Buck 65 - While I'm Young lyrics

I write my rhymes in calligraphy
I don't curse so don't freak with me
I shoot hoops by myself
But I don't watch basketball on television
I sell religion relatively cheap
From my bedroom window
I swallowed myself when you
Said you'd been low i threw a big party for
Myself on your birthday
I wish I never got into the
Position in the first place
In the worst way
I got a crush on my own reflection
For my own protection
I'm buildin' up my bone collection
I also shed my skin on a yearly basis
It seems like my weapon of
Choice is clearly tasteless
Why do I insist on tyin' my wrists?
I should take a slow breath and
Then fake my own death
But, I didn't start the religion
I'm only a priest in a
B-boy stance like Tony Batista
I'm free spirited, building three pyramids
With crosses on top and an antenna, period
It's really weird
Nearly every year through much?
I sink down deeper and deeper
Until I touch the bottom
I see with my hands and I
Walk through a dark entrance
Climb on the trees and sit
On the park benches
This is what I always wanted
A lonely old man picks up a
Stone to admire it's shape
Later that night he falls down the
Stairs of the fire escape
Nobody knew his name

A sixteen year old basketball
Star named Matthew
Swallows some pills and spills his
Guts in the bathroom
Just because his girlfriend dumped
Him or somethin'

An 8 year old girl is
Haunted by frightening faces
She cries herself to sleep on a nightly basis
Her dad's an alcoholic

A man desperate to satisfy
His wife's cravings
Goes to the bank and takes
Out his life savings
His next stop is the casino

A woman with a ring on her finger
Eating dinner
Just found out her fiancee is cheating on her
He's outta town right now

One of the greatest teachers there ever was
Sit's at home and wait's for
The phone to ring, but it never does
He's slowly going blind

A tall, soft-spoken man named Vincent
Has been in for jail 20
Years even though he's innocent
He whistles "The Girl from Ipanema"
A man of the cloth is on vacation
Last week he broke down in
Front of his congregation
He's losing his faith in God