The Hourglass

[Verse 1]

12:00 on the dot

Woke up and stretched

Filled with provocative thoughts

They say every day you wake up's a good thing

Caught my breath exhaled, inhaled, that's a positive start

1:00 reminiscin' on how time flies

Still a bachelor that's looking for that prime time wife

Need a cheering section that'll make them pom-pom's fly

Cause this kitchen's looking lonely as a wonton's fry

2:00 realized the mistakes were mine

Ask God for a plane then I look to the sky

Then he sent me a boat while I’m askin' him why

The plane hasn’t come yet the boat's passin' me by

3:00 took it all in and looked at my life

My homie said he'd trade his for a second wit' mine

All the travelin' and accolades, stages in life

But the grass is always greener when you on the other side of the hourglass

[Verse 2]

Now it's 4:00pm call my other homie up to see what's good wit' him

Still doing the same shit he did from way back when

Never do we speak of change, I don't want to offend

5:00 suddenly I saw myself in him

Guess I’m talking to myself when I judge and condemn

When I see my people do good I’m nudging them in

The right direction

Although on the low I’m guzzlin' gin

Got a call from my doctor at about 6:10

Told me health is not an option anymore

Just then

Realized I’m getting older

Life is not forever soldier

At some point you gotta grow up 'fore it all just end

7 is my lucky number I was born on ten

77 d I'm healthier and makin' amends

Every lesson ever taught to me I’m takin' it in

Every moment is a miracle created within

The hourglass

[Verse 3]

Now it's half past 8

People don't got a lot of hope these last past days

Can there be a revolution when no carnage awaits

Can we lock into the spirit can we harness the grace

9:00 sun is gone only stars and space

Don't know where the time went but with a pen and pad

And beat I'll follow time and space

Cause nothing is forever

Only thing that's constant: change

You'll never relive yesterday you can't rewind this tape

It's 10 on the dot

Did you utilize the day today and give all you got?

Did you live a little bit or are you living a lot?

It's 11:00

The sand is driftin' about the hourglass