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Living the Dream

from Open for Business by Jimmy Jo Bucek

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Living in a nightmare
Scared to wake up
Out of breath running from my ideas
An Imma need a
Night in Tunisia
To ease the procedure
See I’m finally
leaving the rabbit hole
Slowly dying
Time can reevaluate valuable
Validation of my fears
Clear there’s no denying
We all here for theatricals
The world is a ghetto
So you better act natural
Pep in yo step
Stepping into tomorrow
Time to call it how I see
We’ve pushed past uncertainty
These memories a piece of always loving my life
N' if she remember me as a love or a lie
It don’t matter
Life can back track
In a bat of an eye
Chapters go by
Reminders of what I want and what I’m troubled to find
Keep it in mind that

What’s here today
Could be gone tomorrow

What we fear today
Is fear itself
Send help

Living in America
Where you judged by your color not your character
Categorized black white or mixed?
Nobody talk about heritage
Everybody busy talking shit
There’s no side to pick
We riding in the same boat
How long can we go hearing the same story
Don’t close your eyes when you aim it towards me
Shoot your best shot
But remember,
No ifs, ands or buts
No guts no glory
I must insist
If I think it, I can
I do it
My bets down this imperative
People persecuted and perishing
It ain’t fair
Living in America
Where I use superlatives to make you feel superior
Living in America
Where You’ll find statues of murders
Unmasked and staring at you
Cash rules this world its apparent
The truth been apprehended
Printing textbooks that keep pretending
Adding tension
Pretentious narrations with no intentions of sharing
Time is so precious
And this mess is embarrassing
Comparisons sounding controversial
Versions of same plot getting twisted
This is more than chaotic
It’s more than just hectic
It’s cordially dishonest
Dishing amends to the side
N' that’s the end of discussion
The amount of disparity is disgusting
No disguising my dialect of disappointment
Staying disciplined how I’m living
I never break a promise
Never distrusting my gut
I’ll never be part of the problem
Too busy cherishing what I got and it’s all 'cause I was I taught that

What’s here today
Could be gone tomorrow
What we fear today
Is fear itself
Send help

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from Open for Business, released February 5, 2019
Production: Gpops
Mixing and Mastering: Michael Matsakis

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