25 Tracks

I promised you we'd meet up in a week's time

That was nearly two years ago

And even though we don't really speak

I'm happy with the voice I hear through my earphones

Cause I listen to your material now more than ever

And with every punchline I'm like wow, you're clever

I was there when you were making them up

So it's surprising that I still get so surprised

At how amazing they are

But I grin like a fool when I hear your lyrics, man

Even thought they're throw-away lyrics that you wrote for fun

I love the fact that I'm your biggest fan

But I hate the fact that I'm only the biggest cause I'm the only one

The cd's outdated but I need you on my playlist

So I downloaded your 25 tracks to my ipod

And they hurt me every time I make a journey

To play a gig where you should be the headline act

You can find me floating sky-bound

When you tell me it's my time now

And if I never, ever find out

You will find me floating sky-bound

Right now

Now I've got a few famous names in my phone book

But you're a mate before these friends and I know I should call ya

I love your food for thought and it's always home-cooked

But I'm away on more weekends than a pro footballer

It's partly my fault that we grow further apart

Every time my status grows a foot taller

But you head my list of the best that ever lived

Even when the list is in no particular order

There's no way you're giving me your share of the blame

Cause when you think realistically it's fairer to say

That you quit the game but still remained ahead of your time

Than it is to say that mr pane has left you behind

You should be way past my level with a career of your own

The world'll never know that you're the rightful heir to the throne

Cause I'll refuse to play you for the listening pleasure and then explain to them

Why my friend'll never make a penny from entertainment

You should've been the greatest ever

I've never put a better playlist together

Than the one with the 25 tracks

That I set as a benchmark whenever I rap

I've got a friend who should be everybody's favourite artiste

And nobody chosen him because they can't see

That he's there because he never wrote for fame, just peace

Nobody knows him, nobody but me