This is one the days in my life that I
Gotta decide
Which way to go
And I finally made up my mind that I
I won’t follow
Ima pave the road
Had to swallow this pain and this pride and I
Ain’t tryina hear bout who I’m not and I gotta be
I’ll be this way until the day that I die and I
Ima find out who’s inside of me
Unseen between the screams of teens
Whose genes are fiends for machines with screens
That beam their dreams in streams of schemes
Til they forget what really matters
With fictions that can pass as fact
Depictions dashed with masks intact
Disasters clash with what laughs distract
And we forget what really matters
But you gotta
Be yourself ....
This is one the days in my life that I
Gotta decide
Which way to go
And I finally made up my mind that I
I won’t follow
Ima pave the road
Had to swallow this pain and this pride and I
Ain’t tryina hear bout who I’m not and I gotta be
I’ll be this way until the day that I die and I
Ima find out who’s inside of these
Eyes that cry as kind lips lie
My mind in wine
The sky drips dry
I find my life but time slips by
And i forget what really matters
Thinking strangers ain’t the same as me
These brains is blank with vacancy
They’ve been made
Slaves to fame, it’s plain to see
That we forget what really matters
'cause you gotta
Be yourself
Sharp commentary, big hooks, and stunning melodies make the Minneapolis rapper, poet, and songwriter's latest solo LP a triumph. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 8, 2023