Fountain of Youth

Begin Tell me what time it is In your mind Read between the lines On my face You can see the places I've been And my age isn't juvenile Each day I see before me Is a night I left behind Tell me, where does the time go Tell me if I have passed my prime We live in a society that praises youth But, we're taught that wisdom comes with old age And all the old people hate the youngins They think their generation can't behave And they say maturity comes with each turned page But I've met some immature going gray And more insecure than Issa Rae Cow manure attitudes Need Febreze spray Elders just want to relive their youth But the youth run to adulthood like cheetahs And fake IDs sell like amoeba Movin' so fast I can't see ya Kids yell to the grannies "Wouldn't wanna be ya" And grannies reply the same Tell me why we keep playing these ageist games Make me frozen in time I am The Age of Adaline The world's wisdom is mine But my face, not a single line They say that black don't crack Don't pass that pipe Don't need that high Ride in my Cadillac I'll take us on a velvet drive I feel like time flies But can we change the tempo Switch up the metronome My heartbeat syncopates with each tone So much that I have grown Since I was just a chromosome Can tomorrow be postponed Each day I see before me Is a night I left behind Tell me, where does the time go Tell me if I have passed my prime I wanna sip from the fountain Gotta get the right amount in I wanna sip from the fountain Let's all get a sip from the fountain