1. |
Destined 4 Greatness
04:34
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(Verse 1)
alright now
close your eyes and stick your index finger out
now spin around
in circles till you think your falling down
now open your eyes no matter what your pointing at this is my life
isnt my fight
questions left… right
peace of mind… never in sight
dont know why
maybe… pride
or maybe im right maybe I need time
truth … manipulated
life's work... annihilated
now… frustrated
everything … taken
why the hell do i keep trying
everythings dieing
remind me
why am I doing this
do you know who
I'm trying to prove this to
or is this just what I'm used to
I dont know do you
no me neither but I believe theres a reason
(chorus)
How am i supposed to press
when I'm the only one left?
and everyone else is either dead or completely out of breath
i guess I'm just destined for greatness...
i guess, I'm just destined for greatness... (x2)
They go with the flow... but me upstream
thats what you do when you value something
the worlds mean... cruel crushing dreams
lengths i go... seem extreme
Im going places that you've never been
Heard about in legends but that you've never seen
but the path of least resistance is the opposite direction
But they keep swimming silly little fishes
press on... past so called blessed ones
yea its tough.. but im learning lessons
and though the winds blowing and its cold I'm still going
cuz i know that I've been chosen and my dreams aren't yet frozen
So world... listen... i will overcome you
You wont even know what hit you with what I'm gonna do
So although right now you all discount me
one day your kids in history class will read about me
(chorus)
How am i supposed to press
when I'm the only one left?
and everyone else is either dead or completely out of breath
i guess I'm just destined for greatness...
i guess, I'm just destined for greatness... (x2)
Funny...don't even know it... funny funny... you cant control it
You think as you sleep your moments are stolen
But as you sleep your slowly growing
yet if i slept for a million years i wouldn't be taller
this is my frustration... the calling God's called me
I don't think it can get any longer
I don't see how this could be making me any stronger
Maybe i over focus on becoming a success
But what am i supposed to do when I'm destined for greatness
Theres something inside me that pulls me
have i been here already... you cant fool me
the suns going down... voices are coming out
sometimes so loud... question is how
I don't know right now...
So I look to the heavens and question
when did... i last check them
(chorus)
How am i supposed to press
when I'm the only one left?
and everyone else is either dead or completely out of breath
i guess I'm just destined for greatness...
i guess, I'm just destined for greatness... (x2)
(Hook)
Who do you
think you are
and is it really true...
And could you really prove it
if you really had to...
(x4)
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2. |
The Tortoise
03:05
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They say faith and patients produce the promise
And I've got lots of faith for the crazy and the impossible
I believe that if I speak to the mountain it will move
And if I pray with out ceasing my dreams will come true
But I don’t see why it hasn’t happened yet
I've stepped out on the water and just got my feet wet
I've spoken to tombs to arise and wombs to revive
But nothings happened yet, can this truth be a lie?
I'm not getting any younger I'm in my twenties
Old people would tell me that my years are still plenty
But what happened to the God who said I could do anything?
If I just believed, he would unlock my destiny?
So I cry to the heavens my complaints and concerns
And a voice whispers 2 of my least favorite words
Be patient...
Be patient…?
Nowadays that translates as time being wasted
We live in a world where waiting is lazy
So if your not chasing like everyone else than your crazy
When there's nowhere to go we just walk around pacing
A hasty generation vainly seeking the same thing
Opportunities a window, they say seize the moment
Grab the bull by the horns, only one chance to own it
But what about stopping just to smell the roses
I think we love the rush and its just tough to let go of…
(chorus)
Feels like the planet needs to spin around faster
But patients is a virtue and I know I don’t have it
So I've got to somehow break this habit
Cuz the tortoise beats the rabbit in the race for what matters
The tortoise beats the rabbit in the race for what matters
x4
(Verse 2)
They say patience is a virtue
Not sure its true
Isn't that just what you say when the server hasn't helped you
Don’t wanna lie around
For crying out loud
Speed limits tie me down
Cuz I just want it right now
I don’t see how that’s too much to ask man
But I always seem to want the things I can't have
I guess at times you just have to face facts and
The truth is that I just have to relax man
I just feel im gonna blow like a gas can
Ready to save the city like bat man
This is not the path that i once had planned
Waiting around is one thing that I cant stand
Slow and steady is the pace it takes to win the race
Impatience is a mistake too many of us make
Don’t wanna waste my time in too much hastiness
Cuz the tortoise doesn’t quit but the tortious knows patience
(chorus)
Feels like the planet needs to spin around faster
But patients is a virtue and I know I don’t have it
So I've got to somehow break this habit
Cuz the tortoise beats the rabbit in the race for what matters
The tortoise beats the rabbit in the race for what matters
x4
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3. |
Always Have A Choice
04:21
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Verse 1
Theres a lot of things I'm not really sure of in this life
Whats love whats fear whats wrong whats right
When should I back down.. when is it time to fight?
Theres a lot of grey in this world of black and white
All you need is love but all I see is hatred
Did God know about the pain before we were created?
If he did I wonder why he chose make us
I guess it wouldn’t be love if it wasn’t complicated
We all have our reasons for doing what we do
Seems like intentions are often misconstrued
Theres times where im not sure if I even believe in truth
When I see it so perverted, misused and abused
But even though this worlds full of so many fakers
I try to keep my heart from the poison of anger
I don’t get it now, but maybe I will later
I try to stay open to a mind-state that’s greater
We always have a choice
At least we think we do...
We always try so hard
Thought this to be true...
Verse 2
I don’t know why any of us are here
It seems so random, strange and weird
If God has a plan, shouldn’t it be more clear
Its almost like he’s trying to not interfere
Almost like he doesn’t really want to take part
Letting us figure out what’s right and wrong
He gave us a book, but it doesn’t tell us all
And there’s things in there that make me more lost
I could be just young, just too immature
To understand how this world really works
So many people, they seem so sure
But I’m still lost in all the obscure
But even though life can gets so hectic
I try to remember I don’t have to get it
Lifes full of curses and full of blessings
Maybe the lesson is just to accept it
We always have a choice
At least we think we do...
We always try so hard
Thought this to be true...
Verse 3
Sometimes I don’t think I believe in karma
I’ve seen kindness produce more drama
I’ve see love be completely swallowed
I’ve seen evil in the name of allah
If I said I had the answers it’d be a lie
But some people feel like they giving it a try
Explaining things, nobody knows why
Maybe they’re wrong, maybe they’re right
But if there are answers I don’t have them
I don’t why there’s no cure to cancer
But I do know that I don’t understand it
But for some reason God gives second chances
I’ve found hope is something from above
Something supernatural we didn’t make up
But I do know knowledge isn’t as good as trust
And human wisdom isn’t as good as real love
We always have a choice
At least we think we do...
We always try so hard
Thought this to be true...
Sometimes you are answer to my questions
And sometimes you are the question to my answers…
Sometimes you are the problem to my solutions …
And sometimes you are solution to my problems
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4. |
Give Me A Sign
04:02
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Sometimes it makes me mad that you are invisible
Especially in the moments when life gets difficult
Cursed is a generation who asks for a miracle
But I'm getting sick of riddles and the parables
I go to church I see no God
I go home I see my dog
I go work my part time job
And wonder where it is you are
Don’t know what to do sometimes
As bills pile up to reach the sky
Don't know what to tell my wife
Don’t know how to feel inside
I feel bitterness and anger
Forgiveness is a stranger
So this is my prayer
Do me this single favor
Tell me what I need to hear
Tell me clear
Show me I don’t need to fear
That you’re here
That you care and see the tears
Its not that I don’t know pain is part of life
I can sense the battle I feel dark inside
Please revive, this broken heart of mine
Tell me I'm doing fine and everything's gonna be alright,
(Hook)
Give me a sign,
tell me that I'm
Doing fine
That the dream inside
Is still divine
not in my mind
Tell me your eyes
Can see that I'm trying
I just feel like
Hope is dying
Remind me why I'm still alive
x2
Sometimes I wonder what it is that you want
When I'm done every single thing I can think of
I cry out to the god who they say is love
and begin to wonder if you even care or not
And I know that lately I haven't being praying
But its hard to keep praying when you feel so angry
Confusion is a web and I've gotten so tangled
I once saw so clear what now I see faintly
Tell me those words
That always reverse
All of the hurts
and make me feel like I'm not really cursed
Tell me before it gets better it always gets worse
But then it gets better,
better then its been ever before
Give me a sign,
Give me a wonder
Give me something while I suffer
To understand the struggle
Make it suddenly storm, make it lightening and thunder
Give me a clue to what this pain is all for
(Hook)
Give me a sign,
tell me that I'm
Doing fine
That the dream inside
Is still divine
not in my mind
Tell me your eyes
Can see that I'm trying
I just feel like
Hope is dying
Remind me why I'm still alive
x2
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5. |
Bigger Than Me
03:24
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Vs 1
I feel like I was born with a gift and a curse
I'm not talking the gift to use lyrics and words
I was given something else, I think this is worse
A heart full of passion , I've had it since birth
Maybe its the Irish in me that gives me the nerve
Or maybe the reality is I am just a jerk
The persistence to press, even if I'm not sure
Convinced I'm not bound by the laws of this earth
See at times I'm as stubborn as a mule,
Stubborn as a jackass, acting like a fool
I couldn’t tell you why I do half of the things I do
Sometimes I don’t listen when I probably should
And passion is great, I believe it's a gift
A desire so strong its impossible to quench
But do you think passion and patience can co-exist
Cuz lately it's
being making a rift that seems to big
(hook)
I just really hope this whole thing is bigger than me
X8
Vs 2
Do you ever feel like you might be the problem
Like if you disappeared your issues would be solved but
Your stuck with yourself and so you ponder
Is self exorcism a possible option
I really hope there's some sort of path laid out
And all I have to do is walk it and not doubt
And when disaster starts to come around
I hope there's a safety net that I don’t know about
Cuz theres a destructive nature
To my behavior
A hole like a crater
That I can't I cant get away from
Theres pain and anger
In my heart chambers
Makes innocence start to feel like a stranger
Turns out I'm my greatest adversary
So I try to stay careful but also stay care free
I try to ignore that this is very scary
And hope what I've been through has some how prepared me
(hook)
I just really hope this whole thing is bigger than me
X8
Vs 3
Like a million piece puzzle that’s missing some pieces
I sort through the thoughts that keep me from sleeping
What if God thinks the same thing I'm thinking
That none of this is real but all of it has meaning
There was a tree and a man and a snake and a plan
To make man eat then be destroyed from within
And sometimes I'm tempted to blame Adam
But I wonder why God let it the whole thing happen
Wouldn’t it be easier to remove the option?
How come that snake was even capable of talking
And if there was no tree could there still be a garden
These hypothetical mind jobs leave me exhausted
What is the purpose of searching for purpose
What if I'm suppose to change the world through verses
That feels like more than I think I can be
I just really hope this whole thing is bigger than me
(hook)
I just really hope this whole thing is bigger than me
X8
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6. |
Seeing Ghosts
02:16
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I feel like I'm seeing ghosts
Shadows lurking behind lights posts
Follow me and look at me through my window
They are getting close
Symptoms that I cant diagnose
I pretend like I know everything but really I don’t
Cuz I don’t really understand why I wont
run when its time to go
I get so close and then quit why I don’t know
I fight for what I most
Desire then I get tired and I lose the fire in my soul
I feel cold and alone and trapped inside a zone
Where fear is so clear yet I cant let go
I've got my hold on this a throne
Made of bronze and silver stones
I have made my home
The only place I've ever known
Haunted by the thought that any minute now
Everything around
Could just come crashing down
If there is something holding the universe together
Then that's the only hope I can ever measure
But I can hear a call to go back to where I lost it all
Take a pen right down all my faults then cross them off
Act like tragedy never even occurred
They tell me I can move on but I wonder if they're sure
Just live life like you never lived on the streets
Like you always had a family and never smoked weed
Act like you never did drugs just to feel alive
And when it didn’t work you tried attempting suicide
It is like a reflex for me to wonder where I'll eat next
I'm a grown ass man but inside I'm still a street kid
I act real solid but inside I've got a secret
My heart is a been broke bashed bruised and bleeding
And somehow after this I kept on walking
When my leg got taken out I just started hoppin
And when I dressed real nice but inside I was starving
Its cuz there's a warrior inside that keeps on marching
So somehow I've got to find that inner child
That buried under lies that are buried under pride
And allow love to melt the ice so I can arise
To surface the purpose for which I am alive
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7. |
Coming Home
04:23
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Verse 1
I've met the people who hide in the darkness
joined them and became one of the hardest
but it wasnt until i hit rock bottom
i found out who i wasnt
because all had was nothing
so now im at the door step
pacing... sweat dripping from my forehead
cuz if its not important
then how come i cant forget
i want to tell you that im sorry
cuz on the inside it is torture
will you still love me when you know what ive become
Everything's starting to go the way it should be
The things i didnt even know if it could be
This is my chance if i dont grab it thens it gone
window of opportunity only open for so long
dreams coming true freak me out
prophesy about the future is good until its now
Sometimes I wonder if my whole life’s wasted
Other times I wonder if inside resides greatness
(Hook)
I think I'm ready to finally come home
Don't remember what its like to not feel alone
Seems like I've never really known where I belong
But somewhere my heart stayed pure all along
I think I'm ready to finally come home
Don't remember what its like to not feel alone
I've struggled and fought my way through the unknown
But for some reason innocence wouldn't let go
Verse 2
Is anybody out there cuz I cant see a thing
Walking in the dark my heart begins to shrink
I remember this is where I failed my last test
What better place to start from I guess
when you've lived in prison for long
you dont wanna come home
cuz your scared all the love is all gone
blame is piling it up
as the shame is rising up
this pain wont lighten up
I still don’t know who im hiding from
Im trying to learn to trust
want you so much
but every time you I reach to touch I feel like its not enough
so i self destruct
You got help me
rejection's
Made me so fearful and selfish
How can i ignore the all these voices in my head
When i cant change all the wrong that i did
Im still not strong enough to be who im supposed to
I need you so bad you can have me if you want to
(Hook)
I think I'm ready to finally come home
Don't remember what its like to not feel alone
Seems like I've never really known where I belong
But somewhere my heart stayed pure all along
I think I'm ready to finally come home
Don't remember what its like to not feel alone
I've struggled and fought my way through the unknown
But for some reason innocence wouldn't let go
Verse 3
I take my place among the other disqualified
Seems better than always trying to live a stupid lie
Purity, a casualty, the battle to survive
All I can tell God is sorry but I tried...
The world is so cold, so my heart had to be colder
In a very short time I became a lot older
Don’t know how I've carried it all on my shoulders
Or how all this trauma I'll ever get over
When I look back I see a scared and frightened kid
Not the monster they insisted inside of me lived
I now see why I made the choices that I did
All along I was fighting in case you did exist
just a boy, not ready to be a man
Forced to make choices I didn’t understand
Innocence, a sacrifice that seemed necessary
But now I see innocence is you and you really left me
(Hook)
I think I'm ready to finally come home
Don't remember what its like to not feel alone
Seems like I've never really known where I belong
But somewhere my heart stayed pure all along
I think I'm ready to finally come home
Don't remember what its like to not feel alone
I've struggled and fought my way through the unknown
But for some reason innocence wouldn't let go
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8. |
Too Busy Dreaming
03:11
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(Chorus)
My feet on are on the ground but my mind's in the clouds
So many people try to shut you down
No time to worry I'm too busy dreaming
No time to worry I'm too busy dreaming
You can't change tomorrow if your scared of today
That's why I'm focused never afraid
No time to worry I'm too busy dreaming
No time to worry I'm too busy dreaming
Sleep deprived, I've tried to fight to find, something right in life
cuz there is such a fight inside
They say that this time is mine and I think if their right
than I'd rather die
than not shine this little light of mine
a voice from the sky tells me that i must try to fly
and not buy the lie,
I am wholly hoping to hit the highest height
I burn your eyes like cyanide
Blinding the wise and guiding the blind to finally see the light inside
I close my eyes I see the tombs open
The chains on my imagination have been broken
So it looks like I am sleeping but really I am floating
away to place far away cuz I am still hoping..
Even if it's difficult, I've got to be original,
It is critical that they literally look at me and say
There is no typical way he could on his physical strength
It must just be a miracle eh?
(Chorus)
My feet on are on the ground but my mind's in the clouds
So many people try to shut you down
No time to worry I'm too busy dreaming
No time to worry I'm too busy dreaming
You can't change tomorrow if your scared of today
That's why I'm focused never afraid
No time to worry I'm too busy dreaming
No time to worry I'm too busy dreaming
I have learned every mistake in life is forgivable
And what doesn't kill you just proves your unkillable
I know that my purpose in life must be pivotal
the only explanations that i have are spiritual
Ive got a problem and no man can fix it
Only I can take my mind's paradigm and switch it
turns out the answer was so simplistic
Press past fear, ignore critics
They see a different man then who they saw yesterday
But they haven't seen me yet achieve full victory
So I'm not quitting, not until I got everything
Not till I've made my mark on history
Chain reaction like dominos
I have got to go
I dunno
where I'm goin, only the father knows,
Lifes a headache, but we've got the tylenol
My lyrics the prescription and they just keep on poppin those
(Chorus)
My feet on are on the ground but my mind's in the clouds
So many people try to shut you down
No time to worry I'm too busy dreaming
No time to worry I'm too busy dreaming
You can't change tomorrow if your scared of today
That's why I'm focused never afraid
No time to worry I'm too busy dreaming
No time to worry I'm too busy dreaming
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