Wrote this three years ago, and it couldn’t be anymore true to this day….

At all of 3:21 in the mornin
My pen and pad meet again
Once Again
To ode my addiction
To the staff notes cords
And vibratos

Some are addicted
To a little white rock
Some are addicted
To a chopped up herb
Some are addicted
To that little white pill

You all know the stories
‘It wasn’t my fault
I dont know how it happened
I had to find a way
To escape to problems of the day
I had to make it numb
So i couldn’t feel the pain
Some even say
Wrong place, wrong time
Or
My friend wanted me to try

Now look what THAT addiction got them
Tryin not to drop the soap
or
Left families with no hope

But not I said the Youngin’!
I found my addiction
And its FDA approved
I dont have to sneak it, snort it, shoot it, or smoke it.
I dont have to put it in a pot
Add some baking soda and water
And cook it til it gets hard
I wont get locked away
For listening to Coltraine
I dont think the Chi-Lites are gonna kill me
I doubt Aretha and Nancy
Are gonna give me nightmares
However, that Strange Fruit
Yes, that fruit, hanging there
That simple diddy
That’ll give anyone a scare

What ever happened
To the day when Musicians had something to say
To the time when
It was cool
To say something that meant something?
What ever happened to the Marvin Gaye’s?
Oh wait,
His own daddy killed him
Where in the world is Arrested Development, Mavis Staples and Sade?

Well, I dont know where they are
But I know where I am
I sit here
Addicted to that ‘next track’ button
Addicted to the marriage
of the word and the melody
Addicted to the voices
Addicted to the lyrics
Addicted to the bass, hi-hats,808, and snares
Addicted to the guitar, violins, chellos
Addicted to the ebony and ivory keys
That officiate the marriages
Of those words and melodies

The melodies help me keep my sanity when I feel like the world is tryna murder me
I see songs when I sing and hear notes when i listen to my heart beat

And I have one thing to say about my addiction
‘If there’s a cure for this, i dont what it, I dont want it’
=)♫