I.
Friends from the same age Either migrating or settling down
I feel like a stranger to all these conventions I got my own path, let me expound:
It's like everyone's going all sorts of directions But all of them are swimming in the same lake
Whereas I feel like I'm drifting alone in a separate stream of river
It seems like a dream, yet it feels complete I've never been this reassured
Took me a while to accept that
I am eccentric and born to be misunderstood Now it feels so good
And the further I wade, the more I'm demarcated Ready for the waterfall drop that waits me ahead The last step before I'm reincarnated
Hook:
Don't change yourself, but change yourself Don't hate yourself, just gauge yourself Don't pray for yourself, but pray for yourself Do you see what I'm saying?
Elevate yourself, you're doing just fine
You ain't so good, and that makes you good You ain't so special, and that makes you special
With all that's left of my energy to write this song
Let this be the final message from me that you give a listen to once I'm gone Then life goes on
II.
So where did the time go?
The older you get, the faster the years I watched my heroes die slow
Outliving their greatness, turning to heels The better investment is knowing yourself
The start of all wisdom, as stated by Aristotle: (Developer, designer, writer, and the like
Any description barely touches who I am as a human, right?)
No, none of all that
What I mean is examine yourself
Learn why you act so spiteful towards certain people And behavior that you're always compelled to react or
Make a huge deal out of anything that's otherwise inconsequential It's downright essential
Explore the mind in all dimensions before it declines to dementia
In my defense?
Even I got my own share of unlearning to work on
Impulsive and rash, unabashedly reacting with madness, which hurts all And I got a lot of bones to pick on these awful narcissist sociopaths Even a simple mention makes me wanna punch 'em in the face
I'm so full of wrath
But maybe I should know better If I act this way, I'm no better
Choosing battles is a whole better But I'm no go-getter, just a storyteller So who am I to know better?
Hook:
Don't change yourself, but change yourself Don't hate yourself, just gauge yourself Don't pray for yourself, but pray for yourself Do you see what I'm saying?
Elevate yourself, you're doing just fine
You ain't so good, and that makes you good You ain't so special, and that makes you special
With all that's left of my energy to write this song
Let this be the final message from me that you give a listen to once I'm gone Then life goes on
Interlude:
Listen,
If you wanna know anything else?
Talk to a fucking ordinary human being Fuck that hero worship
Fuck a rapper, Fuck an artist,
Fuck a writer,
Fuck an academic, Fuck an activist!
And I mean this shit, take it from me They're as clueless as everyone else That's on me!
Outro:
Don't change yourself, but change yourself Don't hate yourself, just gauge yourself Don't pray for yourself, but pray for yourself Do you see what I'm saying?
Elevate yourself, you're doing just fine
