Propaganda - Be Present (live from Catalyst Atlanta) lyrics

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So I tend to think of life in terns of movie clips, or tweetable moments

Somehow I've convinced myself they last longer that way

I was proved wrong when wife called my phone as fmy black wife,

I thought it was funny, we giggled, now single men take notes

Now 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 a

tweet where I would quote her with some sort of cleaver hastag

About marriage and about how much I love her

To be paying attention to her at that moment,

I think what snapped me back was the silence which

Indicated I was supposed to have some sort of response to whatever she was talking about

I told my father that story in hopes to get a little sympathy

My father, Civil rights and Vietnam war vet,

Hopelessly charming

On his fourth marriage, Father

Rather than the customary nod that men give each other when they understand, he

Proceeded to tell me why He failed as my mothers husband

He 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 teenager

Son, you can't hear past the explosions, either the ones that already happened or the ones

you anticipate

See the former, paralyzes,

Living life in the rear view mirror driving full speed across traffic into the center divider

So shell shocked you too stupid to duck when bullets are flying

Or the latter

Your life a game of capture the flag

So focused on the finish line, you stepped right on a land mine

You so ready to attack the day,

Frustrated because you cant find your keys

Focused on the meetings you're finna miss

And the traffic you finna sit in to realize the you been holding your keys the whole time

Slow down

You have been hypnotized by the possibility

Son, I couldn't hear past the bombs,

The first one didn't kill me and the second one ain't even happened

Yet it ended our family

He told me a love story,

Of a woman born before him

He 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 affection

It's this war we been waging since day one of creation

And only when you lose her do you learn to appreciate her, like even

when Im with her, Im itching to get rid of her

And she only gives you one shot, blow it and she's gone

And I took advantage of her

Thats why Im telling you this,

Son, you can't rusher or slow her down, you better keep here on her side

She will slip through your fingers,

Like sand her name is Time

And she told me a secret

She said multitasking is a myth you aint doin'anything good just everything awful

And she begged me to stop stretching her thin and stuffing her full, and stop being so concerned

with the old her and future her, but love her now

Her presence is Gods present, and you should be that, present

So I guess you could say

Well I guess I could say I've been through a divorce now

Me and my phone are no longer married

I think I'm ready to be here now<br />

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Thanks to Christopher