-CHORUS-
When I wake up will the sun come out?
I can't open my eyes I got things to think about
And don't be worried if you see me on the ground
I'm just layin' here waitin' for the sun to come around
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I don't remember anything from before I was born &
that moment on this new story took form
It mighta been different, too late, what if
time is just at our fingertips for us to shift?
And the best gift is this present state
but I'm too concerned with the future to let it wait
Shortcuts will be accepted the moment they are offered
....... so I never prospered
Only now it happens to be the circumstances
when I was a kid I prob'ly took too many chances
It's a mystery how I stayed alive
all the times I could have taken the last dive
Off the map & into the deep black
careless instances can't even keep track
No time for fear got fun to be havin'
it all becomes clear & the clues begin addin'
OH, how the anger fueled when detractors were laughin' at me
spendin' more time with the rhymes I been craftin'
Of everything tried should I have done better?
didn't like the moniker changed it to 1 letter
Seems the best fit, yea, of course it does
got some info straight from the source as it was
Lucky if my peers were available or conscious
demands were too high so they failed in responses
Could it have been that simple? Afraid not,
made a matchin' connection & forever stayed caught
Pay a penny for a thought I could be a rich man
& I bought so many lies now I need to switch plans

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So easy to look back now & reminisce
'bout those days gone past that weren't quite like this
What do you miss most besides your youth?
I wouldn't mind goin' back again to hide from the truth
Since then afterthoughts have long evaporated
if they were so important you shoulda stayed dedicated
Just try not to let it bother you too much
there's always a mic around for you to clutch
I made a silent promise to never leave the premises
& once I get up I won't be fallin' off the precipice
Stick to my guns & refuse to comply
with the so-called words that you heard from the sky
Takin' issue with the way that I conduct my biz then?
stop bein' so afraid to buck the system
You can choose not to listen I don't get offended
sorry man but ya life won't be extended
Music's all I need to stay immortal
handling things differently nobody would say I'm normal
A tad bit stubborn on many an occasion,
got no time to hear ya tryin'a say that I'm impatient
It's pretty perfect on a scale of 1 to Zero
if you only heard half of what's been done to ya hero
Wishin' I knew why it's almost cost an arm
but I've had it up to my neck & it's lost its charm

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This feelin' right now is all too familiar,
that the idea of success is gettin' sillier
The doors never quite opened for me sesame,
worryin' often it would eventually get the best of me
I had rhymes needed music & a backbeat
didn't have the means so it had to take a backseat
No such things as crews in my town
I'm certain I was the only rap loser around
Look at us now, seperated by decades
can't recall it all back away & the speck fades
And any mess made's another lesson learned
that's the only positive thing about gettin' burned
I saw the blackened air then it gave me perspective
the options led me to my original objective
No regrets yet, & no apologies
fuck mumblin' I'm humble I wanna put us all at ease

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