The Lifer

Hell all about me

All around me

Gnash the language

Of old

The lifer

Doesn't know where he goes

Only who he is

And what he runs from

Doom pouring down like hail

Hot foot powder

Hot foot powder at the base of my door

I used to be grounded

But true reality is hell

And hell is hell

Smothering and cruel

Sixteen years

Coming from pitch-black asphalt road

Blood

Blood, pissy mattresses, and hard floors

Monetization of the self

You're only one bad tour, one bad album, or one bad member

From falling apart