pops said go to college kid and a dream that i had to be a novelist life is an ocean with a lot of wit look son you like saint nick a lot of gifts you got to give drop top got to shift do i miss him or not yeah i toggle with but no goo goo ga ga shit i m a grown ass man but he set me up with a grown ass plan i don t drink a lot yet i smoke a bit no pork little girl with the kosher lips black panther growl with a hip hop style know by your child black american to vietnam it s all yeah i see that bond pops said jason better free that mind i did not forget don t you see that mom you believe this was left back in 79 pass life rhymes way back before my time control the road that i walk on and everything that i hop on and where i m playing my part on the game i is my stages in my head remain ageless forgetting names but no faces pops stay straight face no frown see the world upside when you feeling down i walk my own path down deeper steps with a patchy beard and my laid back eyes chip off the old block yet now my time begins when night peace to gwendolyn brooks parties i meant them reminiscing speak on visions yeah i did them but i need something different y all living on the edge you a fixed to fall pops said son you got to move ahead leave all this behind before you re gone and dead so i ma get one before i die ain t nothing like black american pie  control the road that i walk on and everything that i hop on and where i m playing my part on the game i is my stages in my head remain ageless forgetting names but no faces the world in my head is one adventure the one outside needs space to enter like alcatraz trynna escape virginia drank pass out can t remember where i started dearly departed left me a message got to move regardless 545 is when the dream done started 12 last night s when brain done farted i drank too much alcohol talk like i hand it out for all can t remember too much from let s continue tomorrow control the road that i walk on and everything that i hop on and where i m playing my part on the game i is my stages in my head remain ageless forgetting names but no faces