there's a man
in a car with his wife
two men in the front seat
stopped at a light
the two other men
are his brother and his friend
the man grabs the door
and tries to jump out again

everybody all yells
and struggle ensues
something long the lines of
"I'm trying to help you"
something long the lines of
"I DON'T NEED SHIT"
the man's pulled back
and the driver hits it

when i was six
i decided tattoos
weren't for me
cuz when i hit
twenty five i'd split
from my life
in the Chi
and just wear all white in the desert

i'm staring at the words on your back
realizing that i still feel like that
my arms are shaking
and my mouth is running
and i can't tell no more where the words are landing
x
i will let you my lock my doors

i've thrashed against the hoofprints
and i'm so tired of that shit
cuz all i want ya all i want ya all i want
i want is just to dance
and sing (badly)
x
the man has a son
who pretty often hears stories like that one
where his dad is a manic addict
saddled with a burden unmanageable

a basketball
prodigy
married to his high school sweetheart

where did the shift down start?
and how did that start shift down?
will the ghost come touch me now?

'round fifteen i wouldn't touch a drink
cuz everything i knew always made me think
that a liquid beat'd be the end of me
and now i do it nightly

and i gotta lot of friends who felt the same as me
but i'm a college kid
swathed in artistry

i just said "swathed" i'm an artist, b!
i'm a NIGGA i'm a kid with hardest deepest
beliefs set from the get

locked in from dreams
and the higher i get the more the memories
speak to me
spiritually

am i fulfilling a PROOOOPHECY?
i truly believe
i could be!
but i could be
craaazy

i am so lazy
when it comes to anything
but making beats

and making LOVE
if i get i want
what will it ask for in return

mom's already concerned
might be mom shit
but if anyone'd know it's my mom

this is my PLEA!:
don't stopstop loving me
cuz my Me still thinks he's three
and we can't trust that nigga can we?
x
i will let you my lock my doors

i've thrashed against the hoofprints
and i'm so tired of that shit
cuz all i want ya all i want ya all i want
i want is just to dance
and sing (badly)
x
("strange things keep happening")

this is my blood

i got the power to change
everything

("like an old, baby again")

this is my blood