It was just today, when I found out That life is short We all shall die, but I'm not scared Not going to cry But I'll take some time To ease my mind And live it like there isn't much time, right Left behind if I don't try To do it while I still have time To smile a bit, and cry too We gots to cry sometimes, even men and that's the truth We find ourselves caught up in lies The roads weren't paved the same with time The roads we take are not the same We all take roads of different names Some roads we take are point and blame Some roads are even hide in shame To bear false witness and play the game To appease man-Ain't that a shame? Oh yea, I sing, I dance-I do it all I hurt, I pain and sometimes fall I apologize and make the first call When I am wrong Cause I won't hold it on myself And, if you do-Ask the Lord for help To remove yourself from thinking that You're always right-cause sometimes you so left Behind, in your thinking and in your ways I'm praying too there are better days To come, even better than this I'm the victor over my life not his And I won't be bound by lies and strife Or self-destruct or close my eyes I'll live it open completely wide And walk with assurance and in stride I live in abundance and with pride With these gifts I've been given I won't second-guess What He has for me it is for me Not for the rest So I have to stand strong and give my best It's timeout now for anything less And, I won't apologize for this man I be The man you see is not all you see My crown is in my brown My locks flow like the glistening falls of Niagara With secrets on the inside Boundless in its spirit with stories of gold to tell I won't sit with you in your Hell If tha's where you chose to be I won't take that road with you-you see I don't live the negativity I stand now expecting reparations and reciprocity But reparations not so much in the dollar bill But a day when man will Realize if it won't for me America, would not be the force she be And I'm not complaining; so don't assume that about me Cause you know they say assume is to make an ass outta u and me When I spit-When I sing-When I dance I do it completely Turn up your volume now so that you can hear me We are not all this, we are not all that I stand with a smile and a pocket tha's not fat But patience that only time will tell I fight on and I'm doin it, doin it and doin it well!!! kashan©