Propaganda - Be Present (Live) Lyrics
So I tend to think of life in terns of movie clips, or tweetable momentsSomehow I've convinced myself they last longer that wayI was proved wrong when wife called my phone as fmy black wife,I thought it was funny, we giggled, now single men take notesNow I'm no expert, but I don't think she was kidding,She talked about some other stuff which I really don't remember,I was too busy in my head composing atweet where I would quote her with some sort of cleaver hastagAbout marriage and about how much I love herTo be paying attention to her at that moment,I think what snapped me back was the silence whichIndicated I was supposed to have some sort of response to whatever she was talking aboutI told my father that story in hopes to get a little sympathyMy father, Civil rights and Vietnam war vet,Hopelessly charmingOn his fourth marriage, FatherRather than the customary nod that men give each other when they understand, heProceeded to tell me why He failed as my mothers husbandHe said it was the same reason half of his platoon died in Vietnam,And the same reason you are deathly afraid of your daughter becoming a teenagerSon, you can't hear past the explosions, either the ones that already happened or the onesyou anticipateSee the former, paralyzes,Living life in the rear view mirror driving full speed across traffic into the center dividerSo shell shocked you too stupid to duck when bullets are flyingOr the latterYour life a game of capture the flagSo focused on the finish line, you stepped right on a land mineYou so ready to attack the day,Frustrated because you cant find your keysFocused on the meetings you're finna missAnd the traffic you finna sit in to realize the you been holding your keys the whole timeSlow downYou have been hypnotized by the possibilitySon, I couldn't hear past the bombs,The first one didn't kill me and the second one ain't even happenedYet it ended our familyHe told me a love story,Of a woman born before himHe said I new her before and at the moment of conception,Their was an eternal connection,and although I didn't know it then Id fight for her affectionIt's this war we been waging since day one of creationAnd only when you lose her do you learn to appreciate her, like evenwhen Im with her, Im itching to get rid of herAnd she only gives you one shot, blow it and she's goneAnd I took advantage of herThats why Im telling you this,Son, you can't rusher or slow her down, you better keep here on her sideShe will slip through your fingers,Like sand her name is TimeAnd she told me a secretShe said multitasking is a myth you aint doin'anything good just everything awfulAnd she begged me to stop stretching her thin and stuffing her full, and stop being so concernedwith the old her and future her, but love her nowHer presence is Gods present, and you should be that, presentSo I guess you could sayWell I guess I could say I've been through a divorce nowMe and my phone are no longer marriedI think I'm ready to be here now
