Dilated Peoples, Krondon - The Bigger Picture lyrics

I learned when I was growin’ up
Sometimes you, sometimes me always love
Train hard, now my focus up
Got it all but ain’t had enough

I’m out the shed and the tools brand new
Dear mama dropped them jewels that
I never ran through
The most driven never sat up in the back seat
The most forgiven never flagging down a taxi
That’s my word if it’s meant to outgrow
Like I used to run home to
Catch the last of my show
Some move to the future
Other's living it slow
Old tunes trying to find
Where the memories flow
You know I try to chase ‘em down no dragon
Shit, they shot a Beatle
Do people still imagine?
I think the world could be a better place
No fam but I still set a
Table and I said it's grace
I think I'll let you in my life all access
Gift and curses, cursive closed captions
Misinterpreting the passion
Saving face ain’t a game
Ain’t a time for retractions
I learned one way then front the opposite
I learned behind the beat
Now I learned on top of it
I do go against the grain
I do take bigger pictures that
Don’t fit in the frame


Dip the scriber in the inkwell
Thoughts sketch a snapshot
Vibrant check the detail
Now the family eats well
Used to cut the mold off
Bricks for grilled cheese melts
Wandering the crumbling castle wondering
How the things fell
Mansions and lap pools to
Sleeping on back pews
Pictures and statues where roaches
And rats moved
Faithfully I've seen it all alive
And I’m grateful
With Curtis Mayfield singing
"Just be Thankful"
Slapping loud out a glasshouse
Pearl enamel tooth color
Seasoned old cats then the ragtop
Roof covered nodded and they nodded back
Respect acknowledged
Got a fine arts degree plus
The streets are a college
California campus, I've studied abroad
Bloodied the canvas, pondering atlas
"what if he shrugged?"
The rich lady asked, "what if we thug?"
Humanity said "I’m feeling drowsy
What is the drug?" wake the team up
Never alone but on my own two
Held the elevator
Check the levels that we've grown through
Philanthropic maybe cause I did my dirt
There, I’m haunted
Honestly I never fronted all is
All I ever wanted keep an eye on hustlers
Watch out for the schemers
No more kid gloves for the dreamers
Awake trying to live dreams physically
Energy is extreme
Lessons of infinity are vivid
On the big screen