Cut Away

I used to dream in color
Used to believe there was nothing that I couldn’t achieve
Broke free from the others
Started nurturing a vision that they couldn’t see
I’ve been on this road so long
I don’t know another way
Seen the sky put the sun away
Thanking heaven for another day
Only love remains
When everything else is cut away
Realizing I was jaded as a youngin' believing the world was mine and all I
hadda do was turn 18 only to find
This world colder chest congestion coughing and headaches move at the speed of
life sharp knife awaiting dead weight
Since the days of playing catch playing catch-up
Dad inherited short stick too
In his 20s in the 60s vivid memory of Dr. King’s match snuffed
Tho the dream lives a familiar scene is present
Same arena next generation
Contestants fighting the same battle repeatedly isn’t progression
What’s the level up algorithm
Need a plan with substance
No more malnutrition
Buddy system in place down to the PALiticians
So it’s hard to believe a word and with each non-conviction easier to doubt the
system
Just more divisive lines being drawn
But I made it to a Knight from a pawn