Charlu stars in ‘5FEET’ from his latest release. He writes the verses, while OMSB produces the music. He tracks teenage nights in Tokyo. Microphones become lifelines there.
Released: November 5, 2025
5FEET
Charlu
5FEET Lyrics Translation – Charlu
Charlu recounts gripping a microphone on Shibuya streets. He says Take a detour, find your own way. The lyric turns personal detour into repeatable path. It notes a fake smile at Shibuya Station, revealing tension between outward calm and inner monsters.
Somebody saidSomebody said,
A life without a dream is too vaguea life without a dream’s just too vague.
Toumawari mo tama ni shiteTake a detour once in a while,
Mitsukena jibun no wayand find your own way.
Juudai no koro ni hajimete nigitta maikuI first grabbed the mic back in my teens,
Ima made kiita oto to wa chigatte dorokusaiand it sounded raw, unlike anything I’d ever heard.
Ibasho ga naiI had no place to call my own,
Kanojo o ukeirete kureta lifebut this life finally took her in.
Chouhatsu ni notteTaking the bait and jumping in,
Hajimete dete mita batoru de wa kashi mo naiI didn’t even have lines for my first battle.
Ame demo yuki demo tsutaya maeThrough the rain and the snow in front of ‘Tsutaya’,
Rojou de mic nigitteta every nightI was grippin’ the mic on the streets every night.
Kane mo nai shi ou yume mo naiI had no money and no dreams to chase,
Mikata mo inai shi minna ga kiraino one on my side, and I hated everyone.
Iya ni naru everydayEvery day just sucked.
Shibuya eki de waAt Shibuya Station,
Furumatteta hohoemi deI wore a fake smile
Machi ni hisondeta kemonowhile beasts lurked in the city.
Kekkyoku dokodemo mononokemonoIn the end, they’re all just monstrous spirits everywhere.
They don’t knowThey don’t know
Shiawase nante negotothat ‘happiness’ is just a dream.
Sonna ko mo昔aita neI once wrote about a girl like that,
Dare mo ki ni shite nai nebut nobody really cared.
Ano ko natta kako no koShe’s just a ghost of the past now,
Yami ni ochitetta mamonoa monster that fell into the dark.
Somebody saidSomebody said,
A life without a dream is too vaguea life without a dream’s just too vague.
Toumawari mo tama ni shiteTake a detour once in a while,
Mitsukena jibun no wayand find your own way.
Somebody saidSomeone once said,
A life without a dream is too vaguea life with no dream is too empty.
Toumawari mo tama ni shiteEven taking detours sometimes,
Mitsukena jibun no wayyou’ll find your own way.
Chiisana inochi futariTwo tiny lives between us,
Shoujo wa ima de wa haha niand that girl’s a mother now.
Kikenakatta kyoku mo kikeru you niNow I can listen to the songs I couldn’t before,
Jibun torimodoshifinally findin’ my way back to myself.
Yaritai koto ya yume ga dekite moEven when I found things I wanted and dreams to chase,
Kanojo no mawari wa heiki dethe people around me didn’t hesitate
Yume o warau imasarato laugh at those dreams after all this time.
Nokosareteru mono wa rapAll I’ve got left is my rap,
Kyou mo dokoka de utatteruso I’m out here performin’ somewhere again today.
Kare ga ketsu o tatakuHe keeps pushin’ me forward,
Itami o wasureruand the booze I used to drink to forget the pain
Tame no sake wa ima wa mizuhas turned to water now.
Ima made no negatibu waAll that negativity from back then
Mou tokkuni wasureteruis long gone and forgotten.
Chansu wa kite saruChances come and then they slip away.
Ikko te ni irete wa ikko loseI gain one thing only to lose another.
Boroboro de ite hoshii to negau hito uragiruI’m betrayin’ the ones who wanted to see me broken.
Ima de wa itamu dokoro ka aishiteru furukizuThese old scars don’t even hurt anymore; I actually love ’em now.
Rappu dekiteru thanks to my kidsI’m able to rap thanks to my kids,
Ima no watashi ga watashi rashiiand I finally feel like myself.
Dekai koto yaru gamushara niI’m gonna do big things with everything I’ve got.
I’m tiny but big watashi wa 5feetI’m tiny but big—I’m only 5 feet.
Somebody saidSomebody said,
A life without a dream is too vaguea life without a dream’s just too vague.
Toumawari mo tama ni shiteTake a detour once in a while,
Mitsukena jibun no wayand find your own way.
Somebody saidSomeone once said,
A life without a dream is too vaguea life with no dream is too empty.
Toumawari mo tama ni shiteEven taking detours sometimes,
Mitsukena jibun no wayyou’ll find your own way.
5FEET Music Video
5FEET is about navigating uncertainty. The lyrics highlight rap as a steadfast compass for Charlu’s voice in English.