Everything's changing around me And I wanna change too It's one thing I know It ain't cool being no fool I feel different today I don't know what else to say But I'm-a get my shit together It's now or never (Now or never, now or never, now or never, now or never) I'm sick, sick of waiting in vain Tired of playing the game Thinking of making a change Finally breaking the chains Every phase, every happening craze When it's said and done My head is right back in a haze I'm ready for the next chapter and page To start acting my age and part ways With Black Thought from back in the days I'm stargazing from the back of the stage Questioning if who y'all raise is worthy of praise What's the phrase, bygones is bygones Niggas who used to be the underdog is icons People say the light shines once in a lifetime Is this mid-life kind of crisis a little bit like mine I'm thinking not now, but right now I need some kinda sign that the future is bright now I **** around, do the right thing like Spike now The quick and the dead, which is my lookalike now I'm moving ahead Everything's changing around me And I wanna change too It's one thing I know It ain't cool being no fool I feel different today I don't know what else to say But I'm-a get my shit together It's now or never (Now or never, now or never, now or never, now or never) Yo, opportunities lost because I blew 'em On the sunniest days of my life, I cried through 'em Moms was out the picture, and Pops I barely knew him And I would pray to God, but I'm tired of lying to him Tired of trying to run from the things inside of us Got a lot of fam and a lot of admirers Who tell me that I should aspire to be changed But when I think of changing, it's like why even try this shit My mind hazy and my thoughts, they get distorted I know my good and bad deeds, both get recorded You do right so your soul can last But my role was cast before I even auditioned for it So I don't really see an end to my vice It's just false reclamation, no end of my strife Feel the evil overpowering You can go ahead, throw the towel in Cause, nigga, that's the end of the fight When you can only see the tunnel at the end of the light Lights out, party over, it's the end of your life And I'm out Everything's changing around me And I wanna change too It's one thing I know It ain't cool being no fool I feel different today I don't know what else to say But I'm-a get my shit together It's now or never (Now or never, now or never, now or never, now or never) When I look into the mirror and see my own image It feel like there's something else far for the distance Something I wanna see, but something that's resistant And every day the haunting is growing more persistent I never noticed it before, but now I can't miss it And the constant pounding is driving me ballistic I ran from it for years, but it's still next to me And it's growing stronger, taking, leaving less of me I can't fight it now, I know it's just destiny And I just wonder what's gonna happen when it catches me Will it leave me face down in the Chesapeake Or will it just start bringing out the best of me But is the best of me really just the worst of me And if so, yesterday could be my anniversary In sinners' court it's important to have church with me I'm trying to get rid of these ghosts that's cursing me I feel that change is an absolute certainty 'Cause what's going on is a state of emergency Everything's changing around me And I wanna change too It's one thing I know It ain't cool being no fool I feel different today I don't know what else to say But I'm-a get my shit together It's now or never It's now or never
[00:00.46]Everything's changing around me [00:26.01]And I wanna change too [00:28.34]It's one thing I know [00:30.22]It ain't cool being no fool [00:32.64]I feel different today [00:35.74]I don't know what else to say [00:38.88]But I'm-a get my shit together [00:41.08]It's now or never [00:43.65](Now or never, now or never, now or never, now or never) [00:48.03]I'm sick, sick of waiting in vain [00:50.18]Tired of playing the game [00:51.15]Thinking of making a change [00:52.55]Finally breaking the chains [00:53.92]Every phase, every happening craze [00:55.94]When it's said and done [00:57.12]My head is right back in a haze [00:58.43]I'm ready for the next chapter and page [01:00.36]To start acting my age and part ways [01:02.84]With Black Thought from back in the days [01:04.37]I'm stargazing from the back of the stage [01:06.23]Questioning if who y'all raise is worthy of praise [01:08.68]What's the phrase, bygones is bygones [01:10.50]Niggas who used to be the underdog is icons [01:13.71]People say the light shines once in a lifetime [01:16.12]Is this mid-life kind of crisis a little bit like mine [01:18.87]I'm thinking not now, but right now [01:21.31]I need some kinda sign that the future is bright now [01:23.90]I **** around, do the right thing like Spike now [01:26.66]The quick and the dead, which is my lookalike now [01:29.01]I'm moving ahead [01:30.32]Everything's changing around me [01:37.88]And I wanna change too [01:40.97]It's one thing I know [01:42.82]It ain't cool being no fool [01:45.31]I feel different today [01:48.00]I don't know what else to say [01:50.98]But I'm-a get my shit together [01:53.13]It's now or never [01:55.67](Now or never, now or never, now or never, now or never) [02:01.11]Yo, opportunities lost because I blew 'em [02:03.54]On the sunniest days of my life, I cried through 'em [02:05.98]Moms was out the picture, and Pops I barely knew him [02:08.40]And I would pray to God, but I'm tired of lying to him [02:10.96]Tired of trying to run from the things inside of us [02:13.54]Got a lot of fam and a lot of admirers [02:16.19]Who tell me that I should aspire to be changed [02:19.12]But when I think of changing, it's like why even try this shit [02:21.28]My mind hazy and my thoughts, they get distorted [02:24.13]I know my good and bad deeds, both get recorded [02:27.08]You do right so your soul can last [02:29.33]But my role was cast before I even auditioned for it [02:31.69]So I don't really see an end to my vice [02:34.30]It's just false reclamation, no end of my strife [02:36.76]Feel the evil overpowering [02:38.09]You can go ahead, throw the towel in [02:40.33]Cause, nigga, that's the end of the fight [02:42.06]When you can only see the tunnel at the end of the light [02:44.43]Lights out, party over, it's the end of your life [02:47.00]And I'm out [02:48.27]Everything's changing around me [02:50.08]And I wanna change too [02:52.96]It's one thing I know [02:55.03]It ain't cool being no fool [02:58.23]I feel different today [03:00.76]I don't know what else to say [03:03.06]But I'm-a get my shit together [03:05.49]It's now or never [03:08.13](Now or never, now or never, now or never, now or never) [03:12.88]When I look into the mirror and see my own image [03:15.59]It feel like there's something else far for the distance [03:18.06]Something I wanna see, but something that's resistant [03:20.63]And every day the haunting is growing more persistent [03:23.22]I never noticed it before, but now I can't miss it [03:25.13]And the constant pounding is driving me ballistic [03:28.44]I ran from it for years, but it's still next to me [03:31.06]And it's growing stronger, taking, leaving less of me [03:33.75]I can't fight it now, I know it's just destiny [03:36.42]And I just wonder what's gonna happen when it catches me [03:38.98]Will it leave me face down in the Chesapeake [03:41.70]Or will it just start bringing out the best of me [03:44.44]But is the best of me really just the worst of me [03:46.86]And if so, yesterday could be my anniversary [03:49.54]In sinners' court it's important to have church with me [03:51.92]I'm trying to get rid of these ghosts that's cursing me [03:54.49]I feel that change is an absolute certainty [03:57.07]'Cause what's going on is a state of emergency [03:59.60]Everything's changing around me [04:02.26]And I wanna change too [04:05.06]It's one thing I know [04:07.15]It ain't cool being no fool [04:10.25]I feel different today [04:12.75]I don't know what else to say [04:15.33]But I'm-a get my shit together [04:17.76]It's now or never [04:20.14]It's now or never [04:25.50]
