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Track 6

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(Intro)
Yeah, you know when you're younger and, you think about the future and you, got like all these images of what things will be like when you're older, with all these dreams and like this idealized way of how things will be, and then, when you actually, you're actually living the future, everything just feels different, and you're just like, okay, now what do I do

(Verse 1)
Teen angst doesn't exist in your twenties, that's something else now that persists, and it's funny that inside a journal of clichés, dude, the only thing that sticks out are the words that we relate to, Wu-Tang asked can it all be so simple, when youth fades along with the pimples, and it's time to carry the big load on your shoulders, so to answer the question, I don't think so, I don't know, maybe I'm not ready for life, not ready to hold steady all the pettiest strife, and that may seem embarrassin' now, when you can never ever see a marriage or house, and not know what to do without your parents around, so while life is carefree, cherish it now, don't just sit around in disparage and pout, come up with your own plan and carry it out, because I know, man

(Interlude)
It brings ya down, man, to know that, life is so hard, so stressful, anxiety in everything you do, and you just wanna like, get out and make things happen, but you get depressed, and it makes it that much harder to do things on a daily basis, but it always seems like, that much further out of your reach even when you go after it, and you keep on making plans, but you always seem empty when you, put things into motion like, really, is this what it's gonna be like, so it's hard to, to figure things out, ya know

(Verse 2)
At the job interview, askin' me where I see myself in ten years, I don't know where I'll be in three, life feels harder than it needs to be, tryin' to tune it out, but can't find the frequency, not to sound corny, but life's like a maze, lookin' for the right passageways to pass the days, dead ends, extensions of debts, and friends in the past aren't around in the present, we all try to aspire to some kind of guideline of morals and teachin's, until we feel washed up like coral on beaches, short of achievements, it's like my voice has been silenced, feelin' hoarse and anemic, if I could escape through some sort o' portal and leave this, I would, and move forward to freedom, away from all these horrible feelin's I'm forced into dealin' with, and never make the same mistakes for historical reasons

(Outro)
Life isn't simple, but you can't ever give up, 'cause what's the alternative, man, like what else is there, ya know, things change but, you just gotta keep trying, grow up, and use what you figure out to your advantage and try to make things work, 'cause life goes on

credits

from Lyrical Combustion: The Mixtape, released March 31, 2009
Vocals written and performed by Christopher Michael Jensen.

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