[Side B] Its vertical on the horizon, my presence is missed Residing in the only place where joy and pain co-exist I breathe a different kind of air now, the sweetest oxygen The scent of my youth, a fluid nostalgia was a visual intoxicant No longer bottled up... Reminiscin while they poured it in a bottomless cup I savored it when I tasted it, at times I wasted it Drowning in the shallowest sorrow But now I'm living only for the yesterdays of tomorrow My mind frames a photograph of time frames of the past Every moment I'm living is half as long as it lasts We can't feast before we fast, every supper's my last I kept my mind open, eyes closed, and hands clasped Sippin hours from the gla** of father time and mother earth It's like a circle plus five, I'm celebratin my birth Even though it ain't the twenty-third day of september Remindin me of all the things that I forgot to remember Like the sunlight that guides the rains choreography As I live the final pages of my autobiography feelin blessed Man I'm feelin blessed.. [BRIDGE] I'm life one step at a time, I'm life one step at a time [HOOK] Living in the moment, trying to live out my destiny Came from the strongest source Ain't gonna wander, off course Still the days go by, blessed one time Night and day coincide I just wanna live, I just wanna live [Oatmeal] I'm kinda antsy on my feet, on these downtown streets These people hustle hustle for a seat, I can't compete A moment of clarity is all that's needed I weeded out the noise The city meshed in petty feuds Fine tuned to a single voice My heart pumps out the words Pen in hand I keep the pace Easy as it comes, it can go I'm trying to hold down this space for a moment Keeping the next 24 hours in mind I'm keeping my soul aligned With my actions, each muscle relaxing my inner peace I'm looking at my self and I'm asking am I complete See I'mma soak up what I can before the index hits delete All the colors, all the taste What I feel up in this place All the sun up in these rays, theres a number on my days I spit each rhyme like my last, every word to every phrase Sacrafice my own for what it's worth, that's my way My existence, I travel through time to leave my mark No resistancece, don't want it to end before it starts I live my life... [HOOK] [BRIDGE] [Raw J] Touched by a tune, embracing composition Words can't do it justice It's like the humming and singing that Ma do in the kitchen A vision of seeing a stage rendition with my brethren... This morning I awoke next to love Not gonna fight you no mo' Not going to push you to the door...It's a gift Unwrapping the pendulum that squeezed More or less trying to let my heart breath The sky so blue you would swear it's the ocean The depths of a recovering man roller coasting The city stares at me, when walking its down I look Trying to shape these ink blotches inside of this book...Therapy A bum's drunken soliloquy got me bare-footing to the ends Saw d**h tug the laces of undeserving friends...Live and pray With my hands holding a self taught bible With my head half on a pillow, half on a wall Laying down, scrawling blood, writing this for y'all I was given this world and only asked to conduct And go about like I don't give a f** about nothing else but living