Mod Verse coming in - shaking up the timeline
here to make history - see if i can find mine
born in the year of the rat - ain't nothing wrong with that
better than coming from the era of the copycat
built ram tough and sho-nuff headstrong
arrived in spring and sprung up headlong
Satellite of Love - Obscured by Clouds
Sunshine of My Life - plays real loud

Pink Moon and Pink Flamingos
one blue marble - three men - and bring those
five pocket mice - now four home safely
cosmic ray cancer free - just spacey
gonna wanna get back in that rat race
maybe more Watergates and Bloody Sundays
bombs on Christmas just don't make sense
Olympic terrorists - and stamps cost eight cents

Begin pursuit of life and liberty
theory of superconductivity
Prozac - HBO and cat scans
Trail of Broken Treaties - 4 mile caravans
call for bloodless revolution
way more problems than solutions
ERA passed but no ratification
nothing new under the sun in this nation

Architect - gardener - times - nurse - hypnotist - writer
equals painter plus music maker
brother led the way in more ways than i can say
still learning from him to this very day

Come from the place where hand meets thumb
summers make sweat - winters make numb
water on all sides - almost an island
as far as the eye can see - trees for climbing
snowball fights and cap gun wars
still felt safe to play outdoors
Connect Four - Hungry Hippos and Sorry!
Mtv - Star Wars and Atari

Big Wheels - Stretch Armstrong - Rubik's Cube - Lincoln Logs
Matchbox Cars - Adventure People - Legos - Autobots - Underdog

Things get a little bit heavy in phase two
doesn't the shit that kids face amaze you
this is no place to raise up a young mind
too much to process - no way to rewind
gonna lose some to guns and car crashes
doesn't help much to hear ashes to ashes
teenage daydream can only go so high
liars and fighters and glares - oh my
the sky is the limit - except for when it is the ceiling
or when you are not acknowledged for what you are feeling
punching the clock at the insecurity factory
asked for promotions but nobody ever got back to me
learned how to hide the truth without lying
learned how to kill myself without dying
nowhere to fit in and no desire to
only leaves questions of what to aspire to

music saved my life more times than i recall
wish i had a chance to go and thank them all
from Led Zeppelin to Run DMC
The Temptations to Public Enemy
Beach Boys - Beastie Boys and the Beatles
blown out woofers and torn up needles
Homeboy Sandman and Elliott Smith
Kurt Vile - Deerhunter and Das Racist
My Bloody Valentine and Stone Roses
Pixies - MF Doom the lord knows this
boy could not become a man without help
back on the path toward spiritual health

occasional late bloomer - full-time fast learner
earlybird eatin' night owl - midnight oil burner
got the candle lit at both ends but just keep on going

Mod Verse keeping on - gonna stick around a while
take your silly mean mugs off - they're going outta style
maybe anger's working for you - man i really doubt it
don't give a good goddamn what you say about it

got a lot to do - no time to fuck around
did that already - passed many a buck around
now it's a life of full accountability
honesty, integrity and periodic humility

live my life for myself - and nobody else
except for my girl G who will forever be
the light of my life