My Coloring Book

[Verse 1]
Its just the same old song, forgot the words and hummed the melody/
Broke the knob off for my liking, banked in the left corner pocket/
Hold souls in the clutch, with a bad touch of memory/
Spoke to God soft one night and climbed aboard the moving object/
Used disturbing version of classic draws his line in the sand/
For you to cross, fire warning shots and knock the target off/
Got tossed to a fall from grace under firing squad/
Carpool schools of thought, perched it high upon the bar stool/
The blue sky's crooked tooth grin just calls out for my company/
But I tell you all of my secrets when I'm locked inside my room/
I long to feel the grass so green as the concrete glides while under me/
Its the price I pay to give mankind a catchy little tune/
I wanna stomp holes in the groundwork, shake foundations design/
Find sight for sore eyes, blinded by I'm just wasting my time/
Harness the nervous energy when I paint outside the lines/
I want to scribble inside the coloring book 'til the picture becomes mine/
I'm just a poor mans version of rocking with a chronic breathing problem/
I live a couple miles down from Sodom with my finger on the button/
And y'all can't tell me nothing I ain't seen or heard or read about/
Suck the sky into my lungs and open my loud mouth just to get it out/

[Verse 2]
In a hand to mouth society, my mandible breaks fingertips/
Grabbing hand of a fist or a handful of something/
My mood swings bring a fist to face placement in a game of cat and mouse/
With a fast forward will to live so I'm running/
As the crow flies,far flung grow eyes and a tongue in my skulls back/
Covered by a skullcap and a keen sense of direction/
Blow by seven little world wonders on a hop skip and a jump on the way to my next session/
So hold tight, wrap both hands around my simple life tonight/
Kindle fires till light still spindle spinning flames in the middle/
Flickering sparks to start contrast the hearts to burn with a passion/
Paint a vibrant landscape and await the crowds reaction/

[Verse 3]
I want to fray the edges of the page and pretend I'm feeling fine/
Blot the face of my community 'til everybody's color blind/
Capture the captive glances when I paint outside the lines/
I want to scribble inside the coloring book 'til the picture becomes mine/
Yo I wouldn't give a plug nickel for you whole thin dime assortment/
Something magic happens when we breathe on hand-held stand and a cordless/
The short lived legend, thirty seconds to let us shine/
Then pop in the VHS cassette, sit back and press rewind/
Then press down on the page, for a darker shade of pitiful/
A little clone of God I pray I resemble the original/
I'm an avid average globetrotter who never set foot in Harlem/
A common man who struggles to deal with a modest level of stardom/
I'll choose my color from the carton once I see that flower blossom/
Push my crayon to the wall and hope I never hit the bottom

[Verse 4]
With all do respect to the architect, I'm a demolition expert/
I call collect my network, wall to wall I got you all in check/
Stall the second hand to hand me back the moments I misplayed/
Crawl to recollect the missing features of my Fathers face/
Tolerate the oceans polluted cue for another minute or two/
Finish with you, dominate, take my music to where the snakes congregate/
I'll stop the hate, drop the bomb, wait for the world to repopulate/
Nah, he's back set down the mental traffic like a speed trap/
I feel like i got called up and left without my kneecaps/
Might grab my life's work and start again but they can't see that/
I want to move, I want to change, I want to live, I want to climb/
I want to scale the tallest summit just to give my people a sign/
Want to take this tarnished planet, polish it up until it shines/
I want to scribble inside the coloring book 'til the picture becomes mine/
I want to silence all my critics when i paint outside the lines/
I want to scribble inside the coloring book 'til the picture becomes mine/
Hold the prism between my palms and pray for Gods mentality/
The starving artists who's harsh reality's trying to feed his family/
Fallacy's down and happily drowning life to come as he sees it/
Walk away from the page when he realizes its completed

Trivia about the song My Coloring Book by Mars Ill

When was the song “My Coloring Book” released by Mars Ill?
The song My Coloring Book was released in 2002, on the album “Blue Collar Sessions”.

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