A Little About Me

In case you're a little late getting to know me
 Let me show the
 Window to my soul
 So we can take a stroll
 We'll occasionally stall
 To knock down some more walls
 I used to be ridiculed
 By some kids in school
 Which probably makes me like you
 But they never got me down no matter how hard they tried to
 Because I liked being a nerd
 It wasn't until I started seeing with words
 That I heard
 That being smart was dumb
 And blazing skunk was fun
 By those standards I'm a bore
 I don't need to get high to soar
 If I had grown to be a man
 In Japan
 I'd likely be an otaku
 But I decided to stop to
 See things from every perspective
 And stayed reflective
 So I could see through the mirror
 To get a clearer
 Image of the universe
 And took the time to rehearse
 Before getting on stage
 Let my heart feel the words before flowing from the pen to the page
 Now I use the Yen to make change
 So I say Arrigato Gozaimasu
 So we can look forward not behind us
 Through the power of song
 I know we belong
 This is a little about me
 No one has touched my life as much as my mother
 And yes, I will always love her
 Even though she died half my life ago
 Which caused the tears to flow
 She'll always be my hero
 She's why I worked full time while taking 20 hours of classes
 Without the outcome being disastrous
 Like her I can work hard and still give love
 And I know that will always be enough
 That's why I've smiled through many of the tough
 Times during my journey
 Doing what I could to earn the
 Money to continue
 And was rocking empty venues
 Not ordering from the menu
 Because I could only afford peanut butter and bread
 Having no money caused me no dread, instead
 I loved everyday even when my bed
 Was the passenger seat of my car at a rest stop
 I was thinking nothing but blessed thoughts
 And I don't believe in growing old
 And don't care what I've been told
 Listening to old school hip-hop
 Thinking about what makes me hit stop
 Versus hit rewind
 To replay the verses in my mind
 Rehearsing as I find
 When cursing in a rhyme
 Increases my retention
 By piquing my attention
 Instead of hurting my ears
 I work in my fears
 So they don't come true
 As I run through
 What drives me
 And keeps my speed at 90
 This is a little about me
 I care too much about other people
 To be driven by the root of all evil
 I keep an open mind
 And I hope in time
 My flows and rhymes
 Will show you my
 Heart and soul
 As my art extols
 Benefits
 I hope you're getting it
 I'd love to bridge the gap from first to last
 But first perhaps
 I should concentrate
 On making differences in small ways
 Being a good friend on all days
 Listening to my friends' problems
 Even if I have no clue how to solve them
 Taking risks as I put myself all in
 Because I'll definitely lose if I don't try
 And I won't die
 Without living for right now
 As I put the mic down
 I still have my life to live
 So I'll earn my right to give