This one is to Lightingblade49, i'm so glad I can amuse you and Thank you. Also for Shizuka Taiyou I hope you enjoy listening to LUFFY's TALENTED SINGING VOICE. Yes all songs Luffy sings are kinda angsty lololol.
Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece or the Song Afraid- The Neighbourhood at ALL credit goes to original authors and I changed one of the lyrics
Chapter 8 - Monkey D. Luffy the Talented Singer
"OK the island is known for competition...at least that's what Robin said..but we are going to do awesome!." the crew shouted in response, the crew was getting excited.
The crew stepped foot on the town called Ingenium[1], this time of year was their annual singing competition, the prize was 55,000 beri, the money depends how you sing.
Nami being Nami made everyone enter the competition, the order was Sanji, Zoro (who's going to skip) Usopp,Brook, Franky and Luffy. Since the boys had time they chilled before they went up.
Luffy was walking around the town, but stopped when he heard something very similar.
"YOU FREAK!"
"MONSTER!"
"DEMON"
those comments were thrown at a boy younger than Luffy, about 15. Luffy sent a glare to the kids and they ran, he felt a little better, the boy turned around with a questioning.
Luffy face was shaded because of his hat, "You hate it don't you, being made fun of...is it because you're different..a blood relation...a trash to society." The boy looked at Luffy with shocked, but understanding eyes.
The boy and Luffy chatted for a while, telling eachother what devil fruits they had. Luffy saw a resemblance between them...a person who was hated because they were different.
Luffy walked back to the place where the strawhats planned to stay in and went over the guidelines that Nami told him earlier.
"The rules are... that you have to make up your own song, curse words are allowed....symbolizes something in your life.
the ranking is determined by the lyrics, symbolic reasoning, tone from 1-10"
Luffy himself was surprised he heard everything, he jumped up with a determined face, grabbed some paper and started writing.
-1 hour later-
Sanji, Usopp, Brook, and Franky went already leaving Luffy left. The crew was in the crowd, most of them had bumps except Brook, and Franky since they didn't suck.
Luffy got on the stage with people behind them tuning their instruments ready to play, the instruments started playing and Luffy had a guitar in hand and sang into the mic
When I wake up I'm afraid, somebody else might take my place
When I wake up I'm afraid, somebody else might take my place
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Paid that money, fake that dummy, ache my tummy
On the fence, all the time
Paid junk honey, face so sunny, ain't that funny
All my friends always lie to me
I know they're thinking
—
You're too mean, I don't like you, fuck you anyway
You make me wanna scream at the top of my lungs
It hurts but I won't fight you
You suck anyway You make me wanna die, right when I
—
When I wake up I'm afraid, somebody else might take my place
When I wake up I'm afraid, somebody else might take my place
When I wake up I'm afraid, somebody else might take my place
When I wake up I'm afraid, somebody else might end up being me
—
Keep on dreaming, don't stop breathing, fight those demons
take your pain, don't hurt yourself
If they see it when you're sleeping, make them leave it
And I can't even see if it's all there anymore so
—
You're too mean, I don't like you, fuck you anyway
You make me wanna scream at the top of my lungs
It hurts but I won't fight you
You suck anyway
You make me wanna die, right when I
—
When I wake up I'm afraid, somebody else might take my place
When I wake up I'm afraid, somebody else might take my place
When I wake up I'm afraid, somebody else might take my place
When I wake up I'm afraid, somebody else might end up being me
—
Being me can only mean
Feeling scared to breathe
If you leave me then I'll be afraid of everything
That makes me anxious, gives me patience, calms me down, lets me face this,Let me sleep,And when I wake up (when I wake up, when I wake up) let me be
—
When I wake up I'm afraid, somebody else might take my place
When I wake up I'm afraid, somebody else might take my place
When I wake up I'm afraid, somebody else might take my place
When I wake up I'm afraid, somebody else might end up being me
The audience clapped, the crew were stunned but clapped, and cheered anyway, Luffy smiled when he saw his crew, and the boy he was talking to earlier, the judge came and gave Luffy a trophy with money.
Luffy trophy was taken away by Nami. Zoro, Sanji and Robin came up to Luffy, "Luffy where did that song come from." Luffy just shrugged and chuckled, "Childhood memories, and for someone I met here who have the same lifestyle."
The crew just nodded and that was the day they found out Luffy was a talented singer.
[1] Ingenuim - Talented in Latin