(Verse 1)
Stages, he’s feeling contagious, honestly a feeling that you couldn’t even pay for it’s
Sense of wonder not a sense of payment, I mean that in three different terms when I say it-
Find that frame and put a picture unpainted, pissed kids faint, while I sit there amazed n
Awe. Picture on a wall, kids on see-saws now play saw,
a game, of life and death. Jigsaw puzzles on a picnic bench.-
Ignored, Lakers scored, I’m a Dr. tell me, where you soar
I mean in life, where do you fly, if you say where I’m at it’s do or die.
I’m a problem, plus 99, percent of the time, I can barely rhyme
To….. the ignorant youth, who wanna say “trash” when i’m telling the truth
And if i put bass behind a poem, i go from “who cares”, to “i’m the one who knows him”-
So J-O-S-H, T-H-E…I-D-I-O-T-I-C, - says it, I spell it cause most kids can’t
Ironic, idiotic is what i am.
(Chorus)
Find your stage.
(Verse 2)
Stages, sudden anxiety. sudden rush but fine lines aren’t defining me
Different colored minds come in different varieties, Laugh at the bad past, not maniacally.
Finally, a look at society, to see the bad truths and the times that they lied to me.
Hiding from the past but the future is finding me. Maybe it’ll work if i hide more quietly.
Seems like I’m spying, ideas, that only I see. Rhymes seem cold, matter of fact, icy.
Scratch that, i’m not trying to be cool. If i was then I would be lying to you too.
Cause, dude. That’s all we ever do. Lie to make our brothers look like some fools.
I’d fix it myself but I don’t have the tools. And If I did I probably wouldn't use it on you
Beating your chest after cleaning your mess, keep on talking bout how your the best
Treat my heart like a toy chest, if you play with my feelings, you clean the mess
Stages, levels of progress, stressed yet they still question the process
Proceed to say there name, and blame em when tested…God Bless
(Chorus)
Find your stage.
(Verse 3)
Stages, theatre kid, I don’t act my age, I act curious.
Questions, eye in pyramids, and appearing to make you furious
for the people who like to act special, take away power, get em off your mental
So I guess there winning, as I speak, the most fake smiles go cheek to cheek
All they wanna talk about is how you dress, and every single follower is scared to death
Honestly, and that’s for the best, question yourself but don’t second guess
Don’t address, never be like the rest, and uncommonly make common sense.
Ask for change when I put in two sense, and spend your life, like your last expense.
(Verse 4)
start: 3:55
Stages, act different, important dates, like the rocks i’m skipping.
Another drink on the rocks your sipping, and I can’t even tell who you are, gone missing.
… and that’s no diss it’s, The whole number, but missing a few digits.
Offended by religion, I try to tell you i’m living, and you tear it apart, like it’s division.
Piece by piece, day by day, all wrong telling you the right way.
Your acting funny, but you don’t play, while Josh makes his way onto the stage.
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