I-376

So I was driving down 376
And this came to mind

Straight out the gate, man the sun is shining
Cleaned up, feet up, leaned back reclining
No more killing clock scrolling up and down a timeline
2 Minute warning, (I) got the play from the sidelines
Game-plan intact drawn up for the comeback
More like Devin Hester, Ted Ginn with the runback
I switched gears, and I turned some pages
Past year, fire burning- been engulfed with changes
Why's that? Who you ask depends
How convenient once again they all wanna be friends
Past lovers getting crossed like I'm Chris Paul
Can't rock it (Rocket), Time's up word to Nate Dogg
Got a call from "What's her name" just the other day
But she can take that fine ass and head the other way
Cause I'm not falling back to all that disarray
Games of manipulation you need to play
Couple good women waiting right around the bend
So grab your lies, pack em' up, nothing left to mend
Hide the guilt and the shame, sing the same old song
Seems I could do no right, now I can do no wrong
Life's only getting better, (I) cut the negative forces
Gaslight another, justify irrational choices
Compromise that was less than minimal
Tactics and the blame game oh so typical
Rationalize actions (by) projecting fears
Accountability of flaws seen in shadowed mirrors
No lessons to be learned when you can't be responsible
No closure to be had dealing with the illogical
How callous to be so mistreated
With how hard I tried and the ways I pleaded
To keep our family tree steady watered and seeded
Taken back, shock value that was far from needed
Cold world, found out the hard way
To stay on point like Tim (Hardaway) with the guard-play
Therapeutic, felt compelled to share it
No sense to be made, gotta grin and bear it
On a search of what it means for one to feel ok
But I didn't have the answers as I dodged and swayed
Until I got myself right with the man upstairs
In times of tragedy you'll find who will and won't be there
Prophet-like vision became so clear
All the misguided steps led me right back here
Where once upon a time success seemed so near
Turned the clocks back, (I) rediscovered my career
Cause I'm witty with the words, and I'm active with the verbs
Comparing me to your favorite rapper seems so absurd
Equipped with more, in pursuit to be sensei
I'm back in that right field (RF), 71' Clemente

Oh yeah
I'm done fucking around
I'm done fucking around (ha, yeah)
I took the chains off
Uh
Next stop, next level- let's go

And I know that these here are trying times
But keep the faith, the writing's in the sky
Gotta push through to see what's on the other side
(Other side, other side, other side)
Said I know that these here are trying times
But keep the faith, the writing's in the sky
No question, your man has now arrived
(Now arrived, now arrived, now arrived)