Clocks&Mirrors from Clocks&Mirrors by AARIE

Verse One:

Staring at the clock watching time go by
Cracks in the mirror and I don't know why
Like sands in an hourglass this is my life..
My life.....
Staring at the clock at my job so high
Cracks in my smile but the bills too high
Plan was to make it but I lost my mind..my mind
The resurrection of a king is never painless
I know I probably walk the line of broke and aimless
I never wanted to be known for spoken anguish
Then so many told me that they showed relation..
Still, I'm sick of channeling my anger
I be in a deep dark low when I creep off.. slow
Pardon me but the man is in some danger
Momma taught me not to talk to strangers
So I talk to myself.


Hook:

Staring at the clock watching time go by
Cracks in the mirror and I don't know why
Somewhere along the way I lost my spirit
Chasing clocks and mirrors, clocks and mirrors

Staring at the clock watching time go by
Cracks in the mirror and I don't know why
Somewhere along the way I lost my spirit
Chasing clocks and mirrors, clocks and mirrors


Verse Two:

Obsessed with time so I waste it
Obsessed with my looks so I treat myself like shit
I been stuck in place and complacent
Adapted to the pain living low maintenance
7 years of bad luck really turned into 10
And you wonder why I never been concerned with the trends
Got too much to fix as new things break
Plus that feeling that it's all too late
Repping Solid Ground but it's quicksand under me
Alone even though misery loves company
I quit but the sound of the beat kept haunting me, haunting me
Couldn't sleep ‘til I wrote this
Every 3 lines is a haiku of the hopeless
I just hope you notice
Getting all this adulation from my peers
And I ain't drop in 13 years, shit.


Hook:

Staring at the clock watching time go by
Cracks in the mirror and I don't know why
Somewhere along the way I lost my spirit
Chasing clocks and mirrors, clocks and mirrors

Staring at the clock watching time go by
Cracks in the mirror and I don't know why
Somewhere along the way I lost my spirit
Chasing clocks and mirrors, clocks and mirrors

• Hip Hop
• Hip-Hop/Rap
• Rap
• conscious hip hop
• lyrical hip-hop
• underground hip hop
• Pittsburgh