Laces (Live at the Shoebox)

Mama told me in the early days that
I'd be going, I'd be going places
But first I would need a firm foundation
To plant my feet

Mama told me I should love my neighbor
Told me go out in the world and change it
But there's one thing she kept restating
She told me

Before you get running to fast
And wind up way over your head
Don't forget to tie, tie your laces
Before you wake up somewhere
And wonder how you wound up there
Don't forget to tie, tie your laces

U si sa hau, U si sa hau
Don't forget to tie
Tie your laces, tie your laces
U si sa hau, U si sa hau
Don't forget to tie
Tie your laces, tie your laces

Started writing down my thoughts and phrases
Became a pattern of alliteration
Told mama that I would be famous
Soon you'll see

Now I'm hear singing on these stages
Curtain's open and my heart is naked
And I'm sharing with a sea of faces
What she told me

Before you get running to fast
And wind up way over your head
Don't forget to tie, tie your laces

U si sa hau, U si sa hau
Don't forget to tie
Tie your laces, tie your laces
U si sa hau, U si sa hau
Don't forget to tie
Tie your laces, tie your laces

As I get older and I run the races
It gets harder not to trip and face plant
Money, women, and the world's temptations
At my reach

I ain't perfect, no and I won't fake it
I'm still trying just to learn the basics
But my mama's words, I can't escape 'em
They still ring

U si sa hau, U si sa hau
Don't forget to tie
Tie your laces, tie your laces
U si sa hau, U si sa hau
Don't forget to tie
Tie your laces, tie your laces

Don't forget, don't forget
Don't forget, don't forget to
Don't forget, don't forget to
Tie your laces, tie your laces

Don't forget, don't forget
Don't forget, don't forget to
Don't forget, don't forget to
Tie your laces, tie your laces