Heartbeat

From my heartbeat into my soul
Melodies, tellin’ me, this is my home
And I’m way up when I’m high
I have to stay up ‘til I die

It’s one in mornin’
I’m in here recordin’ and some
Of you wonderin’ why?
Well, I can’t explain it
Almost like my soul’s emaciated
A hunger that can’t be satiated by design
These rhymes write themselves: an
Outpouring’ of my mind like a first dance
Or first glance every time
My worst jams still speak to me in every line
Whatever the circumstance
These beats help me define
Music’s like my therapy
No need to shrink my mind
Fell in love ‘fore I could talk
Trippin’ the light fantastic ‘fore I
Even learned to walk
Fiendin’ like a fanatic, treatin’
It like a romantic
Have to have it or my heart could stop
So bring me that drop, make sure it’s hot
And forget the clock
Whether it’s four hours or five minutes
I’ll take what’s given and try
To stretch the limit
Only really livin’ when I’m
Sittin’ givin’ listen so listen:
Music gives me vision and I’ll take every
Chance I get to live it

Whether it’s Beethoven or ‘Hov
Double bass or the Rhodes
Every note another treasure trove of gold
Seven fold, follow the metronome
Piano licks like yellow bricks
Alway stretchin’ home
Get me mellow quick, like when Othello flips
Monticello’s bricks to a modern day Sage
Donatello’s hit's to a scholar of his ways
Always pumpin’ through my
Veins, nonstop, nah, nah
Man I swear we got this game on lock, on lock
No way I’m not the same, I’m hot, na na
Don’t you ever try to say I’m not, I’m not
Draw inspiration from the greatest
If I’m not on top, I didn’t make it
Famous is when I’m engraved
Next to the best, to heck with the rest
This music moves me passionately
Can’t settle for adequacy
Good enough is only good enough
If good enough could erupt
If music is the universal language
Allow me to interrupt: I’m the next one up