ESSENCE OF ME

You ever get something you didn’t ask for?

You ever get something, you weren’t trying?

You ever get get something you never wanted?

Because you happened to be lying?

You ever stood on a table?

Like in an MTV video?

Like you had some intended purpose?

In the middle of a tech studio?

You ever rapped like triumphant?

Like you just had it inside?

Like no matter what came out of you?

It would still BE your guide?

Like you could be a master

- of every last word?

Like the last one that happened

Was the first thing you heard?

You ever wanted to be something

So bad you could die?

But then in the end it just happened

And you never asked yourself why?

You ever try to speak plainly?

So others would listen?

You ever try to be something?

That gets another’s attention?

You ever try to be better?

Than you ever were before?

You ever tried to speak simply

To someone who’s a boar?

You ever try to break open?

All the things that you’ve done?

All the battles you’ve lost?

And all the things that you’ve won?

You ever wondered if answers,

Were someone else’s goal?

You ever wonder if your future?

Could ever be yours?

It’s OK to be something

It’s OK to be plain

To be fueled by your anger

To be fueled by your pain

To strive to be someone

You were not before

To cause another to laugh

Who is often a boar,..

It’s OK to be something

• You never thought you could be

You can still find it tomorrow

In your essence of “me”