Intro Lyrics in English J-AX , Bianca Atzei

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Intro by J-AX from Italian to English.
A few years ago my hair went gray
For the first time I hit the brakes
Unsure if I was the only fool
Or the last one who truly believed
Wondering if for my crew it was nothing but a job
Through the years they had kids, I only records and tours
Never grew up like Peter Pan
With vertigo, alone, trapped in the studio
Han Solo, in graphite
I came in here as a kid
I signed every contract, I trusted
Like with a dad, just being on stage was enough
Then everyone was always on vacation
Me alone there busting my a*s
Maybe I treated him like a father
While he treated me like a dummy
Why make new stuff if people already adore you
And in the end they fall in love only with novelty
Almost like they're saying you're old, out of style
This stuff won't work if it's done at your age
I paid and walked out like at the bar
The penalty with a lifetime of savings
At the price of freedom
I'd broken even and wondered what sense it made
But why didn't you die young twenty years ago
Starting again from less than zero
And finally lifting the veil
And really telling you
Not the winning image people try to sell
Of themselves
I don't want to live in a skyscraper
Just spit a bit of poison back
And really tell my story, the show resumes
Welcome to everyone like me
Last Christmas I was down in the cellar
I was crying over the moving boxes
Because when you've seen the world from the top, after
You're trapped at the top like a mouse
A successful man isn't always a man of worth
When the price hits all at once: writer's block
Copying yourself spares less pain
Than carving cuts in your heart
Looking for words in the blood
I'd better pull myself together
Or maybe you pick me up by chance
Because among those who had kids, nobody planned it here
My life is this theater
And when they turn off the lights
I won't have even one regret
If I've lived like a true goonie
And on the street they call me uncle
It's Philadelphia and I'm Rocky
Maybe it's because instead of one child, God
Gave me two million nephews
I listened to my stuff like I'd never done before
From scratch it was better back then, rap and roll and decadence
I found it genuine but you can tell I was caught up
Still mourning the ending of the first band
And the one I thought was my real brother
Two kids who from nothing put together a gang
A friendship that ended, like always in life
Because of women, politics, pride and filthy cash
Starting again from less than zero
And finally lifting the veil
And really tell about myself
Not the winning image people try to sell
Of themselves
I don't want to live in a skyscraper
Just spit a bit of poison back
And really tell my story, the show resumes
Welcome to everyone like me
Welcome to everyone like me
Welcome
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SONG MEANING

J‐AX opens the curtain on his own life in Intro, swapping the usual swagger for raw confession. Over a moody beat and Bianca Atzei’s haunting hook, the Milanese rapper rewinds the tape of his career: the first grey hairs, the record‐label contracts he signed like a trusting kid, the lonely nights in the studio while everyone else was on holiday. He jokes that he never grew up, “Peter Pan con la labirintite,” yet the price of staying forever young is heavy. Money, ego, and old friendships crumble, leaving him to wonder if starting over from “meno di zero” is even possible.

But this is not a lament, it is a welcome. J‐AX rips off the polished celebrity mask and spits back the poison of fake success, choosing freedom over penthouses. He salutes anyone who has felt washed up, sidelined, or told they are “out of fashion.” The message is clear: real value is in authenticity, not hype. When the stage lights go out, he wants no regrets, only the pride of living like a true Goonie. So, “Benvenuti a tutti quelli come me” – welcome to everyone who dares to start again, scars and all.

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