A brand new STEEMIT song fresh out of my mind seemed like the best way to go for my first entry to the OPEN MIC Week 8 Competition from @luzcypher.

I’ve got a lot of older originals, and a ton of covers that I could do, but steemit seems worthy of something fresh and new. I dedicate this song to the over 900 users that choose to follow @papa-pepper, and to everyone on steemit!

THIS ONE’S FOR YOU!

The beat is a track that one of my rapper friends JP made some years ago. I actually have a completely different song written and recorded to the same beat, with a whole different sound and lyrical pattern to it, so that makes things even more difficult. A brand new song full of lyrics that I have not yet memorized is always a tough one to do in one take, but here’s what I got.

These are the lyrics that I was aiming for.

(CHORUS) 2X

It’s time to steemit

So steemit like you mean it

It’s time to steemit

So steemit all night

It’s time to steemit

So steemit like you mean it

In my opinion

Steemit’s all right

They say they like you on facebook but do they really mean it?

I mean I get paid when I post on steemit

They pay me in steem and put it in my account

And if I got expenses then I transfer it out

I bought some gas and I bought me a pig

Steem is the cryptocurrency that I dig

For a while I was buying stuff like a whole bunch

I even bought a hamburger and I ate it for lunch

(CHORUS)

Since I’ve been on steemit I must confess

I’ve really had some fun with the different contests

Sometimes I will enter, hoping to win

And even when I don’t I’ll enter again

Steemit really is the best place for me

In my opinion – the only place to really be

Where else can you post a simple recipe

And get votes backed with cryptocurrency?

It seems the more I post, the more that I learn

But if you never join, then you will never earn

(CHORUS)

With facebook propaganda and twitter full of lies

I cast off the censorship and opened up my eyes

Those sites were the only options back in the day

But now there’s a platform that will actually pay

Steemit man, it is here to stay

And show people online that there’s a better way

So get with the times – you gotta keep current see?

Get with the blockchain and the steemit currency

(CHORUS)

Like anything that’s new steemit’s faced some scrutiny

it ain’t just a platform it’s more like a community

You could make some real steem if a picture you would take

When you put a scorpion in your mouth or pick up a snake

Yes I understand maybe that’s not your thing

But you could get paid when you rap or you sing

Write a story about yourself hugging on a tree

Or just drop some fiction or some poetry

Other places you pay to play OR you play for free

But steemit is the one place where they’re payin' me

(CHORUS)

I like the whales but the whales I like most

Are the ones who stop by and they upvote my posts

A big thanks to @ned and to @dantheman

I appreciate you guys and I would shake your hand

You gotta be on steemit to know what I mean

Now I’m a STEEMhead so gimme the steem

I won’t eliminate the competition, that’s not my position

I’m not a showstopper – cuz I’m the papa

pepper man, reaching out my helping hand to help the other man – hope you will understand

Upvote and resteem another man – and helpin' out with advice whenever I can

(CHORUS)

So a BIG THANKS to everyone who’s ever followed me

Your upvotes and comments, they mean the world to me

And I’m glad to see you here where your thoughts mean something

Cuz on other platforms you will get paid nothin

I think steemit’s got us fully under it’s spell

Where we will go – only time will tell

But I got me some steem and I’m getting more soon

Up up and away- steemits going to the moon

It’s time to steemit

So steemit like you mean it (REPEAT…)

These are a few of my favorite lyrics:

They say they like you on facebook but do they really mean it?

I mean I get paid when I post on steemit

Other places you pay to play OR you play for free

But steemit is the one place where they’re payin me

And, of course:

So a BIG THANKS to everyone who’s ever followed me

Your upvotes and comments, they mean the world to me

What was your favorite part of the song?

Also, if you think that you can do better, or if you want to give @papa-pepper some competition, check out the official Open Mic Week 8 post from @luzcypher.

OPEN MIC WEEK 8 ---- "STEEMIT LIKE YOU MEAN IT" ---- New Original Song for STEEMIT From @papa-pepper

THIS ONE’S FOR YOU!

(CHORUS) 2X

It’s time to steemit

So steemit like you mean it

It’s time to steemit

So steemit all night

It’s time to steemit

So steemit like you mean it

In my opinion

Steemit’s all right

They say they like you on facebook but do they really mean it?

I mean I get paid when I post on steemit

They pay me in steem and put it in my account

And if I got expenses then I transfer it out

I bought some gas and I bought me a pig

Steem is the cryptocurrency that I dig

For a while I was buying stuff like a whole bunch

I even bought a hamburger and I ate it for lunch

(CHORUS)

Since I’ve been on steemit I must confess

I’ve really had some fun with the different contests

Sometimes I will enter, hoping to win

And even when I don’t I’ll enter again

Steemit really is the best place for me

In my opinion – the only place to really be

Where else can you post a simple recipe

And get votes backed with cryptocurrency?

It seems the more I post, the more that I learn

But if you never join, then you will never earn

(CHORUS)

With facebook propaganda and twitter full of lies

I cast off the censorship and opened up my eyes

Those sites were the only options back in the day

But now there’s a platform that will actually pay

Steemit man, it is here to stay

And show people online that there’s a better way

So get with the times – you gotta keep current see?

Get with the blockchain and the steemit currency

(CHORUS)

Like anything that’s new steemit’s faced some scrutiny

it ain’t just a platform it’s more like a community

You could make some real steem if a picture you would take

When you put a scorpion in your mouth or pick up a snake

Yes I understand maybe that’s not your thing

But you could get paid when you rap or you sing

Write a story about yourself hugging on a tree

Or just drop some fiction or some poetry

Other places you pay to play OR you play for free

But steemit is the one place where they’re payin' me

(CHORUS)

I like the whales but the whales I like most

Are the ones who stop by and they upvote my posts

A big thanks to @ned and to @dantheman

I appreciate you guys and I would shake your hand

You gotta be on steemit to know what I mean

Now I’m a STEEMhead so gimme the steem

I won’t eliminate the competition, that’s not my position

I’m not a showstopper – cuz I’m the papa

pepper man, reaching out my helping hand to help the other man – hope you will understand

Upvote and resteem another man – and helpin' out with advice whenever I can

(CHORUS)

So a BIG THANKS to everyone who’s ever followed me

Your upvotes and comments, they mean the world to me

And I’m glad to see you here where your thoughts mean something

Cuz on other platforms you will get paid nothin

I think steemit’s got us fully under it’s spell

Where we will go – only time will tell

But I got me some steem and I’m getting more soon

Up up and away- steemits going to the moon

It’s time to steemit

So steemit like you mean it (REPEAT…)

These are a few of my favorite lyrics:

They say they like you on facebook but do they really mean it?

I mean I get paid when I post on steemit

Other places you pay to play OR you play for free

But steemit is the one place where they’re payin me

And, of course:

So a BIG THANKS to everyone who’s ever followed me

Your upvotes and comments, they mean the world to me