Shadows Life

The expression “Shadows Life” describes a lifestyle revolving around underground music, art and other street subcultures. You may see Shadows Life spray painted in an alley behind a punk rock dive bar in a seedy part of town, tagged on the grip tape of a skateboard or printed on the shirt of a emcee at a hip hop cypher.
The Shadows Life isn’t for everyone. Many seek and need the mainstream validation, striving to live up to conventional standards. Living the Shadows Life means to desregard the mainstream scenes and thrive in the Shadows instead.

Example in use:
Basic Joe: “What are you some sort of mutant creature? Why don’t you just dress and act like everybody else. Don’t you want to be like everybody else?”
Bleak: “nah bro I’m good, I’m bout that Shadows Life”