(Verse 1)
Over 40 years on this planet, half the average lifespan of a man has passed by as I continue to battle half-wise/half naive as I see through a inapt eyes,
…Take that time frame divided by my optic devices to find the span defined by all the years I tried to entice fans to listen after I would write rhymes,
To keep it real… this all started with a dream & no idea how to bring it to life,
Chuck a beat on a 4-track, hit record, way before I had kids & a wife,
A visionary, maybe a cynic? Masapeal, with ethics to spit ILLimericks…
I guess those flows …wrecked some shows but left bones ready to go in espanol… (adios Wesos!)
(Chorus)
Some things were meant to last (forever)
Some things were meant to come to an end,
…When the weather shifts, it’s time to move on to the next season.
I’m at peace with the friends God chose to keep in my life who lift up and encourage me,
& my enemies will not cause me to stop, I press on, I just shake the dust off.
(Verse 2)
So many memories left in the silence breathed between words that I’ve already said, I wanted peace but some things just seemed to be destined to escalate to an extreme degree,
When it was fresh, I elected not to name names, heard the diss track, in fact to this day I would maintain you tried to pass the blame, it didn’t really sound like you were on your A game,
So we had to part ways, it basically made me ta…ke a step back & start to pray daily!
Still thankful for the way that wayward friendship paved the path for the A-Men!
…wasn’t looking for strife, you know I couldn’t co-sign on you committing crime, although I prayed you would own the pain you created, Aye yo, but you just changed your name to David.
(Chorus)
Some things were meant to last (forever)
Some things were meant to come to an end,
…When the weather shifts, it’s time to move on to the next season.
I’m at peace with the friends God chose to keep in my life who lift up and encourage me,
& my enemies will not cause me to stop, I press on, I just shake the dust off.
(Verse 3)
That was not an anomaly, not the last time this music caused me to be at odds with someone I thought was a friend but honestly I saw there was no reciprocity.
Put it out in the open, no lies, had tried to reconcile, brushed off, so I
Didn’t look back, years passed, time flies,
Got a call claiming to wanna try…
to talk, but the truth is all you really wanted was an apology, which I humbly offered,
despite the fact that it was you who did wrong,
What I did was tell the truth in a song,
By the time the topic switched up to your conduct,
You weren’t about making up, quick to hang up,
So slick, with a temper so explosive your actions really betrayed your motives.
(Chorus)
Some things were meant to last (forever)
Some things were meant to come to an end,
…When the weather shifts, it’s time to move on to the next season.
I’m at peace with the friends God chose to keep in my life who lift up and encourage me,
& my enemies will not cause me to stop, I press on, I just shake the dust off.
(Verse 4)
The show must go on at any cost, it’s not free.
discouraged by so many things I’ve seen happen behind the scenes in this industry!
Is this a business or is it a ministry?
A man can’t serve two masters, trying to only ends in disaster,
Yet that’s the path that we choose to tread, we create Christian celebrities instead of men who know how to demonstrate the faith we cultivate betas who tend to propagate the myth of a pedigree they can’t claim,
Like the time a quote youth pastor named David threw my crew out on the street for proclaiming the Gospel too openly,
and despite any talk of betrayal, loss, and deception I still think Redemption Rocks!
(Chorus)
Some things were meant to last (forever)
Some things were meant to come to an end,
…When the weather shifts, it’s time to move on to the next season.
I’m at peace with the friends God chose to keep in my life who lift up and encourage me,
& my enemies will not cause me to stop, I press on, I just shake the dust off.
credits
from 11:44,
track released September 1, 2023
Produced by eCsiLe
A musical artist with a love for lyricism and musical expression… After releasing his first solo album in 2011, he began
work on a sophomore effort titled "Painful Inhabitance." Before it was released, eCsiLe disappeared from music.
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