Released on Soundcloud 5 months after BTS' debut, the song was penned from ANGER and HURT
and was the result of the backlash he received from the underground rap scene
He was angry at himself, his old friends, the ones who criticized him and so forth...
In an episode of the Mnet show <4 THINGS> RM said,
"Even the people who I did music with talks bad about me now saying 'you've changed, you weren't this slow before'. After that I wrote the song <Too Much>. People started commenting on the blog 'it really is too much, compress your thoughts a bit and put it up again. It'll be better if there's more air.' I put too much into the song and they saw right through it. My pronunciation was all over the place because I was too excited/agitated. I really regret making this song."
HIS VERSES
#1
Everyday like a machine I wake up, automatically put on make-up
That kind of life has grown familiar to me
Since when have I been so satisfied with myself?
Did I, after achieving my dream, indulge in it?
To live “comfortably”, “appropriately”, I swallowed the flames that had welled up to my throat
That’s right I’m quite disgusted with myself as well, the sharp knife has dulled
Forming the wrinkles of my twenty year old self, I was afraid of such changes
If somebody could look inside my head, they’d probably mock me
Smirking at the me who’s lost his path, I can I can hear my old friends laughin'
Hey, but I just wanted to show what I got
All I ever wanted to do was rap, you said I’m a puppet, fuck I’m not
There’s too many of these countless, infinite thoughts in my head
Now I’ll put myself aside and wait for the endless waves of negativity
Yeah I’m a monster, once you become a monster you can no longer be a person
I can no longer be a human like the likes of you all
Even if that’s the very reason why people curse at me
Whether I’m an artist, or an idol I don’t give a fuck this is my life
Whether it’s porridge or gruel, this is the meal I’ve prepared for myself
#2
The me who could only see deserts and seas is now looking up at the universe
The small child who thought the tiny studio was the whole world is only just peering outside
I thought it was real, got no time to chill, no time nobody to get healed
Too many stars, too many dreams, the reality is in front of these things I’m just a speck of dust
Once I realized that the only thing I could do was more severely lock myself in
Tamper back my fury and press it down, more strongly hide myself away
Yeah I’m a fucking monster
Young idol fans hate me cuz I'm a fucking monster
Hip-hop fans hate me too cuz I’m a fucking idol rapper who can’t come to their concert
Yeah right? you’re happy now right? so how you doin bitches
I’m earning a lot of fucking money, fine thank you and you bitches
Every interview I said to them, go find your happiness
But lately I get confused sometimes, whether I’ve found my own happiness
The fact that I’m making the music I want to make, saying the things I want to say
This is the moment I’ve been waiting for, now facing the dream I so desperately wanted
I definitely achieved my dream, but after the dream I find myself hesitating
With too many thoughts; i just showed the me that’s hungry for something
Well folks, that's it
I love making these types of threads for people discovering BTS for the first time so...
DONT THINK ABOUT IT TOO MUCH TOO MUCH TOO MUUUCH ♫
