Man I Used To Be

I tried it, I couldn't find it Now I just wanna get back to me Oh baby, hoo hoo Back into the man I used to be I tried it, I couldn't find it Now I just wanna get back to me Oh baby, hoo hoo hoo Back into the man I used to be Things that I said I wouldn't do, I did 'em Secrets below the surface of truth I hid 'em This mankind is past, but can he erase The tears of a million years is human race Of animals, that talk and walk upright Then slave all day and fall in a trance at night Flowing the planet, trying to find missing links Like the men we used to be and are we suppose to think? Mysteries, maybe not It's getting hot, we better configure the plot, but I hold a pen with the grip so tight That'd squeeze the ink onto the page And write a song for the people Came up from the underground Now I write above on a hovercraft of sound This microphone is like an amphetamine Keeping me clean, speaking in dreams So nature can intervene, just for a scene I tried it, I couldn't find it Now I just wanna get back to me Oh baby, hoo hoo Back into the man I used to be I walk a long path alone, my feet hurt Lost some friends along the way, I did dirt I went to church, I tried everything From leaving my body, to watching the birds sing For hours, so I could feel heavenly powers Had been across the universe and inside of flowers But what is it worth? I'm still just a man on the earth While rappers are acting like man tan Can I be candid? I can't stand it Rap bandit, got heaven acting frantic I wanna swing my sword decapitate But what is a man if he acts like an ape? So I sit back, planning my great escape Load up my EPS and peruse my record crate The man I used to be, I can only see by looking beyond me So what is reality? I don't know I tried it, I couldn't find it Now I just wanna get back to me Oh baby, hoo hoo Back into the man I used to be Back into the man I used to be Back into the man I used to be I tried it, I couldn't find it Oh baby, hoo hoo Wrong song You know what I woke up in the morning I took a trip to the corner store That's when I heard my calling But I'd never heard the voice of truth before So I kept on walking Pretending I didn't see Walked by a window and my reflection said to me "You could try all the same" "But you'll never know this mystery There's no pilot on your plane So you're not the man you used to be Try all the game, but you'll never know this mystery When your pie has no plate" Said, "You're not the man you used to be" Sayin' ya holla and ya holla, you follow you fall Ya holler and ya holla, ya follow ya fall Ya holler and ya holla, ya follow ya fall Ya holler and ya holla, ya follow ya fall Ya holler and ya holla, ya follow ya fall Ya holler and ya holla, ya follow ya fall Yo, microphones get ripped holding us back K dash rocking it out, rocking the cold style Making it up, go along singing my song Woke up, in the early morn didn't know what was going on Whatever, I don't really know Flows like an immaculate goat what up, whatever