Suit and Tie

I've been a genius since the first week, aboard this earth When grabbing my chart from my doctor made me translate it to nurse speak Incarceration, I see my fears and start to face them And realize that all my dreams are here yet far from wasted And I'm as complicated as a box of Rubix Cubes I just realized immortals could be stupid too Turn the page on the better days to when getting paid Meant to get away just so you could earn a wage And burn a day instead of learning So when you stop hurting your brain it seems you can still hear the motor churning I look back and see that I never took crack Smoked weed, stole stuff or altered what my looks lack Brought my books back and did all my work on time And sat around to watch as all this jerked my mind So now I wonder where it all went wrong Time flies and I just hear the same old song I used to argue with my dad, he couldn't understand What I planned to do with all the I. Q. that I had Watching cartoons and some magazines reversing my potential Stopped to play pretend till I saw what was most essential Trusted the wrong people, verbally caught a fight With the same chump, I was told would prove my father right Now he's out of sight, no words against his cheiftain He tried a verbalized assault but no one would believe him Looking back I wish I'd concentrated harder Listened better so all the decisions that I made were smarter My cards wouldn't be making bets to fold And my willpower wouldn't recreate an extra mold When they made me they must have broken a case Cuz I'm a tough breather who doesn't like smoke in his face Or jokes that retrace the worst part of his life It's so hard to decide which part is at the heart of the strife Written March 1st, 2002 © on Mar 01 2002 12:44 AM PST   20 • 0 • 1