- published: 11 Feb 2016
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Christopher "Chris" Herd (born 4 April 1989) is an Australian association football player who plays for Premier League club Aston Villa. He has also represented his country at under-20 level. Herd can be described as a utility player who can perform competently in a number of positions, including central defence, full back and central midfield.
A graduate of the Aston Villa Academy, he was loaned out to Port Vale and Wycombe Wanderers in 2008, before spending the 2009–10 campaign on loan at Lincoln City. He made his Premier League debut in November 2010.
Born in Perth, Western Australia, Herd signed for Aston Villa from Australian club Bayswater City SC in February 2005, along with fellow Australian Shane Lowry, initially in a deal that was made up of a two-year Youth Training Scheme followed by him signing a one-year professional contract with the club.
He made 19 appearances and scored twice for Aston Villa Reserves during his YTS campaign, as well as 21 appearances and 1 goal for the Academy. Herd was also part of the squad that won the HKFC Philips Lighting International Soccer Sevens in May 2007, and was rewarded with a two year contract following the success. He played in a variety of positions in his early career, most notably in central-midfield and on the right-wing, although in the 2007–08 Reserve season, he was heavily deployed at right-back. In July 2008, Herd was awarded with a new two-year deal. On 17 December 2008, he was selected on the bench for Villa's UEFA Cup match against Hamburger SV in Germany.
When you dreaming, please don't let it be a nightmare..
Whoever told you, that life's fair..
I'm right there..
[Hook x4]
Whoever told you, that life's fair
When you dreaming, please don't let it be a nightmare
When you wake up screaming, I'm right there
To lighten the mood, I'm like the sun with a bright glare
[Chris Ward]
I'm just sitting in my bedroom, all alone
Thinking of life, how most of it all is wrong
I'm more than grateful, that I can stand tall and strong
For that matter, I don't care what you call this song
Cause this one, coming straight from the heart
The same story I've been trying to tell y'all, straight from the start
Life is a crazy thang
Remember Hardest Pit track 13, shady game
All my peers is still down, my mothers tears is still crying
The FEDs in the hood, and they still spying
Trying they damnedest, to catch a nigga
First chance you give em, they gon try and get you nigga
God knows, that they sent just to get you nigga
Just to capture you, in the rapture nigga
You see the fame and the fortune, ain't all what it seems
It's like living a dream, inside of a dream
[Hook x2]
[Chris Ward]
Take a good glimpse, at all the shit you facing
It's options, instead it's sticky situations
But no, there's no trials without tribulations
And, no hustle without determination
And no racism, without discrimination
Cause believe it or not, it still exists within this nation
A lot of times, I feel impatient
Cause there's no small sign, or indication
Of how long, are we all gon be here
Cause if you pass them bars, you feel the streets gon be here
It's one life one chance, one heaven up above
One man one night, one dance
And this one goes out, to my folks on lock
Going through hell, in cell blocks
When you get out, hold your head and try to maintain
Cause I promise you, ain't nothing changed uh
[Hook x4]
[talking]
Know I'm saying, it's real
Whoever told you life's fair, just think about it
This what I get in my dreams sometimes
When I wake up screaming, if that happens
Well, you already know yes
Whoever told you that life's fair, nightmare