Story Not Story Lyrics

I was gonna go into some autobiographical shit like some other cats do at the end of their hip-hop records

You know, sharin' their stories, talkin' about how they came up, who helped em out, that type a deal

So I wrote this whole thing up, tryina chalk up the past few years in a paragraph or so

But I looked at what I'd written and it just felt like it could never be enough

It felt distilled

Well I'm sick of the stories anyway

Same thing over and over again, reinforcing who we think we are and all that

Well I feel the past in my body every day, I know it's there

But I'm not tryina dwell on it anymore, as hard as that may be

And I'm not even talkin' about good or bad, none a those value judgments on how I grew up

Where I been, who I been, none a that

The story just feels over-told at this point

Hackneyed, if you will

Not to say isn't a magical story

Numinous, full of love, beauty, pain and grief

So many ideas and emotions that make a story exciting and entertaining

I'm just not gonna tell it right now

Guess I just came here to say that I don't feel like it

Plus, you just heard a fair amount

So, shit, I don't know

Be kind, be grateful, and do your best to feel good in these tough times

There's a lot to live for