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Verse 1: When years were formative I was drivin' a DeLorean / into my past and Back to the Future fast-forward / Relivin' past glory while pavin' the way to a fortune / Not knowin' it's either sell your dream or forfeit on your mortgage / so I did the former and turned my house into a fortress / When I didn't die enormous I started to live dormant / My headphones became an instant source of order / Any of the bullshit I could skip or fast-forward / The shit that was dope got me high without smokin' / Ridin' a roller coaster of bein' focused and losin' focus / Turnin' in no homework to craftin' a magnum opus / Only brushin' my teeth, now I floss like an orthodontist / The skeletons stay killin' it in my monstrous closet / Crucified for bein' unbiased in a world full of liars / Trial and error pilot always arrivin' in style / Whether in a G5 or walkin' a green mile
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Verse 2: Time keeps slippin', I'm tryna gain position / without becomin' a victim of conventional wisdom / I defied tradition with revolutionary intentions / whenever right or wrong was based on opinion, yo / I started to question every question that was given / Authority couldn't control me, I'm morbidly aware of my limits / When innocent eyes see lies it leads to cynicism / I'm lookin back on life reminiscin' on how I miss' em / My Grandmothers' heart, my Grandfather's spirit / They shaped my life so much, when they died it was cataclysmic / Ashes to ashes, I found a new beginnin' / Faced with mortality, livin' like life was endin' / Tomorrow's never promised, used to think it was a given / Broken promises can make hope seem like a false religion / So I bought the denim with the horseshoe stitchin' / and walked on pretendin' all I'd lost wasn't missin'
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Verse 3: They say things in jest that sound like they really mean it / and really mean things that come off as facetious / Contradictory is the nature of bein' a human bein' / At times I hate my reflection at others I'm conceited / Realized real lies are what I once believed in / and democracy is hypocrisy in disguise as freedom / Sheep's instinct is to play follow the leader / and leaders are beleaguered by the root of all evil / The things that we want aren't usually what we're needin / and the things that we need take insight to see / Went from fightin' the good fight to wagin' war against my feelin's / Won half my battles the others I conceded / My reasons started to become one with my demons / Looked high and low for God, at odds 'cause I couldn't see him / My empty search made worse the pain I was feelin' / but those pills couldn't kill the ill skill I was buildin', yo / Expressin' myself in a way that was unforgivin' / Sharper than a knife attemptin' to cut the tension / Developin' a penchant for bein' relentless / now I dispense it in every single motherfuckin' sentence
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