Lyrics
My father taught me how to walk tall
If you believe your words don't ever talk small
He hates small talk and told me not to keep a locked jaw
My mama taught me that i am who i am
And i don't need to change my waves just so that they can stand
My shins hurt
I've climbed the tallest trees with no splinters
Made a couple mistakes something so that my kids learn
Suffered through the harshest winds and the coldest winters
I've had a long life go fast feel like a distant sprinter
This music going for me like some candles within the night time
Been having tasks i manage to handle them in my right mind
Im aiming for my target that's the farthest from my sight line
But closer than it used to be i used to wanna fight crime
The pictures on the pages turned into dreams of the stages
And stadiums packed with people who's dreams are to see my face
And now it's basic: my life is in my hands i must embrace it
I pray the fuel im made of will take me farther than spaceships
My grandpa saw it in me he knew i was made for greater things
My deepest reflection came when i tried to keep his basement clean
His life unfolded and opened so that i could exist
I'll make him proud until i join him inside the mist
Shoulders back and breath steady is all i really need
The souls gone too soon watch over me and see me lead
Turn from the kid who didn't read and watched some dvds
To someone destined for sold out venues and tv screens
Future nieces and nephews pointing saying "i know him!"
Some wondered maybe what i keep inside of my potions
It took the longest time to grow into the guy who goes in
To a verse and speaks the inner Om that's smooth like cocoa lotion
My hands burned, my head burned, i calloused up my body
It took destruction of the physical to reach more highly
Grew from my ashes with heaven sent messengers beside me
Let seeds of healing grow below my skin and let them guide me
Im a culmination of all the ways i was raised
And every moment lived through, awful maze, awful stage