[Side B]
its vertical on the horizon, my presence is missed
residing in the only place where joy and pain co-exist
I breathe a different kind of air now, the sweetest oxygen
the scent of my youth, a fluid nostalgia was a visual intoxicant
no longer bottled up...
reminiscin while they poured it in a bottomless cup
I savored it when I tasted it, at times I wasted it
drowning in the shallowest sorrow
but now I`m living only for the yesterdays of tomorrow
my mind frames a photograph of time frames of the past
every moment I`m living is half as long as it lasts
we cant feast before we fast, every supper`s my last
I kept my mind open, eyes closed, and hands clasped
sippin hours from the glass of father time and mother earth
it`s like a circle plus five, I`m celebratin my birth
even though it ain`t the twenty-third day of september
remindin me of all the things that I forgot to remember
like the sunlight that guides the rains choreography
as I live the final pages of my autobiography feelin blessed
man I`m feelin blessed..
I`m life one step at a time, I`m life one step at a time
Living in the moment, trying to live out my destiny
Came from the strongest source
Ain`t gonna wander, off course
Still the days go by, blessed one time
Night and day coincide
I just wanna live, I just wanna live
[Oatmeal]
I`m kinda antsy on my feet, on these downtown streets
these people hustle hustle for a seat, I can`t compete
A moment of clarity is all that`s needed
I weeded out the noise
The city meshed in petty feuds
Fine tuned to a single voice
My heart pumps out the words
Pen in hand I keep the pace
Easy as it comes, it can go
I`m trying to hold down this space for a moment
Keeping the next 24 hours in mind
I`m keeping my soul aligned
With my actions, each muscle relaxing my inner peace
I`m looking at my self and I`m asking am I complete
See I`mma soak up what I can before the index hits delete
All the colors, all the taste
What I feel up in this place
All the sun up in these rays, theres a number on my days
I spit each rhyme like my last, every word to every phrase
Sacrafice my own for what it`s worth, that`s my way
My existence, I travel through time to leave my mark
No resistancece, don`t want it to end before it starts
I live my life…
[Raw J]
Touched by a tune, embracing composition
Words can`t do it justice
It`s like the humming and singing that Ma do in the kitchen
A vision of seeing a stage rendition with my brethren...
This morning I awoke next to love
Not gonna fight you no mo`
Not going to push you to the door...It`s a gift
Unwrapping the pendulum that squeezed
more or less trying to let my heart breath
The sky so blue you would swear it`s the ocean
The depths of a recovering man roller coasting
The city stares at me, when walking its down I look
Trying to shape these ink blotches inside of this book...Therapy
A bum`s drunken soliloquy got me bare-footing to the ends
Saw death tug the laces of undeserving friends...Live and pray
With my hands holding a self taught bible
With my head half on a pillow, half on a wall
Laying down, scrawling blood, writing this for y`all
I was given this world and only asked to conduct
And go about like I don`t give a fuck about nothing else but living
