Verse 1: The last day of December/ this winter’s more than just a cool breeze The 31st/ the streets littered with dead Christmas trees and memories/ But they really don’t matter/ Can’t believe/ it’s goin on two whole years without her/ Memories/ bittersweet/ but the taste is always sour/ The reality is concrete can never grow a flower/ I ran away/ and dared my past to follow me/ I need an Angel of mercy/ Goodbye reality/ Goodbye/ to the life that I once knew/ Now I’m left in pieces/ I prayed the whole time NEVER saw Jesus/ Empty liquor bottles cigarettes and ash trays/ You can’t live like it’s Saturday if it’s Monday/ I took a plane/ a ticket for a one way/ Only to return three years from that Sunday/ And I returned/ worse off than when I left/ There’s no since in goin right when the sign clearly says left/   Chorus: I need an Angel of Mercy to come to my Rescue/ 32 only left with tears and tattoos/ You only live once/ there is no rewind/ But I can’t let go of what I left behind/ I need an Angel of Mercy to come to my Rescue/ 32 only left with tears and tattoos/ You only live once/ there is no rewind/ But I can’t let go of what I left behind/ Verse 2: I need an Angel of Mercy just to help me make it through/ Smoked my heart weak my chest full of stab wounds/ Everyone I see/ I think they’re out to get me/ Walkin around paranoid to put it simply/ How am I/ supposed to be good when things are so bad/ How am I/ supposed to raise three kids and be a dad/ Regret is just a word/ if it’s not followed by an action/ I guess the joke on me because I’m the only one not laughin/ I came home/ everyone else had moved on/ I guess I’m the only one left here singin this sad song/ My best friend/ won’t speak to me and I know why/ I can’t blame him I guess it’s just too late to apologize/ The Serenity Prayer/ is now tatted on my arm/ Dear Lord I was just livin I never meant anyone harm/ People say if they could go back they wouldn’t change a thing/ That’s a lie/ Everyone changes/ and nothing is the same/ Even when we try   Chorus Verse 3: They say that life goes on/ and you can’t change the past/ And I never found solace at the bottom of that whiskey glass/ And I knew it the whole time/ but didn’t stop me from tryin/ And realize Tycoonius will always be part of Tyson/ And my daughters/ getting older/ they’re startin to ask questions/ Did you ever do drugs Dad/ have you ever been arrested/ What can I do lie/ or face the facts and answer/ They say take it a day at a time but I struggle every hour/ And I wish upon a star/ to take the pain away/ I say I love the sun/ but I cherish the rainy days/ Ain’t that some shit/ I’m a walkin contradiction/ It’s hard to live in the now when you’re thinkin of what you’re missin/ So I say goodnight/ smoke one last cigarette/ I know the Angel of Mercy’s comin he just ain’t found me yet/ It’s hard to be noticed/ when you’re stuck in the crowd/ This is my life/ these are the tears/ of a clown/ Chorus

Verse 1: A dad pickin' up his daughter from school/ Embarrasses his little girl she thinks he ain’t cool/ Drops her off to her mother/ later on that night/ Misses her so much that he sits and he cries/ He drinks himself to sleep in his clothes no cover/ Never lets it be known he’s in love with her mother/ Wakes up hung over/ drags his tired ass to work/ His whole body aches never mind his head hurts/ 3:30 comes around break time that’s a rule/ Calls up his daughter she should be getting home from school/ But her mom answers and says she’s not available to talk/ So he swallows his pride/ says thanks and hangs up/ And that kind of faith/ Is really something wonderful/ You’re either hateful/ or thankful and grateful/ It’s not the child’s fault the mom wasn’t faithful/ And I tell you it’s White Trash Beautiful/ Chorus: It’s somethin’ strange/ Somethin’ unusual/ Comes from deep down inside something meaningful/ Hard to understand/ incomprehensible Plain and simple it’s White Trash Beautiful/ It’s somethin’ strange/ Somethin’ unusual/ Comes from deep down inside something meaningful/ Hard to understand/ incomprehensible Plain and simple it’s White Trash Beautiful/ Verse 2: She gets through a long night bustin’ ass waitin’ tables/ Some call her a whore but she’s not much for labels/ Didn’t have many skills/ Did what she had to do/ Waitin’ tables wasn’t payin’ bills/ when the rent came due/ Mama was sick/ and Daddy wasn’t there/ Didn’t have a baby so she got no welfare/ She tried minimum wage/ but that wasn’t her thing/ Wanted to be a star/ but couldn’t act or sing/ But one things true ol’ girl looked good/ She stopped bangin’ for free because all money is good/ People started talkin’ but she could care less/ She paid mom’s medical bills/ and kept her in good health/ She stopped whorin’ and strippin’ and now years have past/ But every man that pass only remember her past/ So she counts her tips/ And closes as usual/ And that kind of pride is just White Trash Beautiful/   Chorus Verse 3: Little man in hand-me-downs walkin’ every morning to class/ The kids all laugh at him/ and call him White Trash/ His dad shaves his head/ Cause they can’t afford a haircut/ Other kids stop and stare but/ he doesn’t give a fuck/ He gets pushed around and spit on/ When he’s walkin’ through the halls/ He swears things’ll be different next fall/ Sits on the back of the bus and plots his revenge/ He swears one day/ he’ll be better than all them/ So when he gets home/ He hits the books/ But it’s hard to concentrate/ through mom and dad’s dirty drunken looks/ Bottle after bottle and doin’ line after line/ He lays his sister down cause it’s nine and bedtime/ He closes his eyes/ and he says his prayers/ He doesn’t know God but Grandma swore that he was there/ And he believed her/ All the way to her funeral/ And that kind of faith is just White Trash Beautiful/ Chorus

Verse 1: At times I can't see/ and at times I can't remember/ it seems like last year was the longest December/ Cuz' the days went by slow and the nights so fast/ but gettin' high every minute only watches time pass/ and we all grew up/ or at least we thought we did/ feelin' old as hell but we were really just kids/ and your learn a lot of things except for the lessons/ and I counted on everything except for my blessings/ and I pray for my health/ and I pray for my wealth/ and I pray for my self/ but never pray for no one else/ and that's why I'm where I'm at/ and that's why it's all gone/ and that's why I'm here now/ and that's why I sing this song/ Chorus: I'm singin' Hey Bartender won't you pour me another/ and this time around why don't you make it a double/ I'm singin' Hey Bartender won't you pour me another/ it seems you're the only one who ever listens to my troubles/ I'm singin' Hey Bartender won't you pour me another/ and this time around why don't you make it a double/ I'm singin' Hey Bartender won't you pour me another/ it seems you're the only one who ever listens to my troubles/ Verse 2: And I had to walk away/ I's too proud to walk back/ talk to the man in the mirror but he don't alk back/ and I've done a lot of dirt but washed it all down in beers/ every single damn night sheddin' tattooed tears/ same people same places/ same footsteps no traces/ I try to go away but stay in the same places/ and where I'm from/ none of these streets are paved with gold/ and they seem so far away/ or at least that's what I'm told/ and it's gettin' so cold I walked this path before/ this world can be an ugly place when you're/ knockin' on heaven's door/ I don't pray for nothin' except for God to answer/ so pour me another it's still in the early hours/ Chorus BD: Wow man, another night, another day, it's better days ahead, like this Verse 3: And I'm gettin' older now I've changed my perspective/ it's gettin' so clear the right foot the wrong direction/ there's a lot to fear/ this life's only full of questions/ I feel death is near/ but even death's not clear/ so I try to do somethin' to make an impression/ but it seems that at times my only friends are depressants/ this life's got me stressin' never at ease at attention/ I need to talk and you're the only one that listens/ so pour me another and just put it on my tab/ I need time to think because these days I'm doin' bad/ and I gotta lotta troubles but it can wait 'til tomorrow/ so pass me another/ naw just pass me the bottle/ Chorus

Verse 1: She gave me plenty warning/ Of course I didn’t listen/ And when she told me ‘bout her day/ I never cared to pay her any attention/ And all the truth and lies/ And the time we shared/ You told me you were leaving but of course I didn’t care/ But now that she’s gone/ I just can’t move on/ But every morning get up and keep truckin' along/ Chorus: Coffee and cigarettes in the morning/ And I’m prayin’ you’ll change your mind this evening/ And I’m still swallowin’ my pride/ Actin’ like I don’t care that you’re leaving/ Coffee and cigarettes in the morning/ And I’m prayin’ you’ll change your mind this evening/ And I’m still swallowin’ my pride/ Still searchin’ for the meaning/ Verse 2: She said she don’t miss me/ She said she no longer loves me/ And I can’t say that I blame her/ I know it’s hard to love something so ugly/ And all the good mornings/ And all the good nights/ All your things in boxes/ But I still can’t say goodbye/ I know that I broke my promise/ Chorus Bridge: And it’s hard to get up without you by my side/ You said we were forever/ That was a lie/ But I can’t take the news with a grain of salt/ And the truth hurts worse ‘cuz I know it’s my fault/ Chorus:

Intro: Life’s hard sometimes it helps to crack a smile remember whatever you’re goin' through there’s always a light at the end of the tunnel just go ahead and smile   Verse 1: Sit down and stay for a while/ Maybe even share in a smile/ What’s life worth if every moment ain’t worthwhile/ Sit down and take your coat off/ relax take a load off/ And let’s celebrate like today we’re not grown ups/ Like we were kids again/ blessed like churchmen/ Life’s for the livin' and the times are a changin'/ Livin' for today no guaranteein' tomorrow/ Find the gold in the rainbow never follow your shadow/ And I swear I see the truth when I look into your eyes/ And I swear that if I jump Ima spread my wings and fly/ Ride off into the sunset spend my days in heaven/ Live life to it’s fullest happy ending closing credits/ I’m lovin' life/ and this much is true/ It doesn’t matter what we been through you’re an angel like heaven has sent you/ From above/ for me and the world/ So I stick out my shoulder and I wait for a bluebird/ Chorus: Sit down and stay for a while/ Maybe even share in a smile/ Live life for today just like it’s goin' out of style/ Live life for the moment it’s a celebration/ Forget the frustration it’s a vacation/ Sit down and stay for a while/ Maybe even share in a smile/ Live life for today just like it’s goin' out of style/ Live life for the moment it’s a celebration/ Forget the frustration it’s a vacation/ Verse 2: And this life is a vacation let the light radiate in/ When you’re feelin' down low like a subway station/ It ain’t about the Benjamins it ain’t about the Franklins/ Turn the good times up on your radio station/ We’re history in the makin' and our path is not written/ Experience is golden if only we would listen/ What shines does not glisten/ what glistens is not gold/ Ya gotta love your life and let the truth be told/ That sometimes I really haven’t/ sometimes I lost the magic/ But life is a gift it’s up to us to unwrap it/ Live life to its fullest and enjoy your bad habits/ Don’t be afraid of Wonderland follow the white rabbit/ So thank you for today and have a blessed tomorrow/ Stay on the path and alwaysgo and lead never follow/ And smile like it’s your birthday like its Christmas morning/ 'Cuz life is for the livin' and livin' is for the learnin'/ Chorus   Verse 3: And I’m lovin' this life it makes me wanna crack a smile/ There’s no better feelin' than holdin' your child/ And I love my three daughters/ and I even have love for their mothers/ it doesn’t matter if we’re no longer lovers/ Even though we fuss and fight/ see black when I see white/ At the end of the day/ you still gave me a life/ And that’s something to cherish/ And this life is something holy with or without the Parish/ Life’s a day off in Paris/ Honeymoon in Hawaii to the beaches of Cali/ So just hang on tightly and behave badly/ Go and sing for the moment 'cuz the chance is golden/ Everyday is a gift and you have been chosen/ So smile like you’re holdin' your first born/ Like it was your first love/ Tell your loved ones you love them give them a hug/ Because we all die one day like it or not/ Live life to the fullest it’s the only one you got/ Chorus

Verse 1: I see reflections in every house and every building/ In all of my friends and in my children/ And sometimes they reflect what I tried to hide/ You can hurt anything except my pride/ I lost my mind a long time ago/ Poppin’ pills every morning that’s okay they’re just medical/ Don’t smoke or drink no more/ But tomorrow never knows/ You can get older but you better grow/ If you wanna’ talk to the Devil sell your soul/ I’m a white rapper after Eminem just like the letter “O”/ Don’t hold on to the past you gotta’ let it go/ If you wanna’ live forever gotta’ let the idea of Heaven go/ Don’t stop here its pay and go/ A Monopoly/ This life ain’t what I’d thought it be/ So I just proceed cautiously/ You took my soul but you’ll never take all of me   Chorus: Reflections/ Of my life am I livin’ right?/ Am I a walkin’ contradiction livin ‘how I’m livin’ like?/ These Reflections/ Are blurred but are getting clear/ But I still can’t see the man in the mirror/ Reflections/ Of my life am I livin’ right?/ Am I a walkin’ contradiction livin ‘how I’m livin’ like?/ These Reflections/ Are blurred but are getting clear/ But I still can’t see the man in the mirror/   Verse 2: I can’t see the man in the mirror through all the heat and steam/ Eyes bloody red shot I owe a thousand apologies/ Most of them I’ll never get to deliver/ Another year older another cold winter/ It’s freezing ‘round here/ Its sweater weather/ I’m in my 30’s now/ I should of known better/ Is it too late to apologize better late than never/ But old habits are tough to break like leather/ The man in the mirror won’t look me in the eyes/ So I smile and laugh/ But that’s just a disguise/ Ain’t that some shit/ I’m a walkin’ contradiction/ Laughin’ at those on hard drugs with antidepressants in my system/ I try to live healthy/ stay right on the left/ Finish my meal and smoke a cigarette/ We all got our vices even if it’s just a glass of wine/ Enjoy yours I just couldn’t handle mine/ Chorus   Bridge: Reflections/ Still can’t see past these Reflections/ Can’t believe this is my Reflection/ Still can’t see past these Reflections/ Never believe in your Reflection/   Verse 3: I see reflections in every lake and in the ocean/ When this road get bumpy we were just coastin’/ My whole world seemed so wide open/ showin’ no emotion/ Now it seems I’m just old and broken/ The mirror has long since shattered/ Long after/ I prayed to God and he never answered/ Long after/ We started rappin’ backwards/ Long after/ the blue bird got killed by the black bird/ I am the Crow ya’ never know/ Nevermind/ Nevermore/ I was like a kid in a candy store/ Everything for free with no consequence/ Been livin’ with regret ever since/ We’re at the final countdown to Armageddon this is it/ At the End of the Road just like Boyz II Men/ It’s getting clearer/ The truth is closing in/ Now is the perfect time for us to begin again/ Chorus

Verse 1: Ever since a little girl/ She wanted to be a star/ But as a youngster Hollywood always seemed so far/ So at the age of 17 she packed up all her things/ And headed out west to the big city of dreams/ Auditionin’ waitin’ tables/ Just tryin’ to pay the rent/ Two days later she found out that all her money’s spent/ So she found a rich boyfriend who got her some bad habits/ Now she’s lovin’ the coke/ And livin’ like a savage/ Goin’ home boyfriend’s/ drunk high and passed out/ She woke him up he beat her ass and kicked her ass out/ Now she’s sleepin’ on the streets/ Her blankets yesterday’s paper/ Feenin’ for another hit it’s not the cold that’s got her shakin’/ So she got on a payphone and called her mom collect/ Beggin’ to come home and shakin’ as she wept/ She was back to North Dakota on the 9AM Amtrak/ The very next day/ she finally got a call back  Chorus: In Hollywood/ Where dreams are only lost/ And people come to succeed no matter the cost/ In Hollywood/ On these streets made of gold/ And only half the stories are really ever told/ In Hollywood/ Where dreams are only lost/ And people come to succeed no matter the cost/ In Hollywood/ On these streets made of gold/ And only half the stories are really ever told/   Verse 2: Now little Derek from the Valley down in Cali knew one thing/ Since his birth he was born to sing/ So he packed up his guitar his mic and his stand/ And headed out west to Hollywoodland/ He had a cousin there/ Who said he knew some people/ Said he found a producer who had worked with the Eagles/ He wrote song after song/ They said that they were hits/ Gave the ma 10 G’s and ain’t heard from him since/ Signed over his rights and his soul without thinkin’/ Finally heard his song but it wasn’t him singin’/ No royalty checks now he’s left sleepin’ under the stars/ To pay his rent he finally sold his guitar/ And that’s Hollywood Hollywood big city of dreams/ Everyone wears a disguise and nothin’s as it seems/ In Hollywood Hollywood big city of dreams/ Where you beg to be heard/ but you’re rarely ever seen/ Chorus Bridge 2x: In Hollywood Hollywood big city of dreams/ Everyone wears a disguise and nothin’s as it seems/ In Hollywood Hollywood big city of dreams/ Where you beg to be heard but you’re rarely ever seen/ Chorus

Verse 1: I’m a desperado lacin’ up my saddle/ Life ain’t a game but every move’s a gamble/ Many people on my way tried to make me examples/ But I’m still standin’ with their heads over my mantle/ They herd like cattle when I step into the building/ I’m the duke John Wayne “let’s go pilgrim”/ Ready and willin’ to go down in a Talespin/ Outlaw Baloo the Bear spend all day drinkin’/ Don’t mix shit/ straight on the rocks/ Been down this road so much before there’s holes in my socks/ And this here road/ Can sure get lonely/ The blood on my clothes is considered a trophy/ I’m a desperado desperado’s out for money/ Starin’ at the sunset all alone and it’s lovely/ Cross me the wrong way things will get ugly/ And through all this shit I thank God At least my mama love me/   Chorus: And I’m a Desperado/ (You don’t know nothin’ ‘bout me) And trouble follows me wherever I go/ (You don’t know nothin’ ‘bout me) Sleep with one eye open and stay on my toes/ (You don’t know nothin’ ‘bout me) And I’m no longer sure ‘bout anything I know/ Live fast and die slow/ Verse 2: And I’m a desperado ain’t no tamin’ me silly/ Real life outlaws like Waylon and Willie/ Grew up idolizing Billie the Kid/ Runnin’ round the city with toy guns/ shootin’ at the kids/ Never thought that as adults we’d all be lookin’ at bids/ And ‘yall already know who it is/ You are now in the presence of a legend/ Been spittin’ on the regular since 1997/ Been dreamin’ of this day since I was an adolescent/ Stealin’ liquor out the cabinet getting high off decongestants/ Every move is an investment/ Get it straight through the brain/ You’re can be the passenger/ Or the outlaw robbin’ the train/ Watch the blood drip down the drain/ Ain’t no cleanin’ the stains/ Ain’t no release from this pain/ When the sun goes down/ I’m just getting started/ Out in the wild wild west land of the cold hearted/ Chorus Bridge: And I’m a Desperado/ Wherever I go/ And I’m a Desperado/ Stay on my toes/ And I’m a Desperado/ Everything I know/ And I’m a Desperado/ Live fast and die slow/ Verse 3: Desperado why don’t you come to your senses/ Come down from your fences because your life is senseless/ You’re either too defensive or you’re on the offensive/ I smile to your face/ but looks can be deceptive/ Lost my true love/ 'cuz I couldn’t put down the bottle/ But smiled as I left/ that’s a desperado/ Mama’s don’t let/ your babies become cowboys/ Dress them in corduroys and let em be choirboys/ 'Cuz they never stay home/ And they’re always all alone/ Stay out all night/ wear too much cologne/ Don’t worry about no one except themselves/ Don’t talk to anyone/ except for himself/ Smellin' of smoke/ and reakin' of liquor/ It doesn’t take a saint to know there’s no heaven for sinners/ It’s the life that I chose and I am a survivor/ I'm a desperado/ a horse with no rider/ Chorus Bridge

Verse 1: Well it was another hot night/ a typical summer's eve/ we's at the ol' saloon 'cuz Davy ws about to leave/ see Davy was the crazy type/ to go get drunk and start a fight/ takin' shot after shot/ I kept sayin' my boy ain't right/ that crazy look in his eyes/ I said, "man here comes trouble"/ a shot rang out/ that bar got ghost in a double/ Davy walked out the pool room bug smile on his face/ I asked him what happened/ he said "we gotta' get out of this place"/ Bridge 1: The bartender came out the back room with a shotgun/ but all that was irrelevant/ good ol' Davy was already gone/ and when I asked him why he shot him/ he said "just for the hell of it"/ Verse 2: That very next morning there was a knockin' at my door/ it was Davy sayin' "Hello" like a million times before/ I told Davy to "run man on your head they got a bounty"/ offered him a hundred bucks/ to get up outta this county/ Davy just smiled and asked if he could stay the night/ I told him just to be quiet/ and he could crash here alright/ "but in the morning, you gotta get the hell up outta' here"/ before he went to sleep he helped himself to all of my beer/ Bridge 2: I tried to tell myself/ time and time again/ he ain't right in the head/ now there's a killer sleepin' in my bed/ a smooth talker if he's got it he's sellin' it/ he said he shot that man/ last night/ just for the hell of it/ Verse 3: Davy didn't leave that morning/ just stayed and drank my whiskey/ the sheriff came a'knockin'/ askin me "Where is he?!"/ Davy smiled on the couch/ laughin' at the law/ the sheriff drawed/ and said that he could kill us all/ Davy wasn't even scared at the site of the sheriff/ he said, "Davy boy, you's a disgrace to your parents"/ right then/ Davy reached into his 501's/ and right there/ the sheriff let of his gun/ (Ka-Blow!) Bridge 3: Davy wasn't doin' well/ critical/ far from stable/ took two in the chest and one more near the navel/ the sheriff asked him "Why?"/ but it's irrelevant/ he said he shot that man/ cold blood/ just for the hell of it/

Chorus: Real life/ Real Spit/ No need to hold my hand I’m on some grown man shit/ Real Talk/ Real Spit/ The things most important are the things we take for granted/ Real life/ Real Spit/ No need to hold my hand I’m on some grown man shit/ Real Talk/ Real Spit/ It’s been a long road but I’m still here standin’/   Verse 1: Real talk/ Real spit/ When we leave this world we all leave empty handed/ You could be a millionaire makin’ ten figures/ When you die it don’t mean a thing to the gravedigger/ Hold the ones you love close Say I love you the same/ Just dig my grave shallow/ So I can still feel the rain/ One day we’ll feel no pain/ Just justice/ What’s the point of livin’ if you’re livi’n with no substance/ I lost my conscience/ over nonsense/ I’ll make it up one day/ someday I promise/ But years of livin’ wrong/ got me struggling to live right/ The promise of a quick buck/ got me thinkin’ bout fixin’ the fight/ I guess I’m missin’ the point/ Tell me where is the love/ But that’s the case in the point/ There never is and never was/ But it’s a new day/ I gotta’ change that/ Welcome to my world shorty/ Now you’re a made man/ Chorus Verse 2: Welcome to my world/ to the nightmare/ In a full house/ still playin’ solitaire/ I’ve come to know the fact/ that I’ll never be a millionaire/ But I don’t want to be in ten years on welfare/ Everywhere I go they stop and stare I’m a target/ A life sentence no parole no pardons/ I tried to leave the rain and Thunder like James Harden/ But now I think it’s time that I raid the black market/ I keep coming back/ this game is a trap/ I’m at my boiling point/ one degree away from a snap/ I changed a long time ago/ so relax/ But the walls about to break/ I already see a crack/ I tried to be a better man/ But still can’t understand/ Why to be blessed you gotta be a holy man/ I been all over this world and still ain’t found a home/ My residence wherever I may roam/ All alone/ Chorus  Verse 3: Real talk I speak nothing but the truth/ Most of the time you play the game you’re gonna lose/ You gotta keep coming back/ Be persistent/ Live every moment you can die in an instant/ It’s good to be different/ no matter what they tell you/ Don’t buy anything them crooks try and sell you/ My plans may have fell through/ I gotta plan B/ Spent so much time sayin’ the world don’t understand me/ You don’t gotta be rich/ to be happy/ And to learn to fly/ you don’t have to defy gravity/ Don’t follow after me/ learn from these mistakes/ The water runs dry in these parts there’s no lakes/ Those are the breaks/ I’ve written signed and sealed it/ Take nothing for granted its real talk real spit/ It’s comin’ in the air/ Tell me can you feel it/ And life can be hard/ but it’s nothing we can’t deal with/ Chorus

Verse 1: This hurt is so real/ Can’t even act the way I feel/ So I crack a smile all the while dyin’ inside/ But the past can’t be changed/ Me and you aren’t the same/ So I drink my tears away while I run and hide/ But this life don’t work out/ I scream and I shout/ And I know where I should place the blame/ But the truth it can hurt/ And the lies they don’t work/ So I bury my pain deep inside/   Chorus: And the children they grow/ And love comes and it goes/ And the time goes so fast like the wind blows/ And it’s just not the same/ Can’t break away from this pain/ As my life passes me by out this window/   Verse 2: And myself I’m getting’ old/ And my stories been told/ So my kids are all I got left to live for/ But the days are so hard/ And the night brings out scars/ So I try not to think of it anymore/ But my past it comes back/ Livin’ in the aftermath/ Where the lies become truth in due time/ But this weed don’t get me high/ And the drink passes me by/ And the truth was always there deep inside/   Chorus Verse 3: And our love’s come and gone/ But I still hear those songs/ That remind me of us being young and dumb/ But the truth gets in the way/ And this songs done been played/ So I wait for tomorrow to come/ But the sun never shines/ And what was ours is not mine/ And the lights are on but no one’s home/ So I stare/ until dawn/ And I try to move on/ As I stroll by myself down this lonely road Chorus

Verse 1: First thing in the morning/ He’s already dreading the day/ He’s back home now/ But still feels like a runaway/ They all point and laugh only his mama showed him love/ Everything comes around now little Johnny’s got a gun/ They pushed and pushed but this time was too far/ All the pushin’ and pullin’/ Done made little Johnny hard/ Chorus 1: He said Daddy keeps a 45 under the mattress/ And I been aimin’ at the man in the mirror just for practice/ And I swear this is the last time/ You’ll ever cross me/ Words are cheap/ But revenge is costly/ He said Daddy keeps a 45 under the mattress/ And I been aimin’ at the man in the mirror just for practice/ And I swear this is the last time/ You’ll ever cross me/ Words are cheap/ But revenge is costly/   Verse 2: Now Johnny’s sick of livin’ and he’s sick of the pain/ Standin’ all alone in the pourin’ rain/ He found his Daddy’s gun that he kept for protection/ Now he’s drawin’ beads on classmates at the intersection/ Now little Johnny and the whole world done gone mad/ Just another case of good kid gone bad/ No goin’ home and there’s no goin’ back/ As he watches his whole world/ Fade to black Chorus 1 Now little Johnny’s had enough/ That was the last time/ Daddy’s 45 is his partner in crime/ He wakes up in the morning/ This time with a big smile/ Life’s worthless but today gone be worthwhile/ His trigger finger sore by the time he was through/ He started shootin’ everywhere he didn’t care who/ He stopped one shot before he was out/ Cracked a big smile and put the gun in his mouth/ Chorus 2: He said his Daddy kept a 45/ Under his mattress/ He’d been aimin’ at himself in the mirror/ Just for practice/ And he swore that was the last time/ You’d ever cross him/ Words are cheap but revenge it cost him/ He said Daddy kept a 45/ Under his mattress/ And he’d been aimin’ at himself in the mirror/ Just for practice/ And he swore that was the last time/ You’d ever cross him/ Words are cheap/ Be sure to use ‘em with caution/

And it hurts my pride/ nowhere to hide/ Only got my shadow left by my side/ Change comes in time/ But it hurt my heart/ Knowin’ that we’ll never ever get a fresh start/ In my own personal hell is where I stay now/ But I smile and push the pain way down/ Too old to live/ but too young to lay down/ When you fall/ It’s too easy to stay down/ So I get up/ and I man up/ But my knees are weak/ It’s hard to stand up/ I fall again and again/ but get back up/ And when the devil comes collecting/ You better pay up/ So I stay up/ Until the sun rise/ This is me now/ This is my life/ It’s a long journey and one hell of a ride/ Everything on my side except for time/   Chorus: Time goes on the clock keeps tickin’/ Can’t stop thinkin’ of what I’m missin’/ Times goes by/ (Tick Tock Tick Tock) That’s me/ (Uh-Huh) A real chip off the old block/ Time goes on the clock keeps tickin’/ Can’t stop thinkin’ of what I’m missin’/ Times goes by/ (Tick Tock Tick Tock) That’s me/ (Uh-Huh) A real chip off the old block/ Verse 2: And the clock keeps tickin’/ There’s no stopping/ Everyone’s journey ends up in a coffin/ But I gotta Jonesin’/ I gotta longin’/ to go back in time way too often/ I keep livin’/ and I keep on truckin’/ What’s livin’ if you ain’t livin’ for something/ All too often we come up with nothin’/ So I do what I do best/ I keep runnin’/ Runaway train/ never goin’ back/ Runaway thoughts as I fade to black/ Runaway from today/ Runaway from the past/ But time keeps tickin’ away/ And nothing ever lasts/ What’s here now can be gone in a flash/ And every high/ Comes complete with a crash/ But it’s okay everyone strays off the track/ Just when you do/ Keep comin’ back/   Chorus The times come and go/ And people don’t last/ You control everything except the past/ The kingdom has come and risen and fell/ Left livin’ in my own personal hell/ I hold on tight and I hold my own/ Heavy is the head/ That sits on his throne/ The king has fallen/ The throne is empty/ Can’t turn back life’s just too busy/ Will you miss me when I’m gone/ Hold on tight/ Baby be strong/ All that’s left in the end are ashes/ But we had it all it was fantastic/ Can’t turn around and we can’t go back/ When the tears come/ I can’t hold back/ You’ll never know this/ If you live by that/ And yesterday’s dreams are just today’s trash/ Chorus 

Verse 1: This photographs a memory I’m tryin’ to forget/ I keep on drinkin’ it ain’t killed me yet/ I should just throw it away/ I know we’ll never be/ But thanks for the memories/ I should just forget you/ And go move on/ But this fuckin’ jukebox won’t quit playin’ our song/ I’m not gonna leave until you’re outta my head/ And I try to forget it reminds me instead/ Chorus: Pour me some whiskey/ But thanks for the memories the same/ I’m drunk and lonely/ And need something more to kill the pain/ Pass me the bottle/ I’m only here to drink not play no games/ I’m drinkin’ till I can’t remember you or my name/ Pour me some whiskey/ But thanks for the memories the same/ I’m drunk and lonely/ And need something more to kill the pain/ Pass me the bottle/ I’m only here to drink not play no games/ I’m drinkin’ till I can’t remember you or my name/   Verse 2: Look at this photo/ what could of gone wrong/ I’m tryin’ to move on/ The liquor makes me strong/ I’m not leavin’ this bar/ ‘Til the feelings long gone/ But thanks for the memories/ So long/ And what’s hurts worse/ Is knowing that you’re not/ So Ima stay in this bar until I rot/ Pour me another glass/ I need more than a shot/ ‘Cuz I’m tryin’ to forget/ But I just cannot/ Chorus   Verse 3: Fuck this photograph and your memory too/ I should throw it away/ Or at least tear it in two/ I’m doubling down/ Keep them glasses coming/ A shot ain’t enough/ Keep ‘em coming into the morning/ And when I leave this bar and the sun comes up/ I’ll start the day fresh and hope the liquor was enough/ So as I close the day/ I hope it ain’t my last/ And I’ll just leave this broken picture in this broken glass/ So thanks for the memories/ Thanks for the memories the same/ Chorus

Verse 1: Livin' life think twice/ And look/ Before ya’ cross/ Sometimes to get ahead ya’ fall/ And take a loss/ There’s no harm no foul/ Go home/ Before you can’t go back/ Sometimes we let people and things/ Slip through the cracks/ We all play the fool sometimes/ We all do/ I’ve been the dumbass/ Guess what/ You will too/ But I stand tall and proud/ And keep/ My head held high/ And count the candles no my cake/ As life keeps passin’ me by/   Chorus: The king done lost his crown/ The town/ Has all been overthrown/ You wanna rule the world/ Sometimes/ You gotta sell your soul/ The bridge has fallen down/ To cross/ You gotta pay the toll/ But it all come around in time/ And that’s that rock n roll life/   Verse 2: The sky has fallen down/ I guess/ This is the end/ The world was never round/ It’s flat/ You’re always your best friend/ There’s no helpin’ us/ Oh well/ It’s all the same/ You wanna win the match you gotta lose/ And play again/ There’s no kingdom come/ Just here/ And you can’t go back/ Our days come and gone/ Sometimes/ We all fall off the tracks/ But I fall down get up/ And keep/ My head held high/ You only live once/ So I just watch the time fly/   Chorus Verse 3: We don’t talk no more/ It’s over/ And that’s okay/ You can just give up/ Pack it in/ And play another day/ Age is just a number/ You grow/ Everything but old/ You can call a bluff/ Or lay down/ Your hand and fold/ Keep a poker face and show no pain/ When you fall/ Know your role know your place no matter what still stand tall/ It’s done before you start/ So play like/ Its overtime/ And live every moment/ Like it’s a rock n roll life/ Chorus

Verse 1: I wish that I could surrender/ I’s so high I can’t remember/ It’s due to be a long winter/ Its cold not even September/ But lives are made/ And dreams are lost/ And everyone wanna succeed/ No matter the cost/ But hearts are broken/ And wounds are healed/ And the ones that are still bleeding/ we can no longer feel/   Chorus: So put your guns down and remember/ Even Jesse James once surrendered/ So let ya guard down and share in a cry/ You’re never too proud to apologize/ So put your guns down and remember/ Even Jesse James once surrendered/ So let ya guard down and share in a cry/ You’re never too proud to apologize/   Verse 2: I wish that I could get over you/ I wish that I could be sober too/ My life goes fast like a freight train/ Scrub all you want you can’t get rid of the stains/ Pray all you can/ Hold on to the past/ Enjoy right now because tomorrow comes fast/ Throw down your arms/ And use your heart less/ Just because you’re numb it doesn’t mean that you’re heartless/   Chorus Verse 3: I wish that I could go make a change/ Every day it feels the same/ I wish that I could forget you/ I wish it wasn’t an issue/ But times change/ And sometimes we don’t/ And it gets harder and harder/ To hold on to the hope/ But the sun still comes up/ And brings on a new day/ You don’t have to leave but it can be so hard to stay/ Chorus

Verse 1: A new life/ A new beginning/ I’m on a journey I’ve been shown everything but mercy/ Livin’ in misery/ There ain’t no mystery/ To say I never cared is blasphemy/ I was once the majesty/ Now I’m the jester/ Outcasted/ Like wearin’ a scarlet letter/ It’s all for the better/ If only for the worse/ Walkin’ around with tears and blood stains on my shirt/ The truth can hurt/ But only if it fits/ I always gave a fuck if only for a little bit/ Never the middleman/ The leader of the pack/ Then things got bad literally had a heart attack/ I stepped back/ While stayin’ on my toes/ I’m getting older now/ 30 somethin’ and it shows/ Plant whatever you want/ But the seed may never grow/ And everything dies/ Or so the story goes/   Chorus: The path less traveled is the road least shown/ Been searchin’ my whole life and still ain’t found my home/ And I’m so weary of bein’ alone/ And heavy is the head now that sits on his throne/ The path less traveled is the road least shown/ Been searchin’ my whole life and still ain’t found my home/ And I’m so weary of bein’ alone/ And heavy is the head now that sits on his throne/   Verse 2: I go the path least traveled/ watch it unravel/ If I get caught again I watch the judge bang his gavel/ Three strikes and you’re out/ You got nothing nice to say then shut your mouth/ I need to go another route/ b Cause my luck is runnin’ out/ And there ain’t no comin’ back/ No Adrian Petersens/ there’ll be no running back/ Only a new path/ So follow the yellow bricks/ I need them Pittsburgh Steelers/ Wiz Khalifa black and yellow kicks/ Vintage 1986/ crazy shit Air J’s/ So I can take off and fly down the runway/ Never got airplay/ so I don’t care if they/ Play this or not/ But one day you’re gonna feel me/ But it takes time/ So I keep writin’ rhyme after rhyme/ I’m on my own one of a kind/ Too much on my mind/ To stop and meditate/ Keep travelin’ on/ Until I’m at the Heaven’s gate/ Chorus   Verse 3: And I still ain’t found my home/ Wherever I may roam/ I can feel it in the air/ A chill within my bones/ Feelin’ all alone but had the stones to come back/ But I lost my backbone/ It’s me and my headphones/ Situation overload/ Situation critical/ The truth hurts like a kick to your genitals/ I am not a criminal/ Just a survivor/ It’s getting hot in here too long walkin’ through the fire/ So I keep on walkin’ never thought of runnin’/ What’s the point of livin’ if you ain’t livin’ for something/ Is the answer the question or is the question the answer/ If you answer now you face the consequences after/ It’s been so long since I heard your laughter/ Livin’ round here you mind your own/ And mind your manners/ And to succeed/ It’s really mind over matter/ And there is no Wonderland/ There’s only the Mad Hatter Chorus

Verse 1: And I was the one who never said much in class/ went from straight "A's" to barely makin' a pass/ kids said I was weird/ some said that I was too smart/ everybody playin' roles I was just/ playin' my part/ they said my hair was too long/ everything got ugly/ through all this shit I thank God at least my mama love me/ never ran with the littler 'cuz I ran too fast/ the kid who always sat down in the back of the class/ and on the playground/ I always was the last pick/ always had a crush/ but never got the baddest chick/ never tasted success/ no not even a lick/ I guess I was the one who got the short end of the stick/ never left the house/ never past the front porch/ never got along with kids so I never played sports/ never gave a fuck/ but don't get it twisted/ I feel like I'm dead like I never existed/ Chorus: Everything Changes/ but the places and faces/ no one knows me I'm nameless/ faceless/ leave footprints but not traces/ somebody take me out this life I can't take this/ all I got is my pen and my rhymes/ I swear I've sung this song at least a million times/ I pray to God that he'll/ take me away/ but then I close my eyes and I can see a better day/ Verse 2: And I was always too tall/ too fat or way too skinny/ usually spent my lunch money had a couple of pennies/ never had cash/ seems I was always too broke/ never paid attention/ high off that indo smoke/ never cared too much/ I mean about the other kids/ when the food came to the table never had first dibs/ TV dinners mac and cheese and top ramen/ never knew the other kids but with me they had problems/ never knew why/ never knew how/ never knew in a few years I could say look at me now/ but if I could go back/ I would do it all again/ but I wouldn't laugh then/ 'cuz I'd be no better than them/ this is me new/ and this is how I'm livin'/ and it's a new day/ and it's a new beginning/ and I never got to play in the 9th inning/ and if I get a strike I give a damn I'm goin' down swinging/ Chorus I never said too much 'cuz I was too busy thinkin'/ stopped gettin' all "A's" too busy daydreamin/ schemin' on bigger things/ that I've still never got/ done a lot of dumb things the only thing I ever got was caught/ music didn't come to me music was a choice/ never got sales/ people didn't like my voice/ never got on TV/ never got airplay/ too many get to heaven but trip up the stairway/ this life is never fair play/ we all got reasons/ I never knew everybody changes like the seasons/ but I'ma stay sane with my blunts and my lighter/ and like they say "ooh child things'll get brighter"/ but the one guarantee in life is that we all die/ I've always felt this way/ and I've never questioned why/ you can jump all you want but you're never gonna fly/ so I'ma roll by myself with my shadow by my side/ Chorus

Chorus: This could either be the end/ Or it’s only the beginning/ And if and when I die/ I sure hope God’s forgiving/ We never count our losses We just tally up our winnings/ What’s a life worth If you’re living with no meaning/   Verse 1: What’s a life worth/ We don’t know the answer/ Go ask the doctor go ask a pastor/ When one life closes we open another chapter/ Live life to the fullest from here on after/ There may be no rapture there may be no Hell/ There may be no God but it’s just as well/ We make our own decisions make our own choices/ Even without a tongue we’re still not voiceless/ I’ve see a lot of things that left me speechless/ On one knee knowin’ I’m defeated/ Prayin’ for Jesus left in pieces/ Left broken down heartbroken and speechless/ What I’ve learned though is we’re on our own/ But only when you get to the top of the throne/ So where you gonna go when there is no home/ Who you gonna talk to when you’re left all alone/ Who you gonna run to when there’s no one to come to/ No one to say I love/ This ain’t a fairy tale most dreams don’t come true/ Life’s just a pit stop we’re just tryin’ to run through/ I never said it’s untrue/ if there’s a God/ I just don’t need one to tell me what’s right/ Know when to run and know when to fight/ It’s like knowin’ the difference between day and night/ We all gotta conscience somewhere deep down/ That voice in our head that keeps comin’ around/ Tells me when to keep my feet planted on the ground/ The one that tells me I may be hell bound/ I gotta get out of this town it’s drivin’ me crazy/ Before I’m stuck here pushin’ up daisies/ I swear to God it’s amazing/ 30 something years old and Driving Miss Daisy/   Chorus Verse 2: What’s a life worth is it worth a fighting chance/ Will you wait for me will you save the last dance/ Will you run again will we finally ask/ And if I already know the answer why do I even ask/ This is no fairy tale/ There’s no ever after/ I’m tempted can’t control my anger/ Nowadays it seems you’re just a stranger/ We were once in love like two teenagers/ But we grew older/ We fell apart/ Even if it tears at our minds at our hearts/ Sometimes the best finish is a fresh start/ And go shopping again/ Its back to the Wal-Mart/ Our love’s gone/ But we’re still standing/ No need to go back/ No need for askin’/ Not one thing in this world is everlasting/ Everything we know is just in passin’/ People come and go/ Everyone dies/ No one tells the truth/ Everyone lies/ Blood runs deep that’s our family ties/ But don’t let that stop you from livin’ your life/ Hearts are beating love is fleeting/ And when someone dies there’s no time for grieving/ Don’t stop anything except for believing/ And never ever stop looking for life’s meaning/ It’s what gets you by at the end of the day/ Some of us get high just to lose our way/ Some of us don’t wanna believe the news/ Just wanna believe that everything’s okay/ This ain’t my last day though it feels though sometimes/ Just keep goin’ on livin’ my life/ Spread my wings I’m an angel take flight/ This could either be the end or the beginning of my life/ Chorus