So Much Time - SHOOTYZ GROOVE

For this girl named Sunshine

He started shooting up his main line

Didn’t take time 'til he was hook, sinker and line

Not a thinker, he dreamed of being a rock and roll singer

And he was gifted in many ways, the kid was gifted

He could cop the heroin from Shaolin to 125th

Kid, let’s get explicit

He tore apart his arms, his mind, body and soul

He tried to tax his homies' mom

For her purse and her personal belongings

He longing for a fix so hard he forgot about his wife and kids

My God, what type of shit is that?

If that ain’t the straw that broke the camel’s back, bust this

He pimped his wife and sold his kids!

Now one little whisker pulled a ship to shore

The same one pulled the whole band off tour

Mad strong, 8 million miles long

With a tight grip enough to make a sane man flip

So much time, wasted, gone by

Could have been just someone else

So much time, wasted, gone by

But I blame it on myself

Cause I hold on to, when there’s nothing

Nothing I hold on to, when there’s nothing at all

I saw a man on a train platform playing his horn

Threw some change in his hat cause I dug his song

I could tell he had problems of the world today

But it still didn’t stop him from his subway serenade

It was sticky, sweaty, hot on the Times Square station

But this old man gave me a big inspiration

Had me thinking to myself

Damn and I be stressing shit

Help me God, take me out of this hell hole

But this man was stone

He had the world on his shoulders, in a struggle

Didn’t even have a teddy bear to cuddle with

Alone, solo, no family involved, but he still stood tall

Giving it his all and all

Cause life is too precious and even in the trenches

God has his intentions, pay real close attention

You could live your life doing nothing but expecting

But remember that the future is created in the present

And that’s now y’all

Right now

So much time, wasted, gone by

Could have been just someone else

So much time, wasted, gone by

But I blame it on myself

Cause I hold on to, when there’s nothing

Nothing I hold on to, when there’s nothing at all

Break it down

So much time

(And so he sang)

Cause I hold on to, when there’s nothing

Nothing I hold on to, when there’s nothing at all

So much time, wasted, gone by