people don' get it
act like they met it
like they can pick it up
trick it up
stick it up
like it's a thing you get to have
Its not something you earn
maybe somethin' you learn
the time is not negotiable
and you can't do it alone
it's not on your phone
and not made out of stone
you can lose it
you do get to chose it
day, after day, after day
and in a way
it becomes a thing on its own
it starts to refine you
how they define you
get to know
that you mean what you say
and the time
the time
it don't rhyme
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no easy way to say it
and not meant to play it
like its somethin' they give you
live you
forgive you
Like it's a thing on a shelf
not a prize that you win
not a toy you can spin
or a result of being sociable
and sometimes you are alone
just a line on the phone
and you are not made out of stone
and you lose it
and you try to choose it
but things seem to get in the way
and in a way
it becomes a symbol on its own
how you define you
how you design you
how you know
that you mean what you say
and the time
the time
it don't rhyme
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still gotta question it
hearin' me expressin' it
like I know what I'm saying
I'm praying
I'm staying
The one thing I have faith in
I know to give space to
the days we can get through
and we know now its controllable
and not afraid of alone
the years they have shown
it is harder than stone
and we will lose, but not it
and we choose to hold it
and the things that get taken
will not leave us shaken
we have done what we set out to do
you have defined me
and I have defined you
and I know
that you mean what you say
and the time
the time
we made it rhyme
love has a beat to it.....
