Lyrics for "The Path” feat. Mike Devine (produced by Junia T) - lead single on the poet EP:
VERSE 1:
I saw my life painted
on a canvas
strayed from my path
and then the picture vanished
did a bit of damage
tried to put it down,
but life without raps – I can’t manage
now I’m feeling
famished
hungry for a bigger
life, thirsty for a broader dream
now at least I sleep
nights not toking like a fiend
and though I’m
grateful for that, I can’t stop moving
when I’m making
progress the only time I’m not losing
six years since I
stopped boozing – for what?
so I could relax and
lay in the cut? nah – fuck that
can’t live my life
without momentum like a drum track
keep my skills sharp
like the tip of a thumbtack
I know that there’s
battles ahead, I won’t run from
though I feel cut from
my Roots – my life “Undun”
but from this place, spitting
out distaste
refuse to live my life
in the shadow of disgrace
the race of a thousand
souls, what is fifth place?
when only one or two
can shine, what is it we chase?
life ain’t an iPhone,
you can’t replace
years gone by or the
time you waste
staring in the mirror,
tryna analyze my face
the man that grew from
a boy,
now it’s build or
destroy
I guess it’s time to
put away old toys
on this journey tryna
find my voice
CHORUS:
seeing my dreams as I create that
ain’t no rehearsal and ain’t no take backs
blessed with a gift and I’ve got to show it
ain’t no glory on the path of a poet
I know that time don’t wait for no man
gotta stay focused on where I’m goin’
where this road leads is not for knowin’
try to keep faith and enjoy the moment
VERSE 2:
consumed by thoughts
that aren’t theirs
pursuing wares that
ain’t fit for the wear
walking through life
sometimes I stop and stare
I’m looking for that
soul but it just ain’t there
try to numb out but I
really do care
what’s the point of
keeping score when nothing is fair?
sometimes I wish that I wasn’t so aware
but I know what I
know, I gotta spit it and the message is rare
we are much more than
they ever said we were, unsure
of whether we can live
out our dreams, cliché as it seems
I believe that we need
to achieve
our utmost, to bear
fruits on these branches of leaves
(so) caught up in all
that we receive
we refuse to pay
attention to the things that the world really needs
we hiding in the night
like thieves
looking for ways to
get a buzz but we’re never relieved
we can’t relax, losing
real estate in our minds – Remax
try to do better but
we tend to relapse
where are we goin? we
gotta take a look where we at
we can’t grow from
where we ain’t, we’re not sinners or saints
we’re in between like
the colour between purple and green
it’s all blue, the
distance between me and you
real recognize real, real
recognize the fake too
but I don’t hate you…
CHORUS:
seeing my dreams as I create that
ain’t no rehearsal and ain’t no take backs
blessed with a gift and I’ve got to show it
ain’t no glory on the path of a poet
I know that time don’t wait for no man
gotta stay focused on where I’m goin’
where this road leads is not for knowin’
try to keep faith and enjoy the moment
VERSE 3:
moments yeah they pass
by
sometimes miss ‘em
like I got two glass eyes
everybody hustle hard,
tryna live ‘em fast lives
half the time talking
in tongues, speaking fast lies
overly familiar like
past-lives
feeling like I been
here before, is this a failed attempt
to live a glorious
life, or am I just exempt
from the mediocrity of
averages
that we all condone
while ignoring the savageness
honestly, I don’t how
to handle this
sometimes lost in my
ramblings, searching for advantages
tryna manage my own career without management
half my time spent
tryna recoup my damages
so what’s the sense in
it
when everything’s an
expense and that I keep on investing in
self-interest vested
in
laying out my soul
over beats and manifesting it
struggling’s the
method that my character is tested in
not just another rap
specimen
a poet that grew from
walking the path of lesser men
from the fog I was in
to way out of my element
I still resist this
road to my detriment
I got a soul sickness
– this art is my medicine
so I’ma play my part
and shine light like Edison
but I’ve learned to
keep my pace steady-and
anything less than my
God given purpose I’m not settling
CHORUS:
seeing my dreams as I create that
ain’t no rehearsal and ain’t no take backs
blessed with a gift and I’ve got to show it
ain’t no glory on the path of a poet
I know that time don’t wait for no man
gotta stay focused on where I’m goin’
where this road leads is not for knowin’
try to keep faith and enjoy the moment
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