Light Speed

[Verse I] Born blind in the winter with an empty head The snow covered up the Camry, the whole house slept Drawing pictures in the bed, waking up and racing down the stairs trying to catch my breakfast Was so simple, superman, trick or treat, wet socks Bike rides in the summer to the best spots Could've sworn I was king with the best odds Running 'round with the dogs in the backyard Growing, never knowing what the past done Living life like the mystery of packed lunch Getting whooped in the playground, scratched up Coming home after school on the last bus Back then it was all about laughs Hit the corner store for the new Fleer packs Mom was a religion and happiness was a fact It’s a shame how the time goes past Moving so fast [Bridge] It’s like I’m moving at light speed Slow Down [Hook] You need to slow down every once in a while, sometimes To see how the world goes round You need to slow down every once in a while Cause you don’t know, you don’t know You don’t need to go so fast [Verse II] Things changed and the pops job got an offer Packed up moved out down to Colorado Sunshine, clean air, not a lot of problems That’s when I discovered Pogs and Tamagochi Time passed and the friends found punk, yeah Or whatever man, a lot of it was junk, but we loved it Made us feel cool, little dumb kids, running 'round just for fun doing dumb shit I was lighting all my candles at both ends Warren Lake getting drunk with the friends I was trying to stay positive, even though I pretended it helped, cause back home I was lacking a happy ending for all Saw a lot of tall trees fall in the name of an addiction My sister taught me to follow I cracked, cleaned up and the bags packed, and swore that I would never go back Moving so fast [Bridge] [Hook] [Verse III] 19 I decided I was done with it Hit Seattle with a head full of drum rhythms Falling in and out of love with these young women Thinking they can make a change in the blood given Nah, I was too young to face it Working two jobs still thinking I could make it Local all-star still singing from his basement Finally got a shot and I’ve been working every day since Found love in the city where the Angels fly Put a record out with Joshua, and made our climb Came home after two years playing our rhymes Just to find my little Angel was no more mine Parted ways with a friend, it was not easy Made a leap to the future and got queasy Started working on the things that had lost reason Now I’m sitting with a pad, moving so fast… [Bridge] [Hook]