[Poem]

Close your eyes
You can be anywhere, do anything
That's the beauty of a dream
Eyes open and you'll see
It's harder than you think
Making the things in your head a reality
I died a long time ago sadly
Remember the times when it was so simple?
I'm tired of putting stress on my mental
I been abusing my physical
I gotta love myself
Take care of my health
Sometimes I wonder why
Cause we all gone die anyway
Any day everyone we know and love is gonna die
That's including yout and I
I wonder why they selling us visions of a Heaven
I hope it's real
I been let down before and the feeling is depressing
The one thing I know is that without a doubt
I will truly be resting

[Verse]
I ain't dead yet though
Wake up in the morning
Gotta get it if I want it
We ain't ever had much
Tryna get clutch of
What I could not touch
"In God we trust?"
Yeah right!
Cream!
Chasing that American Dream!
Turning us into phenes
Stealing, killing, wheeling, dealing
Plotting on a million
I guess I'm different
Cause I ain't ever care about
The ways of this world
Probably scared a couple girls
Forgive me, I need to slow down
I be moving too fast
I'm a lover, not a fighter
And full of compassion
But I haven't found a passion yet
This is the part where they leave
They believe I have no aspirations
Or any goals
Or so they were told
They should know
I ain't shiftless of lazy
I got a couple plans
Maybe, maybe not
I be thinking a lot
Couple ideas
But can't connect dots
Whatchu wanna be when you grow up?
Now I'm older
And I still don't even know bruh
As I look around
People seem to setlle down
Just to make it through the now
Pieces of a man and a woman
Just tryna function
I never got everything I wanted
But I got everything I needed
Needs were always met
From the food I ate
To the house I slept
Never forget, I got what I need
Thought it ain't the best
Oh the many times that I've cried and wept
Tryna find a way up out my mess
It's time to be a man
Yes I can
Yes I will
Yes I am
[Outro]

When responsibilities come in, that's when dreaming can start to end. i ran thinking I needed a new start. What I really needed was a new heart. I can be a man, as soon as I'm ready to start. I'm coming home

- Zane Smith