the hourglass

Lyrics

12:00 on the dot, woke up and stretched, filled with provocative thoughts, they say every day you wake up's a good thing, caught my breath exhaled, inhaled, that's a positive start, 1:00 reminiscin' on how time flies, still a bachelor that's looking for that prime time wife, need a cheering section that'll make them pom-pom's fly, cause this kitchen's looking lonely as a wonton's fry, 2:00 realized the mistakes were mine, ask god for a plane then i look to the sky, then he sent me a boat while i'm askin' him why, the plane hasn't come yet the boat's passin' me by, 3:00 took it all in and looked at my life, my homie said he'd trade his for a second wit' mine, all the travelin' and accolades, stages in life, but the grass is always greener when you on the other side of the hourglass, now it's 4:00pm call my other homie up to see what's good wit' him, still doing the same shit he did from way back when, never do we speak of change, i don't want to offend, 5:00 suddenly i saw myself in him, guess i'm talking to myself when i judge and condemn, when i see my people do good i'm nudging them in, the right direction, although on the low i'm guzzlin' gin, got a call from my doctor at about 6:10, told me health is not an option anymore, just then, realized i'm getting older, life is not forever soldier, at some point you gotta grow up 'fore it all just end, 7 is my lucky number i was born on ten, 77 d i'm healthier and makin' amends, every lesson ever taught to me i'm takin' it in, every moment is a miracle created within, the hourglass, now it's half past 8, people don't got a lot of hope these last past days, can there be a revolution when no carnage awaits, can we lock into the spirit can we harness the grace, 9:00 sun is gone only stars and space, don't know where the time went but with a pen and pad, and beat i'll follow time and space, cause nothing is forever, only thing that's constant: change, you'll never relive yesterday you can't rewind this tape, it's 10 on the dot, did you utilize the day today and give all you got?, did you live a little bit or are you living a lot?, it's 11:00, the sand is driftin' about the hourglass