Story Behind The Song

A SONG ABOUT DOING AND PURSUING ALL THAT WE HAVE TO IN LIFE WHILE WE STILL HAVE THE CHANCE

Lyrics

ALL WE GOT IS TODAY

V.1

What up dude,long time no see,
Hope you?re doin? as good as can be,
How?s your fam and close ones,everything alright?
Everything is cool,everything is tight,
How about a drink,catch up on old times,
I?ll pass but yo,next time,
Two days later you be watching the news,
From wives battered and bruised to child abuse,
Now you twitch your face as scene after scene
All horrific and mean flood your tv screen,
Oh sh?what the heck,pause to inspect
A triple car wreck that sends ripples down your neck
Through your spine,you mentally rewind,
To the time you saw your boy and the ride he was inside,
Now your heart is racing,you up and pacing
Then you start facing,embracing the reality,
your boy is one of those fatalities,
in quick time,memories of old flash across your mind,
you?d like to think it?s a dream,just to soothe your fears,
but it?s there on the screen and then comes the tears,
now all you can do is say,
I talked to that guy just the other day

CHORUS: I?ve got things to do,I?ve got things to say,
Gotta do my thing now without delay
Cuz ain?t nobody got tomorrow tucked away,
I?ve got things to do,I?ve got things to say,
Gotta do my thing now without delay
Cuz ain?t nobody got tomorrow all we got is today

V.2

Athletes collapse just like that son,
Sometimes I think good health is an illusion,
With a mind of it?s own,but you can?t detect it,
Quick to desert you when you least expect it,
In no time you can lose that glow,
It?s like today you?re a pro tomorrow six below
And you?d be thinking you got all the time in the world,
To connect with your family,your boy or your girl,
But yo,they about to meet their fate,
While you fool around and procrastinate
Went home thinking next day they?ll be back,
Now how the hell you deal with that
No signs no symptoms,hints or cues,
Out of the blue,you faced with this horrible news,
And you so distraught all you can do is say,
We were hanging out only just the other

CHORUS

V.3

No good-bye no nothing,like that they?re gone
To some distant land or some great beyond,
Now you?re left with the burden of things unsaid,
Can?t say ?em to the dead,gotta keep ?em in your head,
And walk around with guilt that forever will seem,
Like a life half-lived,unfulfilled dreams,
Cuz time is a product that will only diminish,
And can never be regained,recouped or replenished,
I?m taking life to the max and you bet,
I never plan to look back on a life of regret
For never doin? what I had to do or saying what I had to say
To friend or foe on any given day,
Homie,build your dreams and make ?em massive,
Bring ?em to life too,don?t remain passive,
Or be the pitiful soul who looks back and say,
I shouldh?ve done my thing back in the day

CHORUS


Written by Norman Pile
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