i was facebook friends with a couple of my favorite rappers til they deleted me for pluggin in their statuses i'd send an inbox like "yo i didn't mean no harm just take a look at my name yo don't be mad at this" some would write back shoutout to sage francis but most would just view it as a healthy distrust man i could write a thousand page pamphlet on why bein underground sucks is it too much to ask you to come to my shows and pay for what i put my soul into and pray for? support me and i'll make more and i ain't talkin bout money i'm still talkin bout the music dummy what's funny? maybe it should be yo let's add a laugh track drama becomes comedy commonly laughed at flip it all over and past that i'm upside-down with a pair of jeans on my head an asshat (audience laughs) see what i mean? it's a brave new world brave new boys brave new girls this is ours for the takin it's time to get up out of these little bars and basements and march toward amazement march with a unified purpose cos everybody marchin in a different direction? less than worthless i got a set of nails for this little spot right here but need some help with the rest of the surface it ain't no stretch to say that i deserve this or even to say that it's my purpose (ya heard this?) let's make it happen once and for all pack this little hall so tight we shoot straight through the back wall c'mon (Chorus) ain't been away for long but still it seems that enough has transpired that it's worth discussin can't stay away for long i guess it means that it's just about time gotta think of somethin ain't gonna fall for the traps that are laid i believe i can lead us to a greener pasture i made this all out of all that i made yo it's all that i need but the need is faster i'd say that if you don't know me by now you'll never know me but i'm optimistic and think that's just baloney so loan me your ears show me your tears if you're feelin all lonely and nobody cares cos me? i never shied away from bein that dude got a sleeve on my heart his whole arm is tattooed i can't afford the surgery to get it removed sometimes they're just words to me sometimes they're clues it's a puzzle i've been piecin all together for some time now this one time i never found the energy to wind down i'm fine now thanks for the concern been one long windin road and i'm givin thanks for what i've learned but i'll bank a hard right at the next turn i'm sure when the sunlight is makin my neck burn i run for the door but this time i'm gonna stare straight at it watch closely it's magic and you can have it (Chorus) ain't been away for long but still it seems that enough has transpired that it's worth discussin can't stay away for long i guess it means that it's just about time gotta think of somethin ain't gonna fall for the traps that are laid i believe i can lead us to a greener pasture i made this all out of all that i made yo it's all that i need but the need is faster

i wanna take you away from this wanna leave just you and me forget the things i'm complacent with think of the things i'll replace em with i wanna give you a shootin star make a wish for somewhere that's ours baby don't lose faith in me i swear to god just wait and see oh i never wanted to be good so bad i just want you to believe it quit talkin and let you see it oh i never wanna lose just what we have it took some time for me to see what is right in front of me (Chorus) i know you worry bout the things i do and just what it is that i can give to you so i'm in a hurry to make a change take on the world and take the reins before it all goes down in flames let's keep the picture in the frame i never want you to think of me the way you have been recently so not to lose what i got in you i gotta do what i gotta do this ain't the end this is just the start you know i love you with all my heart and i know that you feel the same so never go and i'll shield the rain oh i never claimed to be a perfect man but i know i could be better concentrate on this instead of all the lies that i tell myself are worth a damn i may be blind but i can see what is right in front of me (Chorus) i know you worry bout the things i do and just what it is that i can give to you so i'm in a hurry to make a change take on the world and take the reins before it all goes down in flames let's keep the picture in the frame (x2) if i could learn how to walk before tryin to fly i'd prolly have an easier time of climbin the sky tryna get high but doin nothin but just standin still i think i'm movin up when i'm just standin still until i change a lot of my ways and what i do with my days i'm still gonna have this crowd of haze around me so i'ma dance to it like it's the new craze see what happens at the end of this maze that's around me or over me man whatever it is and damn whatever it is that doesn't fit the plan that i'm bettin it is i'm better than this it's time i prove that throw this old sweaty mess away and get a new hat i've said it before but this time i think it's for real yo i can tell it by the way that it feels so baby listen now we can be the toast of the town we can laugh about how we used to frown stick around please (Chorus) i know you worry bout the things i do and just what it is that i can give to you so i'm in a hurry to make a change take on the world and take the reins before it all goes down in flames let's keep the picture in the frame

shoulda went ahead and fixed it all a long time ago coulda been ahead and screamin at the pack vamanos woulda coulda shoulda but i never move all i do is say i'm gonna do it need some better shoes i could be a star shinin brighter than the ones in the sky but you never see the back just the front and the side it's the ones that'll hide you need to find the ones that'll fly that need to dive it's a one track mind keeps my head floatin around and draggin my body along half of my body is gone what's left is wrong wanna see the right side cos i can't stand the bright side only time i'm ever fine at all is nighttime i might find what i look for if i actually take the time to look study up what's the book for? if it's just one long verse what's the hook for? been on the burner way too long to need to cook more (Chorus) wheels turnin ain't movin fuel's burnin fate's stupid i wasn't meant to be stuck this wasn't meant to be (x2) if i let you in you ain't gonna like it it's not a nice place got a match? better strike it it's dark hell is like this hell i might just stay i'm used to it hell i might just take the fuse to it light it up wind it up pull it back let it move fast let it cruise put my foot on the dash could only ask for a thousand and one more things but if i could only ask for one it would be for one more swing there's no autotune in baseball it's either find the right pitch yourself or head taste wall plates fall down if they spin too long bodies floatin down a muddy river better get your swimsuit on there's no lifeguard so fight hard against the current even if it just seems like the past is reoccurin you can try swim it but there ain't no future in it it only takes you back to the beginnin (Chorus) wheels turnin ain't movin fuel's burnin fate's stupid i wasn't meant to be stuck this wasn't meant to be (x2)

(Charles Only) hey that's fine i guess i haven't done enough to show you why it's time that you pay attention to my design since i ain't had no luck with goin wide it's crime but i'm still tryin hard to start there's so much left to do around the yard and this part is where you pay attention to your heart this card just add it to your hand now do it to better understand the music ain't no need to bluff we're bettin large okay i only wanna be part of your day so i wait but i feel this levee is about to break and it's late we only got a bit of light i'll settle for a bit of night what i'm tryin to say is that... (Chorus) it's time it's fine i just want a little of your time i'll pine please just let me be part of your time no lines i'm goin out my mind just waitin show me that i'm not mistaken please just let me be part of your time (Q-Tip) "J-JOHN BLAKE" (John Blake) i ain’t askin i’m more demandin more hand to hand versus understandin you don’t like it fine i don’t like it either still doin fine wit girls that look like eva longoria or mendes i’m spittin local while the music goin global pass me the pollo stayin on the humble my eyes see the mumbles not rashard mendenhall you know with a fumble huh ready to rumble unable to stumble take a stab at me please like that’s really gon phase me i been thru it all been to the wall no bulldozers or wrecking balls involved dawg the flow ain’t arrogant more like aggregate congratulations to all those yo the graduates who got the pages with the layouts? yeah we found a way out where’s the check time to get the pay out (Charles Only) hey let's go i'm standin in the rain outside the show and it's cold but you don't care a thing you hit the road i know you didn't see me standin there but you don't see me anywhere that's kinda what i mean now yo you think you got me figured out i would think again cos i'm bigger now somethin you can't just got rid of now try to get a grip but it slithers out let it roam and wander don't chase it you can try to hit it but you ain't gonna break it i already hit it all the time and it don't do a thing (Chorus) i think it's time it's fine i just want a little of your time i'll pine please just let me be part of your time no lines i'm goin out my mind just waitin show me that i'm not mistaken please just let me be part of your time it's fine i just want a little of your time i'll pine please just let me be part of your time no lines i'm goin out my mind just waitin show me that i'm not mistaken please just let me be part of your time please just let me be part of your time please just let me be part of your time please just let me be part of your time

(Chorus) slow down girl you're drivin just a little too fast pull over pull over (x2) (Charles Only) simple sunday drive just to be outside i watch your speed while you pay it no mind why don't you ease up? girl take your time (Chorus) slow down girl you're drivin just a little too fast pull over pull over (x2) (TwoName) sirens in the air you don't even care no need for speed we ain't goin nowhere why don't you ease up girl just get there (Chorus) slow down girl you're drivin just a little too fast pull over pull over (x2) (Charles Only) slow down girl you're killin em you fillin em with octane but we got enough we already gassed up (oh the last one?) i don't even wanna talk about it it got so big you couldn't even stand to walk around it i'm more confounded with the idea that everything has gotta be done right now and right here i might fear what i don't get but i'm pretty sure i understand the gas on the right break's on the left based on the steps it's a dance even i can do when you're out of breath it's an example of what not to do i'm watchin you but my eyes can't keep up you see the dial spinnin round and round but you speed up i need luck panickin i'm reachin for the belt now i'm headed fast into a complete meltdown just be yourself now we can get older girl lemme slow the car down pull over (Chorus) slow down girl you're drivin just a little too fast pull over pull over (x8)

my mind is a kite with no string that swings so no matter what it is i see the whole thing panoramic i get the view from all around i look at every single thing but the ground my town is a changin location i'm always on the move so my life is like its own vacation i should buy a t-shirt wherever i go maybe a hat and some magnets a couple sweatshirts for the snow i'll let ya know when i land i'll send you the address put everything i own in a bag the bag stretched til it just couldn't stretch no more had to start a second i got some more to throw in i'll start in a second let's start erectin whole cities in our dreams ariadne see if we can live outside our means even badly whatever it takes give chase find a faultline to stand on whenever it quakes (Chorus) i'll squeeze everything i can out of the sky until it's gone this sunset would be a lot more beautiful if i wasn't so cold so cold cos nothin ever really says goodbye until it's gone and this roof here would be a lot more useful if it wasn't so old so old i'm friends with the moon i wax when it wanes when the sun catches fire we pull back from the flames we slumber together til the light starts to end then we make our own fire the moon is my friend we go for little walks sometimes we hold hands we'll still know each other when i'm an old man he's older than me but he'll still be alive it's cold with a breeze outside perfect weather to fly there's no traffic or radio static no bad motorist habits it's all fantastic plastic wrap around my brand new wings i'd cut it off but i love brand new things and the feel of em yo the wind's peelin em back like it's stealin em but i keep stealin em back i like a little give and take with the sky it's a game and we play it every day it doesn't rain (Chorus) i'll squeeze everything i can out of the sky until it's gone this sunset would be a lot more beautiful if i wasn't so cold so cold cos nothin ever really says goodbye until it's gone and this roof here would be a lot more useful if it wasn't so old so old (x2) (Jeff Foote) there's a section of my brain that can still feel pain not only feels it but it likes it can't see an old match without wantin to strike it despite this i'm fine though i still spend some time in that part of my mind i can't help it ignorin emotion would just be selfish when i'm feelin colder than ice i try to melt it even though it's dangerous to live in the past you'll never get to the next til you accept the last so first thing's first when the purse strings burst the words spill onto the page and the verse seems cursed it's got a mind of its own it's similar to mine with nobody in the cockpit the plane's still flyin for cryin out loud i spill my guts to the crowd like i pulled a knife out stuck it in and dug it around it's one hell of a performance piece you can't stomach it? neither can i ha ha ha (Jeff Foote)

waitin for sunrise wadin in your eyes takin my slow time makin it worth mine all mine seein you risin always surprisin leavin we're climbin look down you're flyin you shouldn't really spend today thinkin bout tomorrow you could use a friend today hit me with your sorrow there's gotta be a better way a better road to follow but you won't see it anyway a bitter pill you've swallowed you should take advantage of a chance to let your hair down you can take the bandage off and let it get some air now a simple understandin's what we need it isn't fair how i'm the only one standin up won't you take my hand now?

(Charles Only) ladies and gentlemen of the jury if i may i'ma only take a couple short minutes of your day but i got a case to plead so please bear with me but i can't take the lead when she's there with me forgive me if i sound a little sensitive at times but between the set changes and rememberin the lines i just don't know if i can play the role anymore she's turnin into someone i don't know anymore and it's turnin me too put a tourniquet around it but it popped was turnin it around but it dropped when it fell to the floor and it smashed into pieces we glued it together but you still see the creases it's only a matter of time 'fore the little lines turn to big ones and split again then it just begins again you can see my predicament and i don't know what else to do but vent thanks for listenin (Chorus) she got me all up in it and i'm tired of playin her games she takes my love for granted and i'm outta here if things don't change (x2) (Mary Niewola) boy i got a little bit to say boy you better not walk away how can you say it's only me? when you know it takes two to play don't forget what kept bringin you back the romance that opposites attract we may be permanently caught in a vortex (Bridge) she got me all up in it and i'm tired of playin her games she takes my love for granted and i'm outta here if things don't change (x2) (Chorus) she got me all up in it and i'm tired of playin her games she takes my love for granted and i'm outta here if things don't change (x2)

(Chorus) we can make it happen if you're willin to try put aside everything but what you're feelin inside get set we in effect are you feelin it yet? are you feelin it yet? you know you're feelin it bet you wanna download it maybe even pay for it take it home marry it save the date for it get on the set are you feelin it yet? are you feelin it yet you know you're feelin it bet (TwoName) i see you walkin round here every day so i figured i would just say hi we both seem to go the same way so i thought i would give it a try a couple weeks passed and i tried it again the same time in the very same place you're lookin at me like you've never seen me before it's like you don't even remember my face (Charles Only) a few months later here we stand again and still you pay me no mind so now i follow you around in your everyday life i'm even dressin more like your type hopin you might catch a glimpse of what you might just see if you just give me a try i know all your favorite songs you play when you're alone and i can sing along if you like lemme sing along (Chorus) we can make it happen if you're willin to try put aside everything but what you're feelin inside get set we in effect are you feelin it yet? are you feelin it yet? you know you're feelin it bet you wanna download it maybe even pay for it take it home marry it save the date for it get on the set are you feelin it yet? are you feelin it yet you know you're feelin it bet (Bridge) oh won't you please just look my way (x4) (Chorus) we can make it happen if you're willin to try put aside everything but what you're feelin inside get set we in effect are you feelin it yet? are you feelin it yet? you know you're feelin it bet you wanna download it maybe even pay for it take it home marry it save the date for it get on the set are you feelin it yet? are you feelin it yet you know you're feelin it bet (x2)