
Date of issue: 19.10.2010
Song language: English
Vipassana |
Yesterday, forget it |
Tomorrow is, nada |
The present is, right here, through the breath, watch it |
Atheist Jesus piece, hangin' on a cross |
We sit and discuss God on lawn chairs |
About how we got here, |
What it is, what it isn’t, shit |
Fate versus faith, scrimmagin' with coincidence |
Leave out the market and hold up on the business end |
Focus on the genuine, with everything else, you can shed the skin |
I was a couple moves away from being dead |
In that ER overdosin', eyes bleedin' red |
I fell in love, made an album, got a buzz |
Lost it all, sobered up and guess what? |
Now we meet again |
And I’m back, finally just laughin' |
Expectations are resentments waiting to happen |
Studying the Dharma, Karma of a pastor and his practice |
Bahá'u'lláh Buddha, God, to the mountaintop and I’m traveling |
Learnin', yes, reflectin' on what matters |
People, permanence, lack of attachments |
It’s space and time, a couple man-made distractions |
The measure of a spirit that no human can ever capture |
Church, this booth is my Vatican |
I don’t control life, but I can control how I react to it |
Student of the breath, brick beats and balancin' |
Desire versus truth until I finally find happiness |
I was put here to do something before I’m lyin' in that casket |
I’d be lyin' on the beat if I said I didn’t know what that is |
The world’s a stage and we play a character, I found him |
It took me 20 something years and a bunch of shitty sound checks |
I’m not gonna be content, until I find gratitude |
Regardless of my sales or the record deals they’re handin' you |
If the next generation takes our legacy and samples you |
We’ll have a bunch of mp3's and misled kids to pass 'em to |
I use my veins to create the color I paint from |
Delve into something 'til my heart becomes my paint brush |
I told my mama I’m not stoppin' 'til my name’s up |
Thinkin' those comments on that blog is gonna save us |
Searchin' for everything but Gods and validation |
Get insecure and then we start blamin' the haters |
Used to look to women to fill a part of me that was vacant |
Truth, the only thing that I ever used in moderation |
So I stare into this paper instead of sitting at a cubicle |
Take all ugly shit inside and try to make it beautiful |
Use the cement from rock bottom and make it musical |
So the people can relate to where I’ve been, |
Where I’m going, what I’ve seen, what I’ve heard |
From the guts, fuck the glory |
Just a person on a porch putting it all into recording |
Many in my past and many that came before me |
I just keep walkin' my path and blessed to share my story |
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