Valley of the Shadow

Slaving for a dollar
I was pushing dirt off my collar
The wind was a hazard on my days
Similar to all my problems
My brass knuckle journey
Should've had me playin spades with attorneys
But rather im still on I-55
Countin clouds for the sermon
I had fell into a cup made from man
Colors swirled round my head
Prolly the best part of the transition
I had traveled far into a realm
By the time I saw the closest thing to vision
I saw a chair and took the edge
Once I raised my head
The oldest of man
Was starin right into my chest
He possessed my features and raised his eyes To tell me I should take a rest
I thought the man was jokin
If I tried id surely die from my steps
My stomach joined a circus
And my brain short circuited by itself
If I stumbled through the room
I just thought I'd prolly fall to my death
His eyes never wavered out the glance
I never seen colder stones
I could hardly speak
I heard a word through a vine at times fore you go
He can't send you on until you see the full completion
Of your biggest road
That's why you might see your life
Flash fore your very eyes
Before he send you home

The man began to speak
And said I've faced time
You know what I've done
I played the role of Ikaris
And I soared high and flew into the sun
I fought until Goliath stayed down cold
And couldn't throw a punch
I kicked and yelled until the doors fell
I became God where I'm from
I walked among a crowded field of peers
Some enemies some worse
By that i mean some were friends
And knew how they could hit me where it hurt
Anytime I tried to give em a chance
They crossed lines they ain't deserve
So I took revenge until I was the man
And saw em lyin on the curb
I would think back later how trivial
Wars really were that they had made me serve
That included my love cause every flame
That a nigga had a lesson learned
A vixen made a James a loaded Bond
To love and lose the greatest burn
I had faced the music faced the rain
And told em all to die beneath the dirt
But i could never trust and never love
All that fury made me close the curtain
As I see you here in front of me now
I understand my life's purpose
As I'm made in time
I was made to endure the many cuts of all men
When it rains it pours
A saying we share as our hard times come again
As it happens to be we've met once
But this one time may not again
I had prayed in the mirror before this day
I wish I helped a younger him
As a blessing will be
It'll gives you the things
You always wanted in the end
So take you a rest and stay from the wolves
Fore all the darkness takes a win
I was sittin in tears
Until I felt the biggest pulse ever in my head
I had fell to the ground
And slept until the next day felt that I was dead
To my biggest surprise I woke and i remembered
Every word the man said
I knew his soul had really burned
Cause I felt the fire now and then
A hurt young man
I been through things ever since I was a lil kid
In my twenties now
And the weather darker
Than it used to be within my tens
Like the man said I've seen wolf packs
And they all brought a form of sin
So I suppose he was right
And knew about my harder days
Fore i ever did
I still flirt with a couple cups
It's a vice yea I don't pretend
But I guess you could say that I take things
A lil easier when I'm out the zen
If the valley of the shadow creeps again
Maybe I could see myself within
And take the old man's place
And tell my younger self hold on
We can win