Never Fallin'

down

never fallin' down down down

never fallin' down.

never fallin' down down down

never fallin' down

even if i was blindsided by mack trucks

in the side street in the alley way

in the foreign city

i'd still make it back home

On a highway no bulletins no street signs, no other cars, no radio, no satellite

I'd still make it back home

Connected to the universe

like a string of lights on the holiday

if one's out doesn't mean that the mind of bar who roam the stone

feel the earth y'all the fire water and sky under his home under his clothes, under his blows, under his belt

its the Orion sense of tones i never regret the waking hoursof birth

shot forth on my feet not my fins i am a man to finish it out

don't forget gravity laws

the only thing keeping me from flight

wings of space

infinite night

downward spiral not in sight never

down

never falling down down down

never falling down

great there's no father its

her and her offspring

nobody's offering help

skin aint softening

axe chopped to the ankles

her babies coughing

maybe the check will come today

the waits exhausting

she's the pillar so

she cant be tilted

give her sons

the feeling as though

they got a million to blow

need no stilts to reach the stars

teach the kids to reach with their heads

and they each will be yours

i give a piece of me for her

to have a peace of mind

or a piece of your chicken

cause its ramen all the time

she's thin and getting scared

but she never lets on

many men will not fall cause their mama's head

strong

down

never fallin down down down

never fallin down

pick your feet on up

why don't you get on up

lift your spirits up

damn i know this shit is tough

i flunked in high school

my pops he left me young

i often lost my cool

days i feel my mama's gun

i lost my only son

when my girl she almost died

a bad abortion haunted by a baby's eyes

and every reason lies

cause you know the truth inside

you're feeling like a coward

like the wrong person died

but still you gotta ride

let the years pass em by

never really knowing why

no questions why i'm always high

damn

down down down

never falling down

down down down

never falling down

look

we slipping and slidin'

808 big ridin'

servin' rocks

balling while they conquering and dividing

teeth glistening shining

listening to ourselves lying

believe in a bleedin' ego still trying

identifying with the why and the whats

self hatin is the scars and the cuts that

run deep down

not giving a fuck

behind the sweet sound of the new blues

rattling the truck full of sun roof to the new shoes

chrome

neglect in the home

disrespecting his own

that Sankofa should of shown us

looking back before the time that they owned us

but never really owned a damn thing the spirit

sounded like

down

never falling down down down

never fallin down

i'm hella irresponsible

i'm possibly the cause

of my subsequent downfall

now I take a pause

and reflect on my karma and laws

I've ignored

all the signs that could cause

a turn and redirect my preferred

course of action

before the curse of my ashes

the rehabilitation of the baddest on the planet

will set a mark

a milestone of progress

the life changing tones of my heart

and soul mean the most

learning forces be the search

and exhume all my skeletons

a room full of demons with an angel as a prisoner

she's tortured for the visitors

the listeners who read between the lines

and stay inquisitive to dissect these sentences

down

never falling down down down

never falling down

last night i took a field trip

kind of bent, hopped a fence

cut across a playground

and laid down in a cemetery

reflecting on my past present and current events

speech slurring I vent into the moon

swear she was answering me

not literal

but in the spiritual sense

we spoke me myself and i

but i wasn't alone

in fact it felt like that picture of a beach with footprints

in the sand

you know the poem hanging

in grandmamas home

where does love come from?

where does it go when its gone?

what takes its place

and why does that space turn

hard as stone

another year i am older today

in many ways i've grown

but in my head

them questions still they roam

riding a bike

she said its like cycling in circles

with your eyes closed

no hands blind faith is what she called it man

said life's an ocean with a lot of commotion

once you dive in, yeah it's deep

but if you can swim it ain't mattering

down

never falling down down down

never falling down

down down down

never falling down.