Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song The Hourglass , by - Blackalicious. Release date: 15.10.2015
Age restrictions: 18+
Song language: English
The Hourglass |
| 12:00 on the dot |
| Woke up and stretched |
| Filled with provocative thoughts |
| They say every day you wake up’s a good thing |
| Caught my breath exhaled, inhaled, that’s a positive start |
| 1:00 reminiscin' on how time flies |
| Still a bachelor that’s looking for that prime time wife |
| Need a cheering section that’ll make them pom-pom's fly |
| Cause this kitchen’s looking lonely as a wonton’s fry |
| 2:00 realized the mistakes were mine |
| Ask God for a plane then I look to the sky |
| Then he sent me a boat while I’m askin' him why |
| The plane hasn’t come yet the boat’s passin' me by |
| 3:00 took it all in and looked at my life |
| My homie said he’d trade his for a second wit' mine |
| All the travelin' and accolades, stages in life |
| But the grass is always greener when you on the other side of the hourglass |
| Now it’s 4:00pm call my other homie up to see what’s good wit' him |
| Still doing the same shit he did from way back when |
| Never do we speak of change, I don’t want to offend |
| 5:00 suddenly I saw myself in him |
| Guess I’m talking to myself when I judge and condemn |
| When I see my people do good I’m nudging them in |
| The right direction |
| Although on the low I’m guzzlin' gin |
| Got a call from my doctor at about 6:10 |
| Told me health is not an option anymore |
| Just then |
| Realized I’m getting older |
| Life is not forever soldier |
| At some point you gotta grow up 'fore it all just end |
| 7 is my lucky number I was born on ten |
| 77 d I’m healthier and makin' amends |
| Every lesson ever taught to me I’m takin' it in |
| Every moment is a miracle created within |
| The hourglass |
| Now it’s half past 8 |
| People don’t got a lot of hope these last past days |
| Can there be a revolution when no carnage awaits |
| Can we lock into the spirit can we harness the grace |
| 9:00 sun is gone only stars and space |
| Don’t know where the time went but with a pen and pad |
| And beat I’ll follow time and space |
| Cause nothing is forever |
| Only thing that’s constant: change |
| You’ll never relive yesterday you can’t rewind this tape |
| It’s 10 on the dot |
| Did you utilize the day today and give all you got? |
| Did you live a little bit or are you living a lot? |
| It’s 11:00 |
| The sand is driftin' about the hourglass |