Well it seems so early

Like dewdrops on my mind

I've just begun to realize

The things I could not find

Just like I was told as a child

By the greatest man who ever shined

I'm just wakin' up

Just smelling the coffee

I'm just wakin' up

To the sweetness of life

He said life isn't easy

But he told me from a different point of view

He said, "You've got to watch your back, boy

Everybody's gonna love you

And everybody hates somebody, somebody loves

Watcha gonna do?"

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He said, "There's something I've got to tell you

Before I send you out on your own"

And then there was a stare so deep, my man

It chilled me to the bone

"It's somewhat like a legacy, it can't be left alone"

(Chorus)