Lyrics
the lonely man walks down the road
never lookin back on the outside
i don't know what you've been told
but he's gone, he's gone, he's gone
i remember way back, yea way back when
chillin as child, sittin in my play pen
never knew all the drama i'd be in
never knew about all the trouble i'd be seein
like trials and tribulations, rise of the nations
learned too quick how to be patient
patience is a virtue you must find
like it's darin you to hone the skills of your mind
and no matter how kind you are, to a lion
you're just another meal, who's waitin in line
to be next, you're vexed, unless you're willin to flex
and step up to test yourself against the rest
all my life i've struggled against bein a mess
pushin towards the limit, break it and be the best
the only one, i've been waitin for this moment
it's time for me to step up and own it, like
will the crowd now please stand up
i want y'all to throw each hand up
thanks em for the lyrical flow, you the man you know
but i gotta do my own thing, and man up
like all my life i've been told to be warm
accept others and all their mistakes with open arms
but what am i to do when this world and those others
wouldn't give two sh** s if i was strapped to a bomb
this is my life, until i meet my wife
no one deserves to be a part of the inside
and all these emotions i feel, i will hide
like any knowledge of expression i had just died
someone taught me a valuable lesson in the past
told me how people can turn on you so fast
and the only way you can get out without a scratch
is if you step on your heart, become emotionless at last
the lonely man walks down the road
never lookin back on the outside
i don't know what you've been told
but he's gone, he's gone, he's gone x2
i remember way back, yea way back when
chillin as child at the age of ten
had to make major changes, leavin the states
for a new world 6000 miles away
had no idea where i was goin
but i was like f*** it i'll just go with the flow and
the memories were nice but i got places to go
got people to meet, got years left to grow
optimism was nice, but i had problems though
a lot of people were lookin at me funny yo
nah kiddin, i was a pretty regular kid
had a reason for every single thing i did
brought up with logic, no sense in it then dodge it
got hit by a bullet but had the skill to dislodge it
it's like, if you fall you gotta get back up
trust me, noone else is gonna give a f***
if you make it back alive, or live to survive
yea you try and try, motivated with drive
listen to me twice cuz i ain't gonna lie
if you make it then great, you get to keep your prize
otherwise, learn to live with people who despise
and wanna take what's yours, another piece of the pie
imagine workin hard all your life, like mine
and gettin cheated out of somebody else's design
next time, take a message please
these haters are gettin a little bit heavy on me
i just need a little room, cuz i can hardly breathe
like when i open my eyes, and i can hardly see
grab the future, you own it, and take a while as you hold it
to shape it and mold it, and save it from the people who sold it
grab a coat, wrap it round, get ready for the cold
cuz it only gets colder the more that you grow old
the lonely man walks down the road
never lookin back on the outside
i don't know what you've been told
but he's gone, he's gone, he's gone x2