6AM

Essence of a child

I know its been awhile, lost touch with my inner child
Ain't the same without him around, had things to figure out
Grew up and I simmered down, don't know the man in the mirror now
Dreams I ain't living out, busy with shit in the here and now

Outshine the outside, outgrew my old shoes
Learnt to stand on my own two
Started cooking with soul food
I wish I could go back, back, back in bill and teds phone booth
But it'd be a shame, if I was still the same kid in home room

Gotta grow up they say
You got to act your age
There's no time to play
Get on the right page
Life's stuck on replay
No looking back on these days
Know we can never go back
Stuck in the shadows of the past

Fast lane living, all the money we're brimming
This is all part of being grown up
Fast lane living, all the money we're brimming
This is all part of being grown up

Under the cherry moon, in the purple rain, when the cherry blossoms
Its very awesome, but then its autumn, weather change any who
Bury problems, very often, every day but then they bloom
In empty coffins, heavy conscience, yeh, whatever dude

Forget everything you thought you ever knew I'm back in my old pair of shoes
I wanna get high, save lives, like parachutes
I'm somewhere between what I had and I could have Hennessey foot baths
Lucky as I ever was, grab a rabbit foot, man, and I haven't look back

Feel like I never gone fail, like I got ye, okay okay, that's wrong
Got game, heads or tails, man I drop change, I am cold water on a hot day
Just what they want, aye
Try to be what they say that I cannot be, moon walk on a balance beam
Didn't fall that far from the apple tree, thank gravity, we just apple seeds

Gotta grow up they say
You got to act your age
There's no time to play
Get on the right page
Life's stuck on replay
No looking back on these days
Know we can never go back
Stuck in the shadows of the past

Gotta grow up they say (they say)
You got to act your age (your age)
There's no time to play (no time)
Get on the right page
Life's stuck on replay (replay)
No looking back on these days
Know we can never go back
Stuck in the shadows of the past

Takin each day as it come, rather than chasing the sun, yeh uh
Weight of the world on my back, just wanna relax, take a few drugs, uh
Wait for the rush, embrace all the hate, replace with love, yeh
My girl got my back, i love her for that, don't say it enough, yeh

I was craving that buzz, uh, chase that feeling I had, yeh
Made mistakes that I just, what, can't change and it sucks, yeh
Maybe wasted a month, maybe a year, played with my thumbs
Trying to seize the day, aye, youth is wasted on the young