Stranger In the Mirror (feat. Mike Quill)

Titanticlly manic Pulling apart at the seams Not sure who I am But life ain't hard as it seems Cauterize veins To make it Through each day Didn't love who I was So I changed the name To escape the shame Of the person I been But sometimes I be thinkin The new me worse then him Cuz I still don't know Who this person is Looking back at me In these mirror reflections Guess I'll learn as I go Burnin it slow Not sure what I'm worth But know it's more Than my weight in gold And So it goes Life like a light Fading slow Only shining bright As the shade will show Covering up Confidence Feel like it's Never enough Accomplishments Thinkin I could do better I could be more But If I'm At war with myself How I settle the score Looking at the stranger in the mirror Lost inside the thoughts are never clear March 15 Spent the weekend in my head Talking to myself Me myself an I Pushing Fight for the belt Put the mask away The temperature goin make it melt When the pressure really weighs Is when you betting on yourself Put my city on this Told em call me quill Tap the ink inside my pen Sometimes it overspill Elevate my pain Till im feeling lighter than a feather Nah this aint no billy when I play No I play like happy Gil Never had no father figure Nah no uncle Phil All we had was music that we played On out the blue stretched stereo That we played when was little Remember CD's dreaming Yeah one day that will be quill Since 21 I aint keep it PC like Adele Took a bite out of forbidden fruits Now my Adams apple Spit that tree of knowledge For itself Grew these roots out for myself Lying if I said This all was for someone else Judgement in reflection If I saw this man as an adolescent Would I want to be him Or someone else Telling me I changed But im still the same kid Who spent his days In side Screaming out for help Looking at the stranger in the mirror Lost inside the thoughts are never clear The vision is clear The mission is clear Ambitious when the path is lacking And success is feared No hands on the wheel Guiding directions steered Too many questions Lessons testing my will What is love What is trust Two skins one man The math just don't add up To what I want it to be To what I want them to see No poker face When you wear Your heart on your sleeve Bleeding to breathe Feel like breathing to bleed Self deprecation Routing for the enemy Depression had me low Tryin to put an end to me But I failed every attempt Successfully Living on borrowed time Calendar numbered days Low self esteem Self belief come in waves But the frequency dips And gets worse with age Will I ever escape Can i break these chains Did I forge them myself Creating my own hell Through poor decisions And a hatred of self Doubting my potential Mistaking money for wealth And being to damn stubborn To just ask for help Looking at the stranger in the mirror Lost inside the thoughts are never clear Looking at the stranger in the mirror Lost inside the thoughts are never clear