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[Verse 1]
Etch-A-Sketch lifelines and pipe dreams
Might seem minute when I Iost myself
Dismantled that sand castles at high tide
You see my pride’s been placed on a shelf
What’s left but to pick up the jigsaw pieces, puzzled on how to maintain
Then I see Jyren and Jaheed, they give me the strength to endure the pain
I write songs right or wrong, every pen stroke’s a hope the mallet doesn’t meet the gong
So I fashion my pen-lashing, a blank paper as a chaser in case you wanna sing along
Left to mesh life and death as it passes
Dust to dust, ashes to ashes
Will I be still standing from all that can turn me to a loose cannon?
Or with a little preplanning, can I avoid crash landing?
Clearing my head’s easier done than said
This was the last dance, my last chance
Then I bought myself, lost myself, tossed myself, caught myself
All this jelled in the first hand
So I left myself on the edge of that cliff and kissed my third wish goodbye
Every flutter of my wings is a memento of the vow I made never to let me see me cry

[Refrain]
Too much is happening to let rocking and rapping take over
Gotta feed my family, otherwise I’ll have nada
Gotta seize the opportunity to ruin the mainstream
At the same time, change things to change rhyme
Gotta focus like never before for the ones I adore
Just wait to see what I have in store
I refuse to lose and be abused, no lie
I can’t see life passin’ me by
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[Verse 2]
I threw caution to the wind, lost it again
Find the finish line, cross and win
Ego encased in glass ’til flask was empty
Then I simply lost some friends
Nevertheless I continue depressed through the stress and the mess to reach the mountain’s peak
So close yet so far from being a star
Jawhar’s teetering on sanity’s brink
See patience is a virtue they say but I’ve been sitting on the bench for ten years, it’s time to play
It’s time to shine, it’s time to rhyme, it’s time to spit
And let these cats hear what they missed
Two of the elite in Columbus [?] 80-76
That’s Ill on the mic and Rocktight on the beat mix
Two signs of determination, love [?] blatantly torture any vulture circlin’ talkin’ shit
Now if a tree fell in the forest with no one else around, could you hear it if you listened?
Not everyone alive’s pitstop's [?] hip-hop, you can hear it if you listen
I’ll never lose myself for empty fame and wealth, you can hear it if you listen
Hey friend, I only lash out from the pen, you can hear it if you listen

[Refrain]
See too much is happening to let rocking and rapping take over
But I gotta feed my family, otherwise I’ll have nada
Gotta seize the opportunity to ruin the mainstream
At the same time, change things to change rhyme
Gotta focus like never before for the ones I adore
Just wait to see what we have in store
I refuse to lose and be abused, no lie
See I won’t let life pass me by, word
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[Beatboxing]