Lyrics

[Verse 1]
You may have the perfect life but what do you know
Because you never know when it's your time to go
To all the deceased we honor the names
Which means god bless the memory of Veronica James
Virla woods beverly bussy uncle jimmy my grandpa and monah beesecker
This game of life is chess not checkers
Beverly had an aneurysm grandpa passed from leukemia
Veronica was found murdered in the driveway of an empty home and answers are what myself and her other loved ones are dreaming of
And in my mind I can hear Beverly and Grandpa are telling me to keep my head up and Veronica telling me to chill
and no matter what you do just to keep it real
So that's a promise I I intend to keep
the future of a priceless lion is bleak
at the beginning you may be at your peak
but you could be gone at the end of the week
People tell me to take deep breaths, but I can breathe better while stoned
I get animated then get in the zone
and have music blaring through my headphones
let’s all make peace before they see our headstones
and all my short comings only inspire me to write a song
and my apologies to whoever I did wrong
and your probably wondering, Joe, what took you so long?

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I couldn’t cry when my loved ones dies,
but I hope to see them on the other side
I thought I could do no wrong and had too much pride,
until I had a good look at the other side,
at the other side,
I hope to see my fam on the other side, on the other side,
I thought I could do no wrong and had too much pride,
until I had a good look at the other side

[Verse 2]
Rest in peace to Travon Martin, Troy Davis, and Mike brown
as long as there’s injustice, we ain’t goin’ pipe down
and speaking of justice, we don’t want it now, but right now
I’m trying to make peace with everybody, I ain’t trying to fight now
and you say when somebody dies, it’s hard to believe
and they get mad at me when I where my heart on my sleeve
Well, that’s one chance to express how you feel
and tell your story, you know the deal
and the only rule of thumb here is to keep it real
and I intend to keep that promise, cmon let’s be honest
because when you try to hide your feelings, there’s no honor
because you can be here today, gone tomorrow
and all your loved ones would be in sorrow
and you can or cannot care
and I might take my place upstairs
but I’m not ready to leave my loved ones in despair
I just hope you are aware
that everybody here’s a shining star
and I guess we are who we are

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[Verse 3]
I’ve done a lot of damage that I cannot undo
all because I came unglued
I’ve said things that I knew were untrue
all because I couldn’t control my emotions, what has it come to
I threw a chair over a bridge, I made a bar owner’s daughter feel threatened
all out of anger and rage, but I’ll never be that loony that popped John Lennon
So, Joe, what’s the deal? Hmmm, you want the short or long answer?
before I started smoking more bud, my anger and rage spread like lung cancer,
or any other type of cancer, including leukemia, the one that killed my grandpa
People still do things for me, but I don’t take it for granted
I’ve been there, and I ain’t taking no more chances
I’ve burned bridges,I’ve betrayed people’s trust
What was it over? Nothing but lust.
they tried to be there for me, but I threw them under the bus
I’m one of many with P.T.S.D., and nobody wants to deal with us
I’ve destroyed what I was still building
I was upset that she wasn’t being fair, but why did I make a comment about kidnapping her children?
Jesus Joseph, Even if she has just one, I doesn’t make a difference
It’s still wrong and you KNOW IT!
She didn’t give you a chance because she knew you’d BLOW IT!
Hey we all do stupid shit, so get over it.
because all that ignorant shit is over with
people think I’m hypocritical, but I’ve learned the hard way
It doesn’t take much to turn an easy day into a hard day
but it’s harder vise versa
you can hold a grudge as long as you want, but you are the only one you’ll hurt love
and get the worst of
your own outbursts, duh!
We got two wolves inside of us, one with compassion and generosity
the other with jealousy and greed
the one the wins is the one you feed.

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