Mike Irish - 60 lyrics

[Verse 1: Khary] I don't know how to dance, uh Momma told me pull my pants up So my style is kinda random You don't know my life You don't know my life I ain't have the newest Jordans We couldn't afford them When you're the youngest of five kids You gotta sacrifice You gotta sacrifice Used to want to be the man Get an ovation when I stand 'Til I realized I was walking like you Gotta make my own footprints in the sand Had me f**ed up like Diddy and Da Band Identity crisis An overly nice kid Discovered the vices The liquor provided The s** I hide in I've changed so much So my memories priceless Who am I? [Pre Chorus 1: Khary] Being in my 20s I've kinda treated liquor as a way to free me of my insecurities As though there's a better me I can only reach when I'm intoxicated But that's not true I control who I am [Chorus: Khary] You can take me to the water But I'll die if I drink Gotta find my soul Gotta find a place to think What is me, if I'm you? What is black, if I'm blue? There's a kink in the system Gonna find my way through Where I go? [Verse 2: Khary] I don't believe in God, but I think it's pretty obvious There's a higher being inside us And every living thing, and every living thing f** who you try to make me You can pray if you wanna save me If your force feed your Bible What does it really mean? What does it really mean? I mean cancer's real, I mean cancer k**s I don't really care if I don't make it to 60 If heaven's there you think God's against me? If our President can f** Lewinsky We're all human We're all doomed then No one's perfect Dreams are lucid I just try to be the best I can So when I die I'm not just pollution On this fragile earth [Pre Chorus 2: Khary] I don't really follow any Gods or religions Though I've always believed in a connection between all life forms But if there is a God I highly doubt that I'd be faulted for not reading a book Written by the hands of men [Chorus: Khary] You can take me to the water But I'll die if I drink Gotta find my soul Gotta find a place to think What is me, if I'm you? What is black, if I'm blue? There's a kink in the system Gonna find my way through Where I go? Where I go? Getting high when I'm low Just a flake in the snow Where I go? Where I go? Getting high when I'm low Just a flake in the snow [Outro: Khary] I hope I'm not being too preachy about not being preachy It just comes out that way sometimes I live a second life in my head But lately, I've just been tryna put the real one in perspective You see, my mother turns 60 this year A number that she'll wear so well And although she didn't live a perfect life She's one of the most beautiful souls that I know She believes in God, but she's never pressured me to do anything Other than live a life of values and purpose Because that's all you really need So f** all that other bullsh** And what they want you to think We all have to find our own way to the light And that light is not always in the shadow of others' thoughts And often involves some bad decisions But those decisions don't define you Just live