Staying in touch Lyrics

Everyone wants to be a teacher

But few are good disciples

I receive advice in tear drops

Yet, hand it out in water buckets

Staying in touch with a friend is like cleaning a stronghold so no moss grows

Find something to be grateful for

Even in times of despair

Be patient in times of struggle, for it is like a tree that loses its leaves in the fall and barely survives the winter only to be refreshed and full of life come spring

Overtaking on the right is like cutting in front of the lunch line

Do we not all operate at the same time?

Why are you more important than them?

You'd be more patient in the country

Oh you're feeling lost in the crowd of the city?

I assure you your spot is reserved

Park and pay the meter

I have been around the pastures

Trodden underfoot the lilies

Yet even they rebound back up

Life still permeates throughout their strings

All that pressure couldn't put them out

When you mock someone condescendingly

Berating them with entourages of insults

You murder them in the spirit

Be polite and encourage a brother

If I'm knocked down, I retrace myself and usually find an infraction

Karma is merely God's justice, how righteous!

Days blending into eons

The stem of a rose is rooted better than a dandelion,

This is to say, better to be a warrior in a garden,

Rather than a gardener in a war

If you live by the sword

Oh wait, you've already heard the word

Perverse people will have their thoughts read aloud as if their forehead is a window for another to view into

The cook, when preparing a meal, doesn't cook 1 entree and call it a masterpiece,

He seasons it with a multitude of ingredients before preparing other side dishes in order to serve a full plate

Having a multitude of skills will increase your value,

Being knowledgeable in various domains can only help you

Finish the task at hand, a master of 10,000 hours can do just about anything in his field,

but a man who has done everything there is to do on earth for 20 hours may be able to replicate his success, but he'll never innovate nor be able to teach what he has learned

A master of all is a master of none. Be a jack of all trades

Eventually your skill will be capped, everyone has a peak they cannot surpass

Students pick their teacher, be better learner, no one likes a complainer, better to hold your peace

Life will teach you more than an original piece, book, or orator

What's behind the mask in mirror

Absolutes are the best things to come by, some men offer wicked hypotheticals, call it intellectual and use it as an excuse to promulgate evil

Despite your past don't let it guard you and prevent you from building a better future

Your reputation starts before the age of reason, guard it, build it up, and preserve it

Seeds go a long way, keep planting, some will sprout

I wrote down only 1 thing in my journal in 2018, it was true in 2019

You can't understand everything, it's combinatorically explosive, but know, I'm not taking my own advice here, because I want to know everything

I know that I don't know enough