Sunday's Lyrics - Man I Used To Be by K-OS

Every now and then I like to stop and ask myself, where am I, where am I going and where was I?  I often feel like I’m in a race against the clock, trying to make the most out of what life has to offer.  There is no telling when our final hours may be.  My greatest fear is reaching the pearly gates and having God say “Nicole, you lived a good life… But, you know you could have lived a GREAT life.” 

So, while I might stumble along the way and even backslide, as long as I can take notice, make necessary corrections and move in the direction I desire, I know the greatness that life has to offer will be fully experienced. 

I believe it is easy for us to lose sight of life.  Just because you are alive doesn’t mean you are living.  Conformity and the rat race beckons daily.  When we are kids we paint a picture beyond our adult imagination and somewhere we lose sight of it. 

I like this song because it paints a picture of a man trying to find the person he used to be.  Somewhere along the way he lost sight of himself, values and principles.  And in so doing, he finds himself doing things he never thought he would do.  He’s searching… searching… searching desperately.  But at least he has realized he isn’t on the path he desires to be and is trying to make that change.

And for this he should be praised… It’s never too late to be the type of person you desired to be… It’s okay if you’ve taken some backward steps if you are willing to start moving forward…The real tragedy is when we settle…

Sunday's Lyrics - Man I Used To Be by K-OS

I tried it, I couldn't find it
Now I just wanna get back to me
ohh baby, hoo hoo
Back into the man I used to be

I tried it, I couldn't find it
Now I just wanna get back to me
ohh baby, hoo hoo
Back into the man I used to be
Things that I said I wouldn't do, I did 'em
Secrets below the surface of truth I hid 'em
This man kind is past, but can he erase
The tears of a million years is human race
Of animals, that talk and walk upright
Then slave all day and fall in a trance at night
Flowing the planet, trying to find missing links
Like the men we used to be and always suppose to think
Mysteries, maybe not
It's getting hot, we better configure the plot, but
I hold a pen with the grip so tight
That'a squeeze the ink out'ta the page, and write a song for the people
Came up from the underground, now I write above on a hovercraft sound
This microphone, like an an amphetamine
Keeping me clean, speaking in dreams
So nature can intervene, just for a scene
I tried it, I couldn't find it
Now I just wanna get back to me
ohh baby, hoo hoo
Back into the man I used to be
I walk along this path alone, my feet hurt
Lost some friends along the way, I did dirt
I went to church, I tried everything
From leaving my body, to watching the birds sing
For hours, so I could feel heavenly powers
Had been across the universe and inside of flowers
But what is it worth, i'm still just a man on the earth
Rappers are acting like man tan
Can I be candid, I can't stand it
Rap bandit, got heaven acting frantic
I wanna swing my sword decapitate

I tried it, I couldn't find it
Now I just wanna get back to me
ohh baby, hoo hoo
Back into the man I used to be

But what is a man if he acts like an ape
So I sit back, planning my great escape
Load up my EPS and peruse my record crate
The man I used to be, I can only see by looking beyond me
So what is reality, I don't know

I tried it, I couldn't find it
Now I just wanna get back to me
ohh baby, hoo hoo
Back into the man I used to be

[Outro]
wrong song
You know what
I woke up in the morning
I took a trip to the corner store
That's when I heard my calling
But i'd never heard the voice of truth before
So I kept on walking
Pretended I didn't see
Walked by a window and my reflection said to me
You could try all the same
But you'll never know this mystery
There's no pilot on your plane
So you're not the man you used to be
Try all the game, but you'll never know this mystery
When your pilot has no plane
Said you're the man you used to be seen
Holla and ya holla, you folla you fall
Ya holler and ya holla, you folla you fall
Ya holler and ya holla, you folla you fall
Ya holler and ya holla, you folla you fall
Ya holler and ya holla, you folla you fall
Ya holler and ya holla, you folla you fall
Yo, microphones get ripped holding us back
K dash rocking it out, rocking the cold style
Making it up, go along singing my song
Woke up, in the early morn didn't know what was going on
Whatever, I don't really know
Flows like an immaculate goat what up, whatever