Wake your mind up, clear your eyes up
  move and rise up before your times up
  clock is ticking, your caught slippin'
  stop to realize, look and listen
    Well I guess that's life
  when you see a dark road up the way
  and I guess that's life
  when you gotta roll through anyway
  now don't scream, don't fight
  fear never ever made it go away
  same ghost town as yesterday
  made you feel like love was miles away
    Wake your mind up, clear your eyes up
  move and rise up before your times up
  clock is ticking, your caught slippin'
  stop to realize, look and listen
    Now those sleepless nights
  thoughts just cloud up my brain
  feeling helpless, repeating the same
  old memories of pain and I wish it would rain, yo
  gimmie starlit skies for dreamland
  I know it's really smaller than it seems but when
  the pressure gets under my skin
  I just wanna get out and scream in the wind, yo
    The world we're livin in is complicated
  the streets that we walk on are dark and jaded
  a wandering suld that's filled with hatred
  in it is poison, the youth is tainted
  social engineering keeps us separated
  media control is highly overrated
  ignorance is bliss to those uneducated
  listen to the message cuz it's time we faced it
    Wake your mind up, clear your eyes up
  move and rise up before your times up
  clock is ticking, your caught slippin'
  stop to realize, look and listen
    I'm controller of my destination
  gotta change my mind to help me break away
  the sun creeps over the hillside to shed this light
  no man could take away
  and I guess that's life
  you see a new side from the norm
  a new direction and meaning to the form
  and the calm in the eye of a storm, yo
    Show me a desert that can never be drenched
  I'll show you a thirst that can never be quenched
  temptation chronicles, the story of my life
  been spent on a dose of balancing strife
  inspiration it comes and goes
  you can bet when it hits, I'm on the phone
  singing to my voicemail trying to get it down
  in a sensation of shape shifting sound
  you're telling fables to cover up your foibles
  from overindulgence on things you find enjoyable
  designed to take my mind away from the truth
  try to make me out to play the sleuth
  they want you to think someone's watching you
  so they can make up a set of rules for you
  I'm just trying to find a path that I can stomach
  just trying to make some sense out from it, unh
  don't stop, don't stop what you got
  don't stop til you find the sweet spot
    Wake your mind up, clear your eyes up
  move and rise up before your times up
  clock is ticking, your caught slippin'
  stop to realize, look and listen