I've always been a dreamer With my head in the clouds Never one to choose my own way I'm happy to follow the crowds But something started and it won't go away Stirring from deep inside Something's changing, what it is I cannot say I want to lead the way Come crashing down Like water, like rain Something's started I can feel again Ain't no use in sitting around Waiting for the world to change Never too late to stand your ground Do what it takes to make them proud And never too late the change your mind The book has not been written The page is blank, the scene is set Let's start at the beginning Now I know exactly where I stand Open my heart, the future in my hands How can it be that someone like me Can be the voice, a face, a choice, a future generation And there ain't no use in sitting around Waiting for the world to change Never too late to stand your ground Do what it takes to make them proud And never too late the change your mind The book has not been written The page is blank, the scene is set Let's start at the beginning I heard a voice Calling in my head Why wait until tomorrow? The future stars today Ain't no use in sitting around Waiting for the world to change Never too late to stand your ground Do what it takes to make them proud And never too late the change your mind The book has not been written The page is blank, the scene is set Let's start at the beginning And ain't no use in sitting around Waiting for the world to change Never too late to stand your ground Do what it takes to make them proud And never too late the change your mind The book has not been written The page is blank, the scene is set Let's start at the beginning And never too late the change your mind The book has not been written The page is blank, the scene is set Let's start at the beginning

Hoping I can run today and get away faster Than ever from here Another night and who can say if leaving is better Than living in fear Here's to all the broken hearts tonight Here's to all the "fall-a-parts" tonight Here's to every girl and boy who lost their joy They let it get away You know it's never too late Get up and start all over again You know it's never too late There's got to be a better way Don't settle for the cold and rain It's not too late to start again To find a way to smile and never let it get away It's been too long and we've been down and out without laughter No smiling just tears We're tired of falling down and being such a disaster We've been here for years Here's to all the broken hearts tonight Here's to all the "fall-a-parts" tonight Here's to every girl and boy who lost their joy They let it get away You know it's never too late Get up and start all over again You know it's never too late There's got to be a better way Don't settle for the cold and rain It's not too late to start again To find a way to smile and never let it get away I'm gone, I'm gone There's got to be a better way, I'm gone I'm gone, I'm gone There's got to be a better way, I'm gone I'm gone, I'm gone There's got to be a better way, I'm gone I'm gone, I'm gone There's got to be a better way, I'm gone You know it's never too late (I'm gone, I'm gone) You know it's never too late (There's got to be a better way, I'm gone) You know it's never too late (I'm gone, I'm gone) You know it's never too late (There's got to be a better way, I'm gone) You know it's never too late (I'm gone, I'm gone) Get up and start over again (There's got to be a better way, I'm gone) You know it's never too late (I'm gone, I'm gone) You know it's never too late (There's got to be a better way, I'm gone)

Take the river to the highest mountain Take the ocean to the farthest sea I'd take back everything I've said to hurt you If you'd come back to me I'd bring you fire from the frozen waters Leave a flower 'neath a fallen tree I'd take back everything I said to scare you Away from me Two hands can feel so much more That's what I'm loving you for I was too blind to see fear was inside of me I'm not afraid anymore It's never too late, it's never too late To forgive and forget Tell me that it isn't over, tell me that it isn't over I'll never hold you again If a broken wing can still be mended Then a foolish heart can still be true Take the river to the highest mountain That's where I'll wait for you Two hearts can feel so much more That's what I'm loving you for The man that you tried to free Is still locked inside of me And your heart must open the door It's never too late, it's never too late To forgive and forget Tell me that it isn't over, tell me that it isn't over I'll never hold you again

Don't fear your best friends, Because a best friend will never try to do you wrong. And don't fear your worst friends, Because a worst friend is just a best friend That has done you wrong. And don't fear the night time, Because the monster's know that you're devine. And don't fear the sunshine, Because everything is better in the summer time, Summer time (CHORUS) And it's never too late to start the day over It's never too late to pick up the phone (Pick up the phone and call me) It's never too late to lay your head down on my shoulders It's never too late to come on home, Come on home And don't fear the water Coz u can swim inside you within your skin And dont fear ur father, Coz a father's just a boy without a friend And don't fear to walk slow, Don't be a horse race, be marathon Dont fear the long road, Coz on a long road, U got a long time to sing a simple song (CHORUS) And it's never too late to start the day over It's never too late to pick up the phone (Pick up the phone and call me) It's never too late to lay your head down on my shoulders It's never too late to come on home, Come on home Let me hear you say Yo, say yo yo yo Say yo, say yo yo yo Say yo, say yo yo yo Say yo, say yo yo yo And they'll be there Don't fear ur teachers, Coz if u listen u can hear music in the school ground And don't fear your preacher If u can't find heaven in a prison cell And dont fear your own self, Paying money to justify your worth And dont fear your family, Because you chose them a long time before youur birth (CHORUS) And it's never too late to start the day over It's never too late to pick up the phone (Pick up the phone and call me) It's never too late to lay your head down on my shoulders It's never too late to come on home, Come on home Let me hear you say Yo, say yo yo yo Say yo, say yo yo yo Say Yo, say yo yo yo Say yo, say yo yo yo And they'll be there Go to your children, go to your children, go to your children

My name is Jerry Lee Lewis, come from Louisiana I'm gonna do you a little boogie on this here piano Doing mighty fine, I'm gonna make you shake it I'll make you do it and make you do it, until you break it It's called the Lewis boogie, in the Lewis way Lord, I do my little boogie woogie every day Well, down in New Orleans, the land of dreams The best doggone place, son, you have ever seen The cats go wild, do a boogie that's hot My boogie woogie makes you want to stop and do the bop It's called the Lewis boogie, in the Lewis way Lord, I do my little boogie woogie every day Aw, oh, boy Well, now let's cruise on down to old Memphis town That's where that Presley boy said, "You ain't nothing but a hound" But now you take my boogie, it keeps you in the groove Then your sacroiliac begins to shiver and a move It's called the Lewis boogie, in the Lewis way Lord, I do my little boogie woogie every day Oh, boogie woogie when your hips start rockin' honey And your knees start knockin', Lewis boogie, Lewis way Lord, I do my little boogie woogie every day

"Vipassana is a science of mind and matter How the mind is influencing the body And later, how the body is influencing the mind" Yesterday? Forget it Tomorrow is? Nada The present is right here, through the breath, watch it Atheist Jesus piece, hangin' on a cross We sit and discuss God on lawn chairs About how we got here What it is, what it isn't, shit Fate versus faith, scrimmaging with coincidence Leave out the marketing, hold up on the business end Focus on the genuine, and everything else, you can shed the skin I was a couple moves away from being dead In that ER overdosing, eyes bleeding red I fell in love, made an album, got a buzz Lost it all, sobered up, and guess what? Now we meet again And now I'm back, finally just laughin' Expectations are resentments waiting to happen Studying the dharma, karma, vipassana practice Bahá'u'lláh, Buddha, God, to the mountaintop and I'm traveling Learning, yes, reflecting on what matters People, impermanence, lack of attachments It's space and time, a couple of man-made distractions The measure of a spirit that no human can ever capture Church, this booth is my Vatican I don't control life, but I can control how I react to it Student of the breath, brick beats and balancin' Desire versus truth until I finally find happiness I was put here to do something before I'm lying in that casket I'd be lying on the beat if I said I didn't know what that is The world's a stage and we play a character, I found him It took me 20-something years and a bunch of shitty soundchecks I'm not gonna be content 'til I find gratitude Regardless of my sales or the record deals they're handing you If the next generation takes our legacy and samples you We'll have a bunch of mp3s and misled kids to pass 'em to I use my veins to create the color I paint from Delve into self 'til my heart becomes my paint brush I told my mama I'm not stoppin' 'til my name's up Thinking those comments on that blog is gonna save us Searchin' for everything but God to validate you Get insecure and then we start blaming the haters Used to look to women to fill a part of me that was vacant Truth, the only thing that I ever used in moderation So I stare into this paper instead of sitting at a cubicle Take all the ugly shit inside and try to make it beautiful Use the cement from rock bottom and make it musical So the people can relate to where I've been Where I'm going, what I've seen, what I've heard From the guts, fuck the glory Just a person on a porch putting it all into recording Many in my past and many that came before me I just keep walkin' my path and blessed to share my story

Oh girl, this boat is sinking There's no sea left for me And how the sky gets heavy When you are underneath it! Oh. I want to sail away from here. And god. He came down down down down down down down down And said (down down down down down down down down) Nothing (down down down down down down down down) He rolled up, asked him what he was sippin' on He said lean, You want to hit it, dawg? That's the same stuff Weezy's sippin' huh? And tons of other rappers that be spittin' hard, Yup yup five a bone When he passed him that Styrofoam the Easter pink, heard it in a rhyme before Finally got to see what all the hype was on And then he took a sip, sittin' in the Lincoln thinkin' he was pimpin' as he listen To the system Little did he know that it was just as addictive as bass Not the kind of hit from the kick drum Hot box, let the bass bump Take it to the face, gulp Months later the use went up Every blunt was accompanied by the pink stuff But Goddamn he loved that feelin' Purple rain coated in the throat Just so healin' Medicine alleviate the sickness Liquid affix and it comes with a cost Wake up, cold sweat, scratchin', itchin' Trying to escape the skin that barely fit him Gone, get another bottle just to get a couple swallows Headed towards the bottom couldn't get off it Didn't even think he had a problem Though he couldn't sleep without gettin' nauseous Room spinnin', Thinkin' he might've sipped just a little bit too much of that cough syrup His eyelids closed shut Sat back in the chair clutchin' that cup Girlfriend came and a couple hours later said his name shim but he never got up He never got up, he never got up We live on the cusp of death thinkin' that it won't be us It won't be us, it won't be us, it won't be us Nah, it won't be us Oh girl, this boat is sinking There's no sea left for me And how the sky gets heavy When you are underneath it! Oh. I want to sail away from here. And god. He came down down down down down down down down And said (down down down down down down down down) Nothing (down down down down down down down down) He just wanted to act like them He just wanted to rap like him Us as rappers underestimate the power and the effects that we have on these kids Blunt passed, ash in a tin, pack being pushed, harassed by the feds The fact of it is most people that rap like this Talkin' about some shit they haven't lived Surprise, you know the drill Trapped in a box, declined record sales Follow the formula violence, drugs, and, sex sells So we try to sound like someone else This is not Californication There's no way to glorify this pavement Syrup, Percocet, and an eighth a day will leave you Broke, depressed, and emotionally vacant Despite how Lil Wayne lives It's not conducive to being creative And I know 'cause he's my favorite And I know 'cause I was off that same mix Rationalize the shit that I'd try after I listen to dedication But he's an alien, I'd sip that shit, pass out or play Playstation Months later I'm in the same place No music made, feeling like a failure And trust me it's not dope to be 25 and move back to your parent's basement I've seen my people's dreams die I've seen what they can be denied And "weeds not a drug" - that's denial Groundhog Day life repeat each time I've seen Oxycontin take three lives I grew up with them, we used to chief dimes I've seen cocaine bring out the demons inside Cheatin' and lyin' Friendship cease, no peace in the mind Stealin' and takin' anything to fix the pieces inside Broken, hopeless, headed nowhere Only motivation for what the dealer's supplying That rush, that drug, that dope Those pills, that crumb, that roach Thinkin' I would never do that, not that drug And growing up nobody ever does Until you're stuck, lookin' in the mirror like I can't believe what I've become Swore I was gonna be someone And growing up everyone always does We sell our dreams and our potential To escape through that buzz Just keep me up, keep me up Hollywood here we come Oh girl this boat is sinking There's no sea left for me And how the sky gets heavy When you are underneath it Oh, I want to sail away from here And god. He came down down down down down down down And said Nothing