When you look back, you see the patterns in life
analyze ya own path instead of asking advice
I remember putting shows on for my parents so small
singing Richie Valens and my daddy saw the talent in me
bought an album for me.. my first tape, Thriller
I prolly learned the words the first day
them headphones turned a long car ride into the best zone
i swear i never left home when i had em on me
they aint comin off tatted on me
so tell me home room teacher she could back up off me
had a blank tape, VCR, we record marathons we'd see on MTV when we get home
when I learn the routines come and see me mom
be the audience for me while I perform the Beat It song
I see the talent show sign up on the wall
now im getting more obsessive than I ever did before
bright lights, little stage
but to me its more important than my grades
you see me dad? I'm better than you thought
the whole room stopped when I did the moonwalk
rooftops feelin higher than, vitamins for the soul this is home this is me I am him
got a little taste of the rush, this is the paint to my brush
the years pass, i learned a little more
im learning how to sing, i wanna play guitar
still remember pulling up inside my moms car
back in 8th grade shit it all changed when i saw her
she don't go here, she look a little older
lookin like she hopped up out a TLC poster boy its over
thinkin what the fuck i'm wearing?
all the sudden now im caring, im embaressed and i'm staring at her

turnin round and round how i lost my way
the room spinning spinning spinning spinning spinning
turnin round and round how i lost my way
the room spinning spinning spinning spinning spinning

we know what feels right inside
even when its something that we tryna hide
tryna lie, cover up alibi
before you know it, outa sight outa mind
tryna find somethin i could place there
new school different set of rules played here
aint care about the same old
cant wear the same clothes if you tryna chase hoes
and im Beethoven the way I play those
but you know that everything glistening aint gold
feelin cheated like a two time lover
all i seem to care about is how im viewed by others
so , tell me why i forgot who I used to be
let me fly what is god tryna prove to me,
then it came around, i swear my life is like a cycle i should write it down
i'm writing now, I kinda like it might have found something gotta try to hide it while i try to find my sound
at lunch time people always crowd around they be having ciphers I'm too scared to try and hop in now
but maybe one day, some day, I'ma stand up
spit some shit like Canibus like I'm the fuckin man what!
hands up all around and the crowd goes crazy
like the old days maybe
it's easy to forget what you really love
if someone says you can't then you really should
my dad thought I really could way back
got a keyboard now so I could try n learn to make tracks
and pay him back for it bitch I'm makin stacks for the love of my life, thought I found it before tonight
but look at her though, I'm goin in
here we go again


turnin round and round how i lost my way
the room spinning spinning spinning spinning spinning
turnin round and round how i lost my way
the room spinning spinning spinning spinning spinning