Verse 1 I do not live for drama but they always cast me No roll in trauma units nurses run past me Lights Sirens Cameras and the blinding action You can only take it whole not as a fraction Mashing smashing at a high velocity Crashing half empty akin to my philosophy The rates framed by cinematography Not down with women that focus on cosmetology The way it looks if you've been through the half You'd understand that there is no stopping my path Action is called yet everyone remains silent Quiet on the set and I'm the only one wilin' To hear complaints and the wine of a violin Laced with a way to raise up all the violence Have your defenses played down to a science Alliances built for one to defy compliance Chorus 2x Been through a whole lot of negative So in my lyrics I'm supposed to let it live "El Veterano You could only pray to learn what I know" And what I know there may not ever be tomorrow Verse 2 Some choices leave you in pieces taken apart and torn I will literally take the bull by its horns And Drag it through the mud so be forewarned Thorns don't stop me that is word to my unborn Scores of my pain can never be ignored Came in the same vein for exchange of more My music equals reels of Motion Pictures adorned Watching my movie live can't catch the flicks in stores Never it's not commercially accepted And if you speak the truth you won't be selected But I'm happy with what the reflection projected And I'm snappin' against anyone who doesn't respect it And I have to say that it's the rawest of intentions I read through thoughts and will complete any sentence Place punctuation citations must be mentioned Just so I know it's within proper comprehension Chorus 2x Been through a whole lot of negative So in my lyrics I don't let it live "El Veterano You could only pray to learn what I know" And what I know there may not ever be tomorrow Verse 3 Can you still hear when a trees fall in a forest no one is near I don't speak on much of any tribulation but it still happened A round of applause are when the guns start clappin' To put down a man's ovation when he's standing In the foreground shows a red nosed clown to be laughing Chuckling like it's a joke But he too is trapped hiding behind the smoke Of what he knew which had him And now he's broke for his actions Always spoke Louder than him trying to get traction In so many forms he's a distractor Not an actor of real life A sinister character of the like Of the mark of a beast Or a mark in the fat boy in his feast Greedy and obese not sharing eyes glaring Wearing that of what can't fit So I stand here declaring Chorus 2x Been through a whole lot of negative So in my lyrics I don't let it live "El Veterano You could only pray to learn what I know" And what I know there may not ever be tomorrow