9-21-1999

Three days before I was born We lived atop on the 18th floor It was supposed to be a normal day 媽 was in her third waist But while they were asleep They were greeted in the worst way Buildings start to shake Panic in the air My family had luck Managed to flee the stairs The earthquake of the century Foreshadowed my birthday I missed it by that much So unprepared What am I? But a series of my past mistakes Where am I? Yeah I'm always feelin' out of place When am I Gonna learn my fate can change Why do I dismiss to what I am Instead of what I ain't Huh? I don't know how I do it I should see the footage Stay up thru the nights Still zoomin' The reason I'm alive Is by chance Didn't choose it I should've died Before I was born For the music They taught me love thy family I learned to hate myself They've always pampered me That's when you're born in wealth How badly could it damage me I never asked for help Know why they're mad at me My life's a show and tell This Rose Boy's a marginal man Can't relate? I'm too hard to understand Failure's never part of the plan I make art on demand From a faraway land What am I? But a series of my past mistakes Where am I? Yeah I'm always feelin' out of place When am I Gonna learn my fate can change Why do I dismiss to what I am Instead of what I ain't Huh? I don't know how I do it I should see the footage Stay up thru the nights Still zoomin' The reason I'm alive Is by chance Didn't choose it I should've died Before I was born For the music Want a wilting flower Or a wounded bird They tried to kill what's ours They thought we're done for sure This Rose Boy Was so ready To be birthed They had such high hopes for me But I grew up insecure You should know I don't look For a reason how I'm greater But I got the island shook I'm a groundbreaker Move the earth, wind, and fire Might've never had the chance September 21st My fate was in their hands This for all my chinks That think they don't matter It could vanish in a blink No happy ever after I've been 'round the ring And stuck behind a pattern Just remember one thing That I had to master There's no meaning to life Just live it So carry on With what and who you love 'Cause There's no meaning to life Just live it You'll never know when it's taken within an instant