Life Is Passin By

Lyrics

[Sample] [Verse 1] Etch-A-Sketch lifelines and pipe dreams Might seem minute when I Iost myself Dismantled that sand castles at high tide You see my pride's been placed on a shelf What's left but to pick up the jigsaw pieces, puzzled on how to maintain Then I see Jyren and Jaheed, they give me the strength to endure the pain I write songs right or wrong, every pen stroke's a hope the mallet doesn't meet the gong So I fashion my pen-lashing, a blank paper as a chaser in case you wanna sing along Left to mesh life and death as it passes Dust to dust, ashes to ashes Will I be still standing from all that can turn me to a loose cannon? Or with a little preplanning, can I avoid crash landing? Clearing my head's easier done than said This was the last dance, my last chance Then I bought myself, lost myself, tossed myself, caught myself All this jelled in the first hand So I left myself on the edge of that cliff and kissed my third wish goodbye Every flutter of my wings is a memento of the vow I made never to let me see me cry [Refrain] Too much is happening to let rocking and rapping take over Gotta feed my family, otherwise I'll have nada Gotta seize the opportunity to ruin the mainstream At the same time, change things to change rhyme Gotta focus like never before for the ones I adore Just wait to see what I have in store I refuse to lose and be abused, no lie I can't see life passin' me by [Sample] [Verse 2] I threw caution to the wind, lost it again Find the finish line, cross and win Ego encased in glass 'til flask was empty Then I simply lost some friends Nevertheless I continue depressed through the stress and the mess to reach the mountain's peak So close yet so far from being a star Jawhar's teetering on sanity's brink See patience is a virtue they say but I've been sitting on the bench for ten years, it's time to play It's time to shine, it's time to rhyme, it's time to spit And let these cats hear what they missed Two of the elite in Columbus [?] 80-76 That's Ill on the mic and Rocktight on the beat mix Two signs of determination, love [?] blatantly torture any vulture circlin' talkin' shit Now if a tree fell in the forest with no one else around, could you hear it if you listened? Not everyone alive's pitstop's [?] hip-hop, you can hear it if you listen I'll never lose myself for empty fame and wealth, you can hear it if you listen Hey friend, I only lash out from the pen, you can hear it if you listen [Refrain] See too much is happening to let rocking and rapping take over But I gotta feed my family, otherwise I'll have nada Gotta seize the opportunity to ruin the mainstream At the same time, change things to change rhyme Gotta focus like never before for the ones I adore Just wait to see what we have in store I refuse to lose and be abused, no lie See I won't let life pass me by, word [Sample] [Beatboxing]