I saw myself, for the very first time the other day
Before people said I really didn’t have to look so hard but yet i walked pass me everyday
I don’t think I knew my name
I don’t think I had one, if I did I ain’t never see it so, I guess I’ll never be it
My life needs no words, words need my life
I can lift you up without laying a finger on you
Sort of like a ghost, you know because you can’t see me
I don’t scare you; I share you and your life
Let you finally know what it means to be alive
See that’s my secret. I stay behind the mirrors as you look at your reflection and see my lines in your face
See my words in your smile
The truth in your frown
And yet
I’m still behind the mirror and you’re not the only one that can’t see me because
I know I can’t
Don’t know why but I can’t
I’m guessing if you saw me, then I won’t be able to mold you
Fold you up after cleaning you as if you were dirty laundry
Putting you in a drawer
But the thing is you can always get out
So how do I clean you and keep you clean?
Hold up I’m searching for me again
No luck
I see you doing something your not suppose to and I’m like:
“Didn’t I just clean you, did you not just look at me through your miseries, did you not just smile because your life ain’t nothing like “8 Mile”?”
And you still don’t understand
Let me look for me again, because this is not working
Oh, I see it now
I see me
Npw

I’m crawling towards my life
I’m reaching for those goals
I’m looking for a way out
I’m looking for the rest of me
I found it
And I found you
It’s a long journey forward, but I think it’s time we both just got up and
Walked away