yeah yeah yeah it starts with a rhyme it starts in my mind i send it to the paper then put it on the line the messenger s my pen the message is my life im hoping that the message in your heart realigns and you realise that i m just spitting i ain t being wise im just being i being free up on this beat and i i ve gotta be up on this beat for just some peace of mind looking for a decent rhyme really i just need some time but time waits for no man i know that i know if i don t keep up with the programme i m i m someone tryna speak up i m trying to travel from my zone into your speaker on my own fam alone man but still i m managing ain t standing still i aint a mannequin aint standing still until i m travelling so far that they wont see me again but for the moment it s just me and my pen just me and my pen ay it s me and my pen i m writing what i see so i can see it again okay ay oh no and i dont even what i ma write down right now i m just hoping it will take me away ay away away away take me away ay away away away i m hoping it will take me away ay cause when i don t know what to say i find me a page and then it s me and pen my pen my pen my pen my pen my pen my pen it s just me and my pen my pen my pen my pen my pen my pen my pen you make me feel comfortable the only one that lets me talk for hours so with you i feel empowered i got a lot to say you know it s been a long week when don t nobody want to hear it i come to you and i speak let me just vent and get some shit off my chest i fucked up so many times i don t know what s really left i m in a place where only me and my pen will comprehend i trust in you like a friend i m holding you til the end look you number two but number one in my life you give me hope when i m depressed that this gon all be alright you let me create an image with flowers and red ribbons i pick you up every night just to tell you bout how i m living you know just how it is with dealing with music biz i m struggling on my own just want to be in my zone no flex but i hate when we apart like an ex cause don t nobody understand you write the pieces to my plan let s go  ay it s me and my pen me and my pen i m writing what i see so i can see it again okay ay oh no and i don t even what i ma write down right now i m just hoping it will take me away ay away away away take me away ay away away away i m hoping it will take me away ay cause when i don t know what to say i find me a page and then it s me and pen my pen my pen my pen my pen my pen my pen it s just me and my pen my pen my pen my pen my pen my pen my pen a skinny little nine year old trying to find a role letting my mind evolve scribbling and writing rhymes when i got home though i wasn t alone just me and my pen in the zone friend not a foe what i was writing i was setting in stone full of fear but i was letting it go and i m telling you so you understand me like you re part of the family hand on my heart heart on my sleeve you can t really brand me i write and remember the nights and the 90 s december s i cry and pretend you re just lighting a fire and no sign of dying like with some trying events but we got through em my pen influenced by everything i was doing ay and so you see nothing that you don t believe you just know it s me yeah i m writing it all the highs and the times that i fall writing like i m at school i m fine i ll be fine and i m cool with the person the pen paints a picture of the pen paved the way put me in a place that i wasn t thinking of cause when it s in the pen it s independent of my preconceived perceptions i just put it in the sentence and forget it then remember when i read it that i meant it i give my pen all of the credit my pen my pen my pen my pen my pen my pen my pen my pen my pen my pen my pen my pen