Can you look into a mirror?
Get a clearer picture, of what
Surely disappears
No if, ands, or buts
All these people in my ear
Tellin' me to stay down, don't get up
Just lay down, oh, for what?
Ya ain't think we could make the cut
Didn't know I could take this much
Can you blame for my hatefulness?
You been doubted by the same, as us
Misplaced, in a race that sucks
Like you, they abandoned us
No trace, what a disgrace, mislead
Lookin' for a place to lay my head
And feel safe, change of pace, when I'm dead
Don't waste a single tear, do not shed
Just know, I'm leavin' here, was a man
Who wasn't suppose to be in here, and I'm glad
I finally got to beat the fear, that I had
I don't wanna be here, sometimes
Feel like I'm stuck in the wrong line
Long time, it's been feelin' lost, while
Even try to abide to the false lies
It was never my intention, to be misunderstood
But, if I don't stand for nothin'
That must mean that I'm no good
I must have given off the wrong meaning, I'm so confused
But, you never know what it's like to win, until you lose
It was never a game to us
Weren't nobody playin' at all
Time is all that seemed to change
And, we're still standing tall
I remember when they told me
That we would never be nothing
We would never be nothing-nothing
Who am I?
Not sure of responses
To formulate answers, to questions asked
What is a man?
Is he a hope of a fruitful future?
Or the sum of a barren past?
Through the looking glass
The perception's off, but the image of a hold of a broken sort
Of a puzzled man, pieced himself together so many times
Over time, he become a few pieces short
Now, he resort to drinkin' and drugs, to vent
Slowly, he descendin' from a hundred percent
He becomin' more in tune, with the things he against
While he's steady layin' bricks, in the walls of resent
Now, with all due respect, how can I unplug or disconnect?
I don't wanna hurt no feelings, or stop checks
I don't wanna give what's mine to who's next
'Cause, I worked too fuckin' hard for this
And, I can't go back, just forward from here
Can't take it all away, or make it all disappear
Gonna wear my flaws, like my has-been fears
To a throwback time, that's far from clear
Say twenty-twenty vision come from hindsight
And, the second time around, you better get the shit right
By the third time around, could be quicker than a glance
Fuck around, I might not get another chance
It was never my intention, to be misunderstood
But, if I don't stand for nothin'
That must mean that I'm no good
I must have given off the wrong meaning, I'm so confused
But, you never know what it's like to win, until you lose
It was never a game to us
Weren't nobody playin' at all
Time is all that seemed to change
And, we're still standing tall
I remember when they told me
That we would never be nothing
We would never be nothing-nothing