Snows of Kilimanjaro

[Verse 1: Adam War
Rock]

These days

I'm livin' life at light speed

Faster than sound I'm gone before this is done

And the lights go down

And if you blink you might miss it

These moments are taking flight to visit

Clouds overcast the sun blocked out

And when it rained it poured

My heart absorbed precipitation

Graduate school at graduation

'cause what I did for them, I gave them everything

My life was on a different track

Focused on making a name for myself

And I said that I still rap

And I still make the hands clap

Though it's been three years last since Adam done that

And slowly I took the steps to do right by myself

I lost sleep, chances for promotion - fighting myself

Now I sit in green rooms feeling kinda blue

My legs are tired, I'm trying to battle through

Close my eyes and think about where I've been

And where I'm going when sometimes

I sit alone in my room



[Hook: Adam War
Rock & MC Lars] X 2

It was all a dream

Life was never what it seemed

I never put it in a song

I never captured the scene

And as I lay here thinking back

On all the stories that passed

All I can do is reminisce on how life's a funny thing



[Verse 2: MC Lars]

Manhattan snow fell quietly

I held you in my arms

Two Cali kids in Brooklyn

We've both come hella far

The moonlight kissed your eyelids

As I listened to your breath

I dreamt about our future

As the tired city slept

Coffee dates, egg whites

Pancakes, late nights

Sublets, plane flights

Grad school, strange fights

All this constant motion

Would be stable by September

It only took one weekend

For the bond we built to sever

And before you said those words

Everything made sense to me

I was so in love with you

Guess it wasn't meant to be

I never will apologize

For following my heart

For believing in my dreams

Because you knew this from the start

I wrote a letter

And I left it on your pillow

Watched the skyline fade

From outside the taxi window

Tears streamed down my cheeks

Felt the compass in my hand

I left a girl in Brooklyn

'cause she didn't understand



[Hook] X 2

It was all a dream

Life was never what it seemed

I never put it in a song

I never captured the scene

And as I lay here thinking back

On all the stories that passed

All I can do is reminisce on how life's a funny thing



[Verse 3: Adam War
Rock]

I had a five year plan

By the time I reached 3-0

A wife and two kids

A house in the hills and we go

On vacations and soccer games

But now I rock the same venues

That I watched my heroes

Do the same super ego

And people say I write too fast

Just trying to release

The songs I never wrote

Before still inside of me

Plane buzzing by

Come to take me to the summit

That's the last I remember

Before I'm falling asleep



[Verse 4: MC Lars]

I had a five year plan

Thought I'd make a couple milli

But this industry is heinous

And the competition's silly

So I'm making the transition

To a path that's still uncharted

I'm departing from the scene

But I'm screaming no regrets

I've been to many places

Found some underground success

Just like Ernest Hemingway

Telling stories to the beat

So much more to do and see

Before I finally fall asleep



[Hook] X 2

It was all a dream

Life was never what it seemed

I never put it in a song

I never captured the scene

And as I lay here thinking back

On all the stories that passed

All I can do is reminisce on how life's a funny thing



[Outro: Adam War
Rock & MC Lars] X 2

And all I see's the mountain top in front of me

So why do I feel like I'm running place?



When I look down I see my white nikes under me

Snow melting away, snow melting away