Man I Used to Be

[K-os]

I woke up in the morning

I took a trip to the corner store

That's when I heard my calling

But I'd never heard the voice of truth before

So I kept on walking

Pretending I didn't see

Walked by a window and my reflection said to me

You could try all the same

But you'll never know this mystery

There's no pilot on your plane

So you're not the man you used to be

Try all the game, but you'll never know this mystery

When your pilot has no plane

Said you're the man you used to be, seen

[Oddisee]

Losing sight of what matters

Dimming my demeanor in the brightness of the flatter

Enticing is the chatter of room filled with candor

Replaced by fumes that conclude with the banter

Moth to a flame and I couldn't hold a candle

To what I use to be, to what I use to handle

I use to be hungry appetite for respect

And now I just expect people want something from me

Service at the table that revolved in my favor

Designated savior guess I'm picking up the check

Developing a pallet for a rather bitter flavor

The fruits of my labor at a price I won't fetch

It cost me some friends, it cost me connects

But they ain't even debt that I would see as regret

But most men would, as I probably should but the man I am now ain't the man I recollect

[K-os]

You could try all the same

But you'll never know this mystery

There's no pilot on your plane

So you're not the man you used to be

Try all the game, but you'll never know this mystery

When your pilot has no plane

Said you're the man you used to be, seen

[Oddisee]

Searching for the elements of how I came together

I stumbled on some blame and bumped into whatever

My disposition saying I don't give a fuck never

But there was a few times when the armor got severed

The walls came down, the skin wasn't leather

And if you wanted to hurt me, the closer, the better

My foes were, posing as a shoulder

And as I went I to lean on, they let me fall over and those are

The lessons that you when you're older

It's harder to burnt once your heart becomes colder, a boulder

But in return for your heart of stone

It's harder to let your guard down when the problems gone, a soldier

That keeps fighting when the war's done

Forever ready for when more comes, yeah

And im aiming at the mirror I might end up shooting me

Don't recognise the man that I use to be

Who's he?

[K-os]

You could try all the same

But you'll never know this mystery

There's no pilot on your plane

So you're not the man you used to be

Try all the game, but you'll never know this mystery

When your pilot has no plane

Said you're the man you used to be, seen

Holla and ya holla, you follow you fall

Ya holler and ya holla, you follow you fall

Ya holler and ya holla, you follow you fall

Ya holler and ya holla, you follow you fall

Ya holler and ya holla, you follow you fall

Ya holler and ya holla, you follow you fall

Yo, Whatever I don't really know

Flows like an immaculate gold what up, whatever