I give everyone a chance cause the doctor said abort me
I killed the negative now the world can't ignore me
I ate the planet and I vomited lava
I flushed the toilet on the gossip and drama
No time to be tired, only to be inspired
Cause I write to light people's minds on fire
Turn my doubt to ashes, let this be my greatest song
Every tracks a classic, who cares if it gets hated on
I wrote this to the typewriter rain on the roof
Then the snow fell slow as it whispered the truth
I used to make the sun disappear with my thumb
Now I kill thoughts with words and fight fear with my tongue
We used to crush quarters on the train tracks
Now the pressures similar, I got to keep my brain relaxed
I'm grateful for the memories and to reminisce
We give thanks for the past but Newstalgia is this
There's something to say I see explained
There's always more I can do away with
This is the battle of the past and tomorrow
Thoughts they just live on
My dad used to tell me think before I speak
So I sat down and wrote before I spoke to this beat
If you're listening to this, consider yourself family
Thanks for taking the time to try and understand me
This is for Nikay that I met in Santa Fe
He told me don't sweat it let go and fall into place
So I exhaled expectation and took a breath of patience
Now everything's Newstalgia no memory is wasted
I can still smell the rusty leaves on the pavement
My friend is beating cancer so I know I can make it
Life's a photo, we develop from the negative
You gotta let go of the pain or be a slave to it
Put the past to sleep and awake in the present
Smelled the rain on the sidewalk, the moon was a crescent
Milky Way over me, North Denver under me
I love music, but family's still number 1 to me
There's something to say I see explained
There's always more I can do away with
This is the battle of the past and tomorrow
I'm grateful for the memories and to reminisce
We give thanks for the past but Newstalgia is this
There's something to say I see explained
There's always more I can do away with
This is the battle of the past and tomorrow
Thoughts they just live on