wrote this in about 10 minutes and afterward decided to record it as a spoken word
Story behind the song
asked my friend for a topic and she said "write about life like a road trip, bumps in the road, stopping to get gas, hitch-hikers and all that" and I told her "that's a great topic but something I can't really relate to cuz I haven't been through anything" and she told me to write about that so about 10 minutes laTer this is what I came up with
Lyrics
in the life and times of a young lady like me...
haven't been through much, but learned from what I’ve seen
don't gotta make the mistake myself to learn the lesson,
maybe that in itself is my life long blessing..never stressing...
I commit sins and know there's a need for my confession,
but only those I hold dear to my heart will hear the words
only they see letters on pages turned to salt water verbs
like blind men gaining vision, my existence is as blank pages turned,
no seen evidence, yet still tell lessons others may need to learn
with "self" I'm mostly unconcerned, my ears are for recieving..listening...
combine my anatomy, for my mouth is a piece for advice giving
through "others issues" my "problems" are vicariously living…
been to many a funeral, but never known the face in the casket
and felt like my life had gone to HELL in a hand basket
never felt such pain and I can't mask it..yeah fantastic
never have, but know when a love's lost you don't bounce back like elastic...
not a moment in my life can be considered remotely tragic,
but I know 21 and a 1/2 isn't forever so I won't out last it
though I've yet to truly experience it, to imagine less would be outlandish
for I know in life, "pain" along with "death" are two things that won't soon vanish