has helped me so much over the years and it shows a lesson that I wasn't really taught growing up. This song kinda tells me that it's going to be okay no matter what happens and it helped open my want to read even more.This is awesome and thank you guys for making it,also I'm way to excited to see You and Schaffer on the baby yoda tour-
This means so much, Lucy, I appreciate that! It was awesome to work with Watsky on this and I am glad you appreciated the message. :)
This is one of my happy songs. Every time I listen to it it reminds me of my gran and mum reading me books as a kid and starting a life long love of reading.
Thank you!!
I'm a mad +WATSKY! fan, so found this by accident, and glad I did!
Much love!!
#watsky bring your book to north idaho ...fight the book bandit and come enjoy the beautiful town
I know you of all people understand importance of books ... the library doesn't have a copy of yours, lets fix this ...
don't let Colbert have all the fun trolling the bandit
Mc Lars too ...come on bring books and troll a bad troll giving us bad pr
consider it my liberal angst to request books we don't have 😀😇😈
Long time fan, every thing you put out only strengthens that. Great work.
Thank you so much Mike - I appreciate it!!
I sure as hell WISH someone had taught me I didn't have to be afraid when I was a kid. It's one of those life lessons typically NOBODY will tell you. It makes you harder to manage if you're not constantly terrified of what might happen to you, if you do things the 'wrong' way in the eyes of the authorities. Fear is traditionally the most effective way of motivating action, which is why most of us are drowning in an ocean of fear 24/7, all the while believing it's "worse than ever", and that everything and everyone in the world is just the fucking worst.
You just have to figure that shit out with time and experience. The world and other people aren't THAT scary... or maybe they ARE and you just get used to it. Anyway, people are alright. They're not the monsters that people saying "DON'T TALK TO STRANGERS" will tell you as a kid. Ah well, better late than never I suppose.
I wonder if there's a way of getting the idea across to people where they'd be receptive. There must be. FDR had it right. FEAR itself is the real monster that we need to fear. Nothing can MAKE you afraid though, you get to decide. FDR is the rare politician who actually gave a shit about people, and helped us to understand how we're getting played by those who use fear against us.
This is a very thoughtful and awesome comment. Thank you!! I appreciate you watching and commenting.
It took me how freaking long to know yhere was a video to this? Damn... 2 of my favorites on one track that just gets to me
Thanks for checking it out. This one was a lot of fun!
Red fern reference.....
....tears up!
I'm going to have to listen to this again so I can make a list of the books referenced here.
of narnia... because I had a map - LOL, my friend doesn't understand why that's hilarous to me, but I guess they don't get your humor
"Even when the tripods came." - gets me every time.
Thanks for checking it out!!
Hell yeah heeleys
This is a cool song!!!
This song is everything about my childhood that I dearly love and miss and wish I could pass onto my boys. It's so beautiful in so many ways!
Thank you Amanda!
When I grew up my mum always listened to me Lars and went to concerts. Now I grew up and did the same with watsky. Neither of us knew about this song.
Much love! Dropping two new songs a mont here: http://patreon.com/mclars
Cant wait to see you at the Gathering this year whoop whoop
See you there homie!
I had mad fun homie I hope you did too
Mc Lars & Geroge Watsky - Just waiting for a track with Spose and YT. That would be some next level music.
I love this. Books and stories have saved my life so many times. This is amazing.
Much love!!
Who else found out about this dude cause of that Waiting Room bassline?
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Like your music. I also like that tupac reference at the end. Not everyone would catch that.
Thanks homie - awesome you recognized the Pac shout out.
MC Lars any words for an aspiring rapper?
TAN MAN Make lots of YouTube videos!
MC Lars I've got a few up already and like 71 subs rn. Thanks for the advice lol
Love da music
Thanks homie!
What a beautiful song with even more beautiful, bright children.
Thank you!!
This is a mastapeece
Thanks homie. :)
This is so lovely.
Is the chick in the glasses that same blonde woman (NOT PENNY) From The Big Bang Theory?
Love this song! It's great. Wish I could listen to this all ur songs all day. Ecspecialy at school. 4th grade is hard.
Tell watsky i said hi. U should do more collaborations in future please. Love ur music
Thank you Asher! You are going to do great!
MC Lars thanks that means a lot
The only Eric Wright I know is this person: https://youtube.com/TheChozoNinpo/
When I was little I constantly wanted to die because no one would talk to me for weeks at a time so I read books and watched TV even though I was scared I never showed it because I was ready to die anyway
Oh wow - that's intense. I hope you are doing okay my friend!! And I hope the reading helped.
MC Lars I'm doing a lot better now that I'm not in that situation anymore but I feel like I missed out on a lot of my childhood ps thank you for caring <3
Guitar tab please!!!
seen I seen this on a TV show called the Q Zone
tbh, its an actually pretty deep song. this artist has some deep music. he deserves more.
This is one of your best songs
This is beautiful.
WATSKY! & Spose! Looks like MC Lars is the new star on the rise! Right on man, I wish you the best! You deserve much more than 8k subs that is for sure!
+Tefen M Thank you homie! I really appreciate it!
No problem homie! Keep up the great work!
loving this song dude, play it at car shows in my area. people love it and it gets my car attention lol we both win!
Aww! Thanks my friend!!
So happy that I discovered this song on Warped Tour Sampler. Greetings from Germany! Love that track!
When Watsky said, "when I have some kids of my own" I was thinking with me?? XD
This song right here is MY JAM. Probably my favorite song on the whole album, no lie. XD
+DUBA Much love man! Was such an honor to rock this with Watsky. Thanks for the love.
My kid started rapping at 3 because of this song. Looovveeee. Thank you!
+Rachel Maè Thanks awesome! Thanks Rachel! Your kid sounds cool as heck.
Sometimes I feel that the humanity is doomed to vanish in oblivion for ignoring something like this and instead hopping on a Justin Beiber train.
P.S.: This video should be more popular!
This is my jam right here. I love Lars and Watsky, but this is all about childhood and I loved that more than anything. Thanks for reminding me boys. Now I'm headed off to where the wild things are.
Mc Lars and Watsky, come on now. Bay Area's best. Lars got Watsky to come back to youtube!.
How did I get here? I'm thankful though, 'cause I love it
This is my favorite MC Lars song. I could listen to it 100 times in a row and it would never get old. That's how great of a song it is!
I remember going to see Lars play with mc chris and Spose in Raleigh, NC. Lars gave an amazing performance; he even rhymed freestyle using nerdy objects that the audience held up. It was very impressive. Hell of a nice guy, too.
I got to see mc lars for the first time at warped tour 2015 and loved his music. got a cd signed by him and will continue to support him!
This guy is better then the rappers on the radio
I've been looking for this forever... I heard them play it at Warped Tour and that was the first time I ever heard either of them... it was amazing!
bury me where the red fern grows
My mom used to read to me every single night. Madeline was my absolute favorite. I still have my first copy, it's coming apart at the seams. When I was 5 I knew the entire book by heart. My mom and I would recite it together during scary stuff like tornadoes and doctor's appointments. I still remember most of the book. I am so grateful to my mom for passing on the love of words to me at such a young age. This song made me think of her, brought back the good memories. Thanks, Lars. :)
looking for new Watsky, finding Lars, ...great song,
Man, this is so good.
Great stuff Lars. We just had Sarah and Bob in our workshop at PAQ Studio/Gallery.
Keep up the good work.
Oh, MC lars is the only rapper I do like, I saw him at warped tour, best day ever.
+Vanna Haddock Thank you!!
Hey lars, met you at warped this year and really liked your stuff, glad to see the new stuff too, really like it, keep doing what you're doing, :)
+Gardner Thompson Thank you!!
Great track!
Listening it on the repeat second day
Respect from Belarus!
+Victor Vasilevsky Thanks for checking it out, man! Much love!!
this guy complemented my the offspring shirt at warped tour in Nashville
I loved that 2Pac reference
+Roobert AoK So glad you caught it! :) Much love man.
🔥🔥🔥
is this the guy that sang the cpr song
+Kayden Kuewa Yup, that's me, haha.
+MC Lars bro i used to listen to that all the time when i was young. When i found this song i recognized the name.
You came to my school a few weeks ago, maybe a month. I didn't attend the thing you held but from what other kids said it seemed really great. I wish I had attended because now that I'm listening to your songs I'm honestly really liking this stuff
+Renegade1837 Thanks my friend!! :)
anyone know a site where I can order that mickey mouse light or things like it?
I'm 11 and I love books my favourite book is Peterpan and zurmonzi I praskly live in a library and my sister loves to make me read them to her her fav is Winnie the pooh so this is my fav song
+Arianna Sepulveda Thank you my friend!!
I grew up with parents that did not read, but those book were my escape.
You captured that. I can only hope I do half as well for those after me.
+notthatbrad Thank you!! Books are such a savior.
you fit so perfectly with watsky :)
+astuXXX Thanks for peeping it!!
Thank for a positive message and for keeping the lyrics clean!!
+A-muse Thanks for peeping it!!
Can we get a watsky and mc lars collaborative album? I think that would be awesome.
+RSB100 I'm down!!
+MC Lars that would be freaking awesome!
Awesome job!!!!love it.Thanks for having Faith and Michael Jackson <3 (The girl dancing and singing and the lil boy flipping)
+Christine Jackson They were awesome! Big thanks to them for being in it!!
You just made me cry my own tears. This was so beautiful!
uncle meg from HJA has the best cameo
3:18 is a reference to the song Dear Mama by 2Pac.
Congrats!
the video ends at 4:20 coincidence? absolutely!
Holy shit was that a White Mountains reference? *squee* That was one of my favorite books in 6th grade!
+mc lars apsilutly amazing song keep up the great work man
+Declan Vanke Thank you!!
Can't wait to hear all the new stuff!
Lars you look great! New diet?
+SHT Musik Thank you!! Been jogging a lot! :)
sub cuz watsky
so good. blasting this in my car for a week no one can stop me
+zoe saenz Thanks my friend!!
+MC Lars I remember discussing this vid with you at warped!!
Watsky and Lars collab holy shit, this totally made my week
+Mehar Singh Thanks!!
+MC Lars very very good song good work ☺
+MC Lars perfect display of rhyme ☺☺☺
+Declan Vanke Thank you! :)
great work, gentlemen!
Absolutely amazing thanks Watsky and MC Lars and anyone else involved!
+Jenocyde BB Thanks for peeping our video!
watsky's features have been real 100 lately im so here for it nice
+reannaaa He kill sit every time!!
oooooooo snap!
I love your rap and poetry man
+Joseph Chase Thanks man! Me too!
WATSKY! minnesota needs more of you
You're a big part of the reason I got into music.
I liked the little kid version of you, dude. He gots the moves
So glad I got this from kickstarter. Great track, and great LP in all
good one larsy pooh
+kosha dillz Thanks Kosh! Love you!!
Haha, nice to see Hand Job in there ^^
+Shardok1 wrong video dude
@Julian Garcia How so?
+Julian Garcia ing meg and ash Wednesday are in the video homie
Haven't even watched it or listened to it yet but seeing a collaboration of MC Lars and Watsky in my sub box?
count me right in.
+jwb4291 Thanks for peeping it!!
@MC Lars and, as expected, it was top notch stuff. Hoping for more collaborations down the line!
+jwb4291 Thanks!! :)
"even when the tripods came" I don't know man I read that book + listened to the radio show in like 7th grade and it was pretty terrifying
And THIS is why I love Lars and Watsky.
+Jonathan Agar Thanks man! :)
Absolutely amazing, so thrilled with the new album.
My two favorite rappers together! This is so perfect!
its an awesome song thank you both!
I watched it like 10 times lmao
Lars AND Watsky on the SAME TRACK?!? Life is sweet sometimes!
right?! I pissed my pants a little
oh MC Lars you're so odd; it's great
Awesome song, and video! I still have my first book, "I An A Bunny" by Ole Risom.
I always wanted Lars and Watsky to do a song!! And now my dreams have come true!
cant wait for the show in Ded Moines show. I love the fact I have yet to hear a book reference I've yet to read..... LONG LIVE LIT HOP
+Nerd Bomber See you soon man! Can't wait!!
dear blaibee Jesus this is amazing I was just happy to see new music from MC Lars, but super fucking stoked that Watsky was on this too. love both of you guys
+Oinché Garcia Thanks Oinché! Much love back. Thanks for checking it out.