Lyrics

Sitting pretty, writing a new ditty.
I'm 'bout to live a new life in a new city.
Shacking up in a bustling new town.
Just a lost boy and I'm trying to get found.

Too busy trying to write these rhymes.
I'm only trying to paint a new sign of the times.
Old dreams can die in new scenes
When you skew with your new priorities.

But I ain't going down like that.
Big slugger like the Babe, you swing that bat.
I've been renewed, Phoenix resurrected.
Out from the ashes, wanna be respected.

Don't wanna be boisterous with my choices
If I'm ever gonna be considered one of the voices
Of our generation, a new sensation.
If I stay right here, I will fall to my temptation.

Chorus:
One of these mornings I'll wake, I'll spread my wings and fly.
And as the clouds start to break, I'm gonna touch the sky.
I'll be as free as a bird, nothing will hold me down.
I'll be as free as a bird, nothing will hold me down.

I got so many things to get off my mind
These are close encounters of a different kind
I can see clearly now where I once was blind.
This information once hard to find.

I'm 'bout to spit the truth
Even if it hurts like the ache of a tooth.
I'm changing so fast, Clark Kent in the booth
Because faith doesn't exist if you're asking for proof.

I don't wanna drown at the bottom of a bottle,
I need all of these skills and I need 'em at full throttle.
To save the music
If you can't take care of it, you're gonna lose it.

I'm coming from the land of the ice and the snow.
Hammer of the Gods is in my hands in case you didn't know.
I'm doing pretty good as far as geniuses go
But I learned back in the day, that you reap what you sow.

Chorus:
One of these mornings I'll wake, I'll spread my wings and fly.
And as the clouds start to break, I'm gonna touch the sky.
I'll be as free as a bird, nothing will hold me down.
I'll be as free as a bird, nothing will hold me down.

We need a new direction, a resurrection
Society's in need of an insurrection
Take some spice for life up off the shelf
Before I help others, I need to help myself.

'Cause life is getting harder every day
Especially when you're trying to figure "how will I pay?"
Before I take a siesta
I need the courage and the will to overcome the pressure

To show my family that I can do this.
They never doubted me, but now I have to prove it.
Lord knows I ain't got a fallback
Just in case music don't give me a callback.

It's not a comeback, I'll stick around for years
At least I hope so. Can't pick another career.
Failure is not an option, that is clear.
But what if I don't make it? That's my fear!

(Do what you want with your life)

'Cause this is how an Unknown King takes the throne.
Everybody looking at him just to see where he's going.
Is he going right to the top, or is he going to flop?
Don't wanna be in the harvest, wanna be the cream of the crop.

Wanna be the greatest alive, make everybody go bat shit.
Bring the musicality right in with the rap shit.
Ain't got a rap sheet, going up with the Rapture
But before it happens, better help me go capture this moment

'Cause it's never happening again.
First impressions stick with you 'til the end.
If you like what you heard, you better tell all your friends.
Become one with the music while your spirit ascends.

But it's never happening again.
First impressions stick with you 'til the end.