Past, Present, Future

Verse 1 - Past
Before the epiphany...
my outlook was nothing short
of a deserted chore on earth
hell hailed faiths fury, while I
shifted through gears with a hurst
sat and I thought on the day of my anniversary of birth
Each day becomes more comparable to the plague
Each vision I get becomes a little more vague
Always searching for the words to say
instead of just saying what comes natur-ally
Dear lord indeed I'd pray
Pray for something one day,
and then go against it all the next
by collecting cars and buying worthless assets
gettin lost in the world of toys and cuban cigars
cause its the only thing that would diminsh the scars
So by my lonely I would...
Connect those dots in the sky with the stars
creating new constellations from Venus to Mars
Wishin he would construct a new highway for me
and cement it with tar
Our selfish devil in us has left us all afeeling ajar
and the only thing left is to change
Man, look where we are...

Chorus:
Take a couple pictures
to see where you stand
on your own two feet
How can you be a better man?
Take a before and after shot
to see how you've changed
It's easy to say you're different now
but have you really changed your ways?

Verse 2 - Present
My current outlook is...
something more than a little bit of fig-
ment of my imagination...
Time to change the record and..
put the vinyl back in its lid
and get back to a moment full of celebration
All I know is...
in order to win you must defeat your opponent
and after you suffice, dont flaunt it just own it
and you gotta forgive if you ever wanna be forgiven,
gotta move on, if you wanna keep on livin
and you gotta stay strong to survive the collision
of the onslaught of our ancestors division
colorblind outlook to ignore the races
takin baby steps to advance each of our paces
erase the hate from our mouth, yea, its tasteless
to fight as one we can't be alienation
to win the wars we can't struggle with segregation
and the FBI can't keep covering up all of the faces
of innocent murder victims and filing them away in cases
gotta discontinue unsolved mysteries
because all it does is create new movie scenes
and news anchors just applaud the extra currency
This is lunacy, when will all the news broadcast stop?
and when will Natalie's body be found?
not by the public, but investigated by a cop
who knows no meaning of the words donut shop.
is that asking alot?

Chorus:
Take a couple pictures
to see where you stand
on your own two feet
How can you be a better man?
Take a before and after shot
to see how you've changed
It's easy to say you're different now
but have you really changed your ways?

Verse 3 - Future
After all is said and done
This is how I wanna see everything come together as one
Religion down to a science of a one creation of a son
instead of a million different branches bein shunned
fighting evil as political hethens breathin down a gun
layin down a law in which can never be un-done
Look what we've done...
The constitution needs re-written
Cause when along comes change
sometimes all you need is a revision
to tap out of submission
Here is my prevision:
Teachers should be paid better
for workin 9 hour days plus more
and goin home to work another 4
before they can open their paycheck that is already pre-torn
no wear and tear physically but their mental aspect is worn
And I think terrorist should be nullified and tourism liquified
I just wish the other nations were some that we could confide
But Diplomatic immunity will no longer garnish you truancy
And if you can speak the language, you fluentcy (fluent-see)
We all just gotta slow it back down
or you'll never even see the time fly by
To busy thinkin' we're the truth
while we're all livin a lie
Let's not be that kinda guy.
Past, Present, Future
The three way crossroad
that is guarenteed to apply

Chorus:
Take a couple pictures
to see where you stand
on your own two feet
How can you be a better man?
Take a before and after shot
to see how you've changed
It's easy to say you're different now
but have you really changed your ways?