It's been a long time But i was doing right up in the wrong time When ya merit only carried off a co-sign You paling in comparison And then it get embarra**ing, when they ain't hold a candle to ya whole shine ...over time, funny how they go blind Start blowing then they blowing up ya phone line Trying to get up in the loop, nah ain't no vine Slow climb, to the top of the ladder Gotta find a way to get up in the popular chatter Politicin internet poppin wit data But that ain't what I ball 4, no walkin a batter No free base, silver spoon A pill, a shroom And now man I could build the room I got a lot of ppl now they trying to k** the mood I feel the doom, and only love ell heal the wound Ay Trying to cross the road Steady trying to find peace, like i lost the bowl The blossom glow, but ain't nobody watch it grow But when it bloom boom everybody got the rose I stop to pose While everybody moving fast forward why they can't just wait They coulda ran in place Instead now they getting married, or they having kids, and i can't relate My plans at stake And the clock still tickin, plot will thicken I coulda ran away But now it's too damn late, for the band to flake ,and I'm too much man to break Pray hands in place Realign wit the universe Blind to the gloom, i shine when the mood occurs Bout time i design what i do deserve What you do up in ya mind what you do on earth I wanted to rhyme like common sense Did a joint wit Kweli, I ain't been common sinse To find the prints, you gotta go and look at the tracks The book of the facts, but i ain't trying to look in the past I'm moving on, i'm trying to move the needle Like I'm pushing h**n for the root of evil My only goal is to move the people Do it peaceful, do it legal So i had to take time to rejuvenate Soon or late it's gonna find what its due to make You could hate you could hate Get a rude awake Through the shade i had to illuminate