Strollin' - Horace Silver

We've been growing older And we've got nothing to show for it But when it's getting darker You gotta shine that much brighter We've been growing older and We've got nothing to show for it But when it's getting darker You gotta shine that much brighter Dreaming my whole life away I'm living in a quiet place Praying for some better days With better men like Eddie Vedder says Runnin' with the wolves, I'm in a Shia phase Working by the fireplace With sacrificial smoke surrounding my entire face I'm looking for a higher way I'm looking to retire while I'm young enough to buy up an entire plane I'm looking for Empire plays I remember seeing brighter days once when I was five or eight Before the thought of shame Or poorly timed displays of grace ever became commonplace Before I knew how to erase Before I ever knew my name But me, I'm tired of stressing Sip a hot drink on a cold day Send a message to the heavens Roll in paradise like Coldplay Got enough, please no more lessons Keep me young like adolescence Beat the shit out my depression And keep it coming with the blessings, no P.S.'s We've been growing older and We've got nothing to show for it But when it's getting darker You gotta shine that much brighter We've been growing older and We've got nothing to show for it But when it's getting darker You gotta shine that much brighter Yeah I know tomorrow wasn't promised but then came that Obama shit And I decided to temp as an optimist But all that's just some more of that working on a contract shit God, I miss, the ignorance of bliss, a bitter sentiment But can I get a witness in this bitch? A middle finger from the "fuck this" generation given nothin' to sustain us In this fucked up iteration of the American dream I'm checking for some updates or a cheat code at the least bro Ripped the blindfold off Lady Justice, tried to wake her from her slumber She dropped a couple Ambien and went back under I wrote a letter to Santa, grabbed a map to Candy Mountain Sacrificed some cattle, snatched a rabbit foot amulet, patted a magic lamp Blacked out and crashed before my wish was granted Then I had a half a gram of the magic and poof... It's hard to be uplifting when I'm downgrading Make the right choice when I'm left hanging But If power corrupts I'm a fucking angel with a black heart Cause I'm taking my power back, flippin' it like an hourglass I'm done living rich I'm buying cash I'm talkin' bout making a diamond out of grass We've been growing older and We've got nothing to show for it But when it's getting darker You gotta shine that much brighter We've been growing older and We've got nothing to show for it But when it's getting darker You gotta shine that much brighter

Strollin' on Strollin' on Strollin' along with my girl Holding her by her waist See it's a feelin' But you've got to experience for yourself Lord it's a feelin' you have When you're strollin' along with your girl Thinking of things Of things gone long by All the times we spend When we're strollin' along together Strollin' on Stroll1n' on Strollin' with my girl Holding her by, holding her by her waist Strollin' on, yeah, oh yeah Strollin' with my girl Holding her by, holding her by her waist See in the country Flowers, the cool breeze The wind in her hair Seems so sweet to me So when you're in love And she loves you too Hand in hand Feelin' the vibes flow through So when I kissed her lips So soft, so sweet as honey Strollin' along With a beautiful girl like her Strollin' on Stroll1n' on Strollin' with my girl Holding her by, holding her by her waist