Time's a wastin...

Time's a wastin
Don't you take your time young man
Keep on driftin
and ain't no tellin where you'll land

Run baby, run, run
Where you runnin to?
And who you runnin from?
Some people may not understand
What it means to be a man
Takin' full command
Cause we're

Livin in a world that's oh so strange
Boy don't let your focus change
Takin out the demons in your range, hey
Livin in a world that's oh so fast
Gotta make your money last
Learn from the past, oh

Time's a wastin
Don't you take your time young man
Keep on driftin
and ain't no tellin where you'll land

Sweet love and sunshine
If it's all in the air
Then it's all on your mind
Breathe baby
Come back to the world
Dig up all your pearls
Teach the boys and girls, hey

Livin in a world that's oh so strange
Boy don't let your focus change
Takin out the demons in your range, hey
Livin in a world that's oh so fast
Gotta make your money last
Learn from the past, oh

Oh baby we need to smile
Oh baby we need to smile
Oh baby we need to smile
Oh baby we need to smile

Time's a wastin
Don't you take your time young man
Keep on driftin
and ain't no tellin where you'll land

Oh baby we need to smile
Oh baby we need to smile
Oh baby we need to smile
Oh baby we need to smile

Oh, oh, oh, oh...

Time's a wastin
Don't you take your time young man
Keep on driftin
and ain't no tellin where you'll land

Ain't no tellin, oh, oh...

“Time’s a Wastin” – Erykah Badu

A little under two weeks and I’ll be 30. Yeah, I’m thinking about it some more. Nothing too serious, just being a little introspective. What am I doing with my life? What have I done maybe would be a bit more accurate. Am I spinning my wheels and not going anywhere, or is that next goal really within my reach? I would like to think that I am on course headed to the next phase of my life, but the thought has to enter my mind occasionally if I am only drifting, with no idea where I am going to land.

30 years
10,957 days
1,565 weeks
262,968 hours
15,778,080 minutes
946,684,800 seconds.

That’s a long time. I can’t help but think about some of my good friends that didn’t get the chance to accumulate those numbers. I have been and will remain grateful for the life that I have lived thus far, never taking anything for granted. Always understanding that things, circumstances, and people all come into your life for a reason. Never pushing for a result before its time – having patience to understand that it will happen when you are ready for it to happen and not one second before. People (myself included) have been too quick to do this, or do that, and end up hurting yourself in the end for the sake of having that car, living in that house, etc. and I no longer have the desire to try keeping up with the Jones’, the Comb’s or anyone else out there claiming to have set the standard to live by.

I set my own standards. I think that I’ve been around long enough to know what I want at this point. Be it considered weird by some people, and refreshing by others, it doesn’t matter anyway you cut it. It’s what has worked for me for almost 262,968 hours, and not to toot my own horn, but things have worked out fairly well for me, save a few unhealthy grudges. No control issues in my relationships. No overly hypocritical views about religion or politics. Living in the city that I love, and loving the city that I’m living in. Cooler than Freddie Jackson sippin on a milkshake in a snowstorm. Cooler than a Polar Bear’s toenails. Saddled up, locked, and loaded for decade number three. Ready or not, here I come. Not letting my focus change, takin out the demons in my range. Most certainly still learning from my past.

LIBERTAD…