Songtexte Mom's Basement 2007 - Dylan Owen
                                                This 
                                                is 
                                                for 
                                                the 
                                                younger 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                The 
                                                younger 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                This 
                                                is 
                                                for 
                                                another 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                Another 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                The 
                                                pray 
                                                to 
                                                God 
                                                that 
                                                    I 
                                                could 
                                                be
 
                                    
                                
                                                Somebody 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                Through 
                                                it 
                                                all
 
                                    
                                
                                                    I 
                                                was 
                                                already 
                                                becoming 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                This 
                                                is 
                                                for 
                                                the 
                                                younger 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                The 
                                                younger 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                This 
                                                is 
                                                for 
                                                another 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                Another 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                The 
                                                pray 
                                                to 
                                                God 
                                                that 
                                                    I 
                                                could 
                                                be
 
                                    
                                
                                                Somebody 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                Through 
                                                it 
                                                all
 
                                    
                                
                                                    I 
                                                was 
                                                already 
                                                becoming 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                    I 
                                                felt 
                                                it
 
                                    
                                
                                                From 
                                                day 
                                                one
 
                                    
                                
                                                This 
                                                must 
                                                be 
                                                something
 
                                    
                                
                                                That 
                                                God's 
                                                pacing
 
                                    
                                
                                                You 
                                                ever 
                                                feel
 
                                    
                                
                                                Like 
                                                your 
                                                life's 
                                                    a 
                                                movie
 
                                    
                                
                                                As 
                                                it 
                                                goes 
                                                on
 
                                    
                                
                                                The 
                                                plot's 
                                                changing
 
                                    
                                
                                                Through 
                                                the 
                                                static
 
                                    
                                
                                                On 
                                                the 
                                                radio
 
                                    
                                
                                                    I 
                                                found 
                                                hip 
                                                hop
 
                                    
                                
                                                Near 
                                                the 
                                                pop 
                                                station
 
                                    
                                
                                                    A 
                                                window 
                                                into 
                                                a
 
                                    
                                
                                                Different 
                                                galaxy
 
                                    
                                
                                                Star 
                                                gazing
 
                                    
                                
                                                Upon 
                                                greatness
 
                                    
                                
                                                Did 
                                                    a 
                                                guest 
                                                verse
 
                                    
                                
                                                For 
                                                the 
                                                Fiyacrackaz
 
                                    
                                
                                                Felt 
                                                like 
                                                    I 
                                                got 
                                                signed
 
                                    
                                
                                                To 
                                                Roc 
                                                Nation
 
                                    
                                
                                                Then 
                                                fired 
                                                off
 
                                    
                                
                                                All 
                                                those 
                                                firecrackers
 
                                    
                                
                                                Woke 
                                                up 
                                                your 
                                                neighbors
 
                                    
                                
                                                Had 
                                                cops 
                                                chasing
 
                                    
                                
                                                The 
                                                yellow 
                                                lines
 
                                    
                                
                                                On 
                                                our 
                                                parents's 
                                                faces
 
                                    
                                
                                                That 
                                                we 
                                                inherited
 
                                    
                                
                                                Got 
                                                painted
 
                                    
                                
                                                    A 
                                                couple 
                                                times
 
                                    
                                
                                                Cause 
                                                we 
                                                lived 
                                                fast
 
                                    
                                
                                                We 
                                                would 
                                                peel 
                                                off
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                go 
                                                car 
                                                racing
 
                                    
                                
                                                In 
                                                Middletown
 
                                    
                                
                                                At 
                                                the 
                                                Taco 
                                                Bell
 
                                    
                                
                                                I'd 
                                                buy 
                                                you 
                                                food
 
                                    
                                
                                                We 
                                                were 
                                                not 
                                                saving
 
                                    
                                
                                                If 
                                                    I 
                                                could 
                                                give
 
                                    
                                
                                                Some 
                                                good 
                                                advice
 
                                    
                                
                                                That's 
                                                actionable
 
                                    
                                
                                                "Stop 
                                                waiting"
 
                                    
                                
                                                Nobody 
                                                told 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                I'd 
                                                be 
                                                someone
 
                                    
                                
                                                But 
                                                    I 
                                                haven't 
                                                failed
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                I'm 
                                                not 
                                                changing
 
                                    
                                
                                                    I 
                                                imagined 
                                                all 
                                                of 
                                                it
 
                                    
                                
                                                High 
                                                as 
                                                hell
 
                                    
                                
                                                2007 
                                                Mom's 
                                                basement
 
                                    
                                
                                                This 
                                                is 
                                                for 
                                                the 
                                                younger 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                The 
                                                younger 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                This 
                                                is 
                                                for 
                                                another 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                Another 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                The 
                                                pray 
                                                to 
                                                God 
                                                that 
                                                    I 
                                                could 
                                                be
 
                                    
                                
                                                Somebody 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                Through 
                                                it 
                                                all
 
                                    
                                
                                                    I 
                                                was 
                                                already 
                                                becoming 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                This 
                                                is 
                                                for 
                                                the 
                                                younger 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                The 
                                                younger 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                This 
                                                is 
                                                for 
                                                another 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                Another 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                The 
                                                pray 
                                                to 
                                                God 
                                                that 
                                                    I 
                                                could 
                                                be
 
                                    
                                
                                                Somebody 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                Through 
                                                it 
                                                all
 
                                    
                                
                                                    I 
                                                was 
                                                already 
                                                becoming 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                    I 
                                                felt 
                                                it
 
                                    
                                
                                                From 
                                                day 
                                                one
 
                                    
                                
                                                This 
                                                must 
                                                be 
                                                something
 
                                    
                                
                                                That 
                                                God's 
                                                pacing
 
                                    
                                
                                                Moved 
                                                in
 
                                    
                                
                                                To 
                                                another 
                                                house
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                the 
                                                walls 
                                                there
 
                                    
                                
                                                Were 
                                                like 
                                                stock 
                                                paper
 
                                    
                                
                                                Invited 
                                                all 
                                                of 
                                                my
 
                                    
                                
                                                Friends 
                                                over
 
                                    
                                
                                                We 
                                                took 
                                                markers
 
                                    
                                
                                                We 
                                                bombed 
                                                crazy
 
                                    
                                
                                                Picasso'd 
                                                it
 
                                    
                                
                                                The 
                                                Don 
                                                Quixote
 
                                    
                                
                                                Sheetrock 
                                                saviors
 
                                    
                                
                                                So 
                                                spontaneous
 
                                    
                                
                                                Then 
                                                    I 
                                                won
 
                                    
                                
                                                The 
                                                battle 
                                                of 
                                                the 
                                                bands
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                    I 
                                                thought
 
                                    
                                
                                                "I 
                                                made 
                                                it"
 
                                    
                                
                                                10 
                                                years 
                                                later
 
                                    
                                
                                                In 
                                                LA
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                I'm 
                                                still 
                                                refining
 
                                    
                                
                                                This 
                                                rhyme 
                                                cadence
 
                                    
                                
                                                    I 
                                                saw 
                                                it 
                                                all
 
                                    
                                
                                                Through 
                                                the 
                                                dirt 
                                                roads
 
                                    
                                
                                                Prom 
                                                dates 
                                                and
 
                                    
                                
                                                Parking 
                                                lot 
                                                pavements
 
                                    
                                
                                                It 
                                                was 
                                                all 
                                                part 
                                                of
 
                                    
                                
                                                My 
                                                journey 
                                                then
 
                                    
                                
                                                    I 
                                                know 
                                                someday
 
                                    
                                
                                                They'll 
                                                throw 
                                                carnations
 
                                    
                                
                                                    I 
                                                imagined 
                                                all 
                                                of 
                                                it
 
                                    
                                
                                                In 
                                                my 
                                                journal
 
                                    
                                
                                                2007
 
                                    
                                
                                                Mom's 
                                                basement
 
                                    
                                
                                                    I 
                                                imagined 
                                                all 
                                                of 
                                                it
 
                                    
                                
                                                High 
                                                as 
                                                hell
 
                                    
                                
                                                2007
 
                                    
                                
                                                Mom's 
                                                basement
 
                                    
                                
                                                This 
                                                is 
                                                for 
                                                the 
                                                younger 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                The 
                                                younger 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                This 
                                                is 
                                                for 
                                                another 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                Another 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                The 
                                                pray 
                                                to 
                                                God 
                                                that 
                                                    I 
                                                could 
                                                be
 
                                    
                                
                                                Somebody 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                Through 
                                                it 
                                                all
 
                                    
                                
                                                    I 
                                                was 
                                                already 
                                                becoming 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                This 
                                                is 
                                                for 
                                                the 
                                                younger 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                The 
                                                younger 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                This 
                                                is 
                                                for 
                                                another 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                Another 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                The 
                                                pray 
                                                to 
                                                God 
                                                that 
                                                    I 
                                                could 
                                                be
 
                                    
                                
                                                Somebody 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                Through 
                                                it 
                                                all
 
                                    
                                
                                                    I 
                                                was 
                                                already 
                                                becoming 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
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