Ay yo, you know when ever you decide to make
music your official career
You start to lose touch,
with that person that decided to start doing music in the first place
Whenever you're worrying about deadlines,
and what people think
Rather than if you like it, and if its going to make any
money rather than if it makes you happy
But lately I've just rediscovered
that joy I once had
Music gets me in my mood,
and nothings gonna stop it
Now I can't quit smiling', know
my teeth aren't flawless
I don't care about my shoes,
I'm just grateful that I'm walkin'
Happy to be breathing' and I
love the fact I'm talkin'
And you listen to my tunes,
and I Ain't had a day like this
Since yesterday I pray I get
the chance to say the way I feel
And every day I'm moved,
its all part of my perception
Everyday that I'm alive I have
realized is such a blessin'
It starts with attitude, happy and I know it
Keep closin' both of my eyes but I
keep my heart wide open
Stayin' grounded, now,
I'm astounded I keep growin
To the man my momma wanted and
to think once I was hopeless
Now I'm focused on my future
but I keep it level headed
It don't hurt to plan ahead but
there's nothing like the present
We experience expression mani
festin' in the essence
Of the spirit when you're near it you
will feel the same connections
And I remember days,
back before I had a bit of since
About responsibility or
benefits of being rich
Pure tranquility and innocence
Lately I been visitin' those
memories to reminisce
And take me back in hopes that I can
take it back and play pretend
With all my friends again,
before my elders got so sick
Before my parents got divorced,
before my partner up and quit
Before my daddy got remarried and
my step father had split
Psh, yeah I see the omens I just
greet them with a grin
Heh, detach from all my drama
know my karmascomic' thick
Rest in peace to Deven Trull
look I miss you all the time
But it's all right,
ay I know that you're my Angel in disguise
I'm eating' right
And I mean more than food,
don't eat up the gossip
Either way I'm smilin',
Know my teeth aren't flawless
I don't care about my shoes,
I'm just grateful that I'm walkin'
Happy to be breathing' and
I love the fact I'm talkin'
And you listen to my tunes
The past died two weeks ago,
life is a river seek the flow, hm
The same particles that made the Sun,
made your lungs, we need to glow
Your appetite is currency,
pay attention to what you eat the most
Pain propels problems into proverbs
when my Granny died
I read C. S. Lewis's "Grief Observed",
through golden laced tears I read these words
No one ever told me that grief,
felt so much like fear
But today is tomorrow,
let the blessings rain
Scars are skeleton keys for wisdom
accept the lessons gained
We are all always children looking
for the temperament of hope
When you find it let it rain from the mountain
top like an instruments note
The sheet music on your heart was penned
in blessed brush strokes
A picture, of dams breaking like clouds with
Sun rays pouring in your windowpane
Take it in, let the levies loose,
It's time for something new
Let the levies loose before
the crops choke
The pain our hearts contained are fertile
foundations for growth
Mhm, let the levies loose,
your tears are holy water
Baptize the world with your beautiful bruises begging
other beautiful souls to belt their benedictions
But not for benefits or Benjamin's,
beyond our broken we are hoping to help heal someone else's ills
So speak it, through your words
let the levies loose
And we'll all ex it hell
like meditation mantras
But before you goodbye your breath,
don't forget what your pain taught ya