Things You Can't Change - Rhys Lewis

This twitch in my fingers Love-hate, it lingers Sent it direct but the point must have missed her Gave up and lost 'cause of timing and pressure And now I'm gone Lie alone, it's all you can do now And hear me drone about the things I can't change Lie alone, it's all you can do now And hear me, hear me drone on my own What has this come to? I know you don't see me as much you ought to And both wounds are bleeding out Grace me with nothing but patience I'll admit that I hate this if there's no other way out There's no other way out Lie alone, it's all you can do now And hear me drone about the things I can't change Lie alone, it's all you can do now And hear me, hear me drone on my own On the outs with everything The calm and talk you seldom bring (On the outs) On the outs with everything The calm and talk you seldom bring (On the outs) On the outs with everything The calm and talk you seldom bring Lie alone, it's all you can do now And hear me drone about the things I can't change Lie alone, it's all you can do now And hear me, hear me drone on my own

She said, baby things change I said, but i feel the same She said, well let me explain Baby, how things can change I said, but that doesn't show How a love that could grow Would become so estranged She said, well baby, things change Chorus: She said, na, na, na, na, na Now, now, now Baby, don't try To figure this out Or ask questions 'bout why Forever's a promise No love can survive And trust with hearts Just don't apply She said, 'Cause baby, things change Chorus Na, na, na, na, na, now, now, So baby I quit tryin' To figure things out About all your hearts lyin' Forever's a promise We couldn't survive Hey, i may be slow But i ain't blind She said, i still love you so I said, i don't care to know She said, you once cried my name I said, well baby, things change And let's don't go placing no blame 'Cause you know things can change Na, na, na, na, na, na Na, na, na, na, na, na She said, you once cried my name I said, well, baby, things change Na, na, na, na, na, na Na, na, na, na, na, na Let's don't go placing no blame 'Cause you know things can change Na, na, na, na, na, na Na, na, na, na, na, na

Things change, hey, too much (lemme tell you) Maybe calling you up would fix things right now Are you listening right now, are you listening? Repeat, replay this just to make sure you don't miss things See I know, see I know how much you miss me, you miss me but Things now are so different, you should see me now, I'm so different I know you like to say I went distant, but I went to woman from women How could you say you missed him? I gave you like ten percent, I I, I, I shorted you Hate my guts, of course you do Had you twisted like contortion, you Bent over like backwards for me Shawty, you had me spoiled too Love you ma, you know I do Then how the fuck I choose her over you? How? I could tell you how though I could tell you You gon' let me talk or? She like, "How could you leave?" Let things be, find you someone Miss the way you love me Don't call me for once, swear you're no fun You was loving him too but you swear you're the one Girl, you know I can't settle for it, Try to tell myself I don't need that Yeah, I know that you classy, but you a freak too, I gotta see that No, I never get one time, I need two times, repeat that No, I never go too deep, I get lost in it, won't be back She would never get me back, it's an evident relapse I been sober for too long, I'm done forever, I mean that Shit done had me two drinks that got me open, now I gotta speak facts In too deep, gotta evac, and I don't know where you lost me at But let's recap, ah Things now are so different, you should see me now, I'm so different I know you like to say I went distant, but Went to woman from women How could you say you missed him? I gave you like ten percent, I I, I, I shorted you Hate my guts, of course you do Had you twisted like contortion, you Bent over like backwards for me Shawty, you had me spoiled too Love you ma, you know I do How'd I choose her over you? I can tell you how Let's talk Say you want clothes I got all up I see you hurt, I see you cry You see DC in my eyes, you hit DC for a drive Threw my CD out the See you playin' with' me now I'm sayin' honey I'm so eager now When I'm thinkin' it's best if we sit down See tell me, how does this weekend sound? And you'll see me 'round, see me out With a new thing, she CC'd out You like, "Come on B, that ain't even your style" "Come home B, let me see these hoes out" "Let me show 'em the ex" "Sit down hoe, let 'em know I'm the best" Face so cold, always go for they necks Stay so bold, too bold with a text, girl you over the edge Over the sex, I know it's for the best I don't wanna text, I don't wanna chat Stole your heart, think I won't give it back Girl, trust this shit been holdin'me back, you can have this shit

Cowboy hat will blow off in the wind Women rule the world, not the men And things change, but then You turn around, and they change again Things change, don't blink your eye 'Cause if you do, they'll pass you by 'Bout the time you think you've locked it in Things change, then change again Now the winter bummed you out, just wait for spring In the middle of a drought, just wait for rain If you think your luck's run out, and you can't win There's no doubt things gon' change again Things change, don't blink your eye 'Cause if you do, they'll pass you by 'Bout the time you think you've locked it in Things change, then change again Son, that's just life, that's the world we're living in That's the way it's gonna be 'cause that's the way it's always been Things change, don't blink your eye 'Cause if you do, they'll pass you by 'Bout the time you think you've locked it in Things change, then change again Things change, don't blink your eye 'Cause if you do, they'll pass you by 'Bout the time you think you've locked it in Things change, then change again Yeah, things change, and then they change again

Baby I'm so thankful That we're stlll together For you're just full of affection (You're my number one) The love flowing in my direction Just like the falls of Niagara, baby Our love will always glow I see there's some things That never change Like when boy meets girl These things never change Some things never change And I am so glad Baby, as time goes on love May seem colder Just when you think that it's over (Love comes right back around) Have no fear just look over Your shoulder And I like the rocks of Gibraltar, baby I'll always be around I belive that some things never change Like when boy meets girl These things never change Like your smile when you smile I know that some things never change And I am so glad Just our love cause only we can make it Heaven keep love growing Hand in glove We make the perfect combination Just like cable in the [...?] Some things never change Some things never change I am so glad some things never change I am so glad some things never change I am so glad some things never change I am so glad some things never change Some things never change Keep that feeling Love will always remain the same I am so glad some things never change I am so glad some things never change (Dana Meyers, William Shelby)

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