Bigger Pictures

[Verse 1]

And when I was one, was just the first son

To carry the burden, I was barely a person

My folks were young, but committed to keep up their end of the bargain

Protect me from harm and grow a garden

I was loved, I was fed, might sleep through the night

I was taught how to talk and how to read you from left to right

I learned to argue and fight from a distance

Where my vulnerability gets no recognition

And by the time I was eleven, I was already defensive

An extension of environment and reinforced messages

Preemptively believed eventually I'll be a failure to my family and friendships

And when you mix it and blend it with contemporary pressures

Of adolesence, emphasis on the consensus of

A book full of portraits, but didn't consider

That we've been sketchin' stick figures underneath bigger pictures

[Verse 2]

And on my twenty-first birthday, already had my first born

Baby boy and maybe homie saved my life

But papa kept the motor runnin', I'ma come and see you later

Tryin' to color up some paper, tryin' to make this right

I realize most experiences are coincidental

But I'll never let go of these regrets I hold

That's why the pieces that were missin' always felt more special

Better bring some bigger pencils to sketch my soul

But yo, when I was thirty-one, both ends burnin' 'em

Thought that I was lost in the jungle, but I was in search of something

Learnin' how to deconstruct my puzzle

Permanently nervous, I was in love with the hustle

The Devil went to Hell, just to sell that selfishness

They tried to make me feel important, I fell for it

Embarrassment and trepidation, plus a healthy dose of

Self imposed limitations over my own illustrations

And when I struggled with the number forty-one, I had a couple more sons

And it feel like my real life had just begun

It's gettin' harder to translate

It's likely I've already played my part of this landscape

And all of this time, I've been followin' my design

Tryin' to find a little solace in how the stars aligned

It kinda looks like glitter, but every pixelated flicker

Gets the proper position in the biggest of pictures

And when I was fifty-one...

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