You would break so easily So fragile that it frightens me A harsh sudden reality A painful possibility To see it’s like the strangest dream to be it needs to still be seen As loud as any noise you’ve heard As quiet as a whispered word Try to answer questions forced Forced inside of me […]
Woke up early On the tenth anniversary GOOD MORNING Fit in clips of it Between food prep shorts Weather reports Check the day’s commute And a look at sports I remember how the wind Was knocked from me Before it became footage A footnote in history Recently I think I heard it could have been […]
Without any training It’s pouring, It’s raining Training or a trade Hey, you bet I’m afraid Unequipped with a skill But I’m thrilled with the thrill Underskilled, unprepared Hey, who wouldn’t be scared Bring on the obstacles And burn me a bridge I’m not sure, should I call This my range or a ridge? There […]
That bug bit me, I’ll admit Stunned – it took a while to hit But when it hit me, I was bit Shit, I came clean with it No match, who am I No match, who am I, so why try to deny it Just a regular guy, who won’t even try it The bug’s […]
He didn’t hit me for a home Or hit me up ’cause he was cold He was addicted to drugs And I could see that in his eyes What about me? Well I was only rolled He didn’t rob me for food It wasn’t hunger, but a jonze He needed a fix, Someone will fix […]
Well he was fueled by a lack Drew inspiration from a need So many problems to crack And mouths to feed Crooked was the path And brazen was the walk A cocky swagger, up the ladder And could he ever talk The last hurrah? Nah! I’d do it again The Rascal King behind the bars […]
Gonna dive into a jive I’ve dove into before Gonna haunt a haunt I’ve haunted Like a million times or more A familiar joint Where getting drunk’s the only point To frequent this place With any frequency at all Countin’ on a remedy I’ve counted on before Goin’ with a cure that’s never failed me […]
Royal Oil, come on bubble and boil Stabs like a dagger, make you stagger On the hot tin foil Mind your mind or it will surely spoil then you sleep down in the soil Nothing comes from nothing, come on Royal Oil When you smoke or poke the poison You lose the chance to be […]
It’s so hard to face That in this day and age Somebody’s race Could trigger somebody’s rage And somebody’s preference Can drive some total stranger to make somebody, somehow feel the wrath of their anger Why were we put here? What for? we’re unsure We sure weren’t put here to hate Be racist, be sexist […]
1-2-8 - Let's Face It
They played something They made something Brand new a baby blue machine Brass tacks, duct tape For the great escape Packed in there like sardines Back and forth East, south, west, north Shred the atlas burn the map Often lost and paths criss-crossed Wake me up I need a nap They did something Which meant […]
