I used to walk down the streets on my way to school,
grinding my teeth to a rhythm invisible.
I used my feet to crush dead leaves
like they had fallen from trees just for me,
just to be crash cymbals.
In class I'd pass the time
drawing a slash for every time the second hand went by.
A group of five done twelve times was a minute but...
Shameika said I had potential,
Shameika said I had potential,
Shameika said I had potential,
Shameika said I had potential.
I used to march down the windy, windy sidewalks
slapping my leg with a riding crop
thinking it made me come off so tough.
I didn't smile because a smile always seemed rehearsed,
I wasn't afraid of the bullies
and that just made the bullies worse.
drawing a slash for every time the second hand went by.
A group of five done twelve times was a minute but...
Shameika said I had potential,
Shameika said I had potential,
Shameika said I had potential,
Shameika said I had potential.
Hurricane Gloria in excelsis deo, that's my bird in my tree.
My dog and my man and my music is my holy trinity.
Hurricane Gloria in excelsis deo, that's my bird in my tree.
My dog and my man and my music is my holy trinity.
Tony told me he'd describe me as pissed off, funny & warm.
Sebastian said I'm a good man in a storm.
Back then I didn't know what potential meant
and Shameika wasn't gentle and she wasn't my friend.
But she got through to me and I'll never see her again,
she got through to me and I'll never see her again.
I'm pissed off, funny and warm,
I'm a good man in a storm
and when the fall is torrential, I'll recall
Shameika said I had potential,
Shameika said I had potential,
Shameika said I had potential,
Shameika said I had potential.
Tony told me he'd describe me as pissed off, funny & warm.
Sebastian said I'm a good man in a storm.
Back then I didn't know what potential meant
and Shameika wasn't gentle and she wasn't my friend.
But she got through to me and I'll never see her again,
she got through to me and I'll never see her again.
I'm pissed off, funny and warm,
I'm a good man in a storm
and when the fall is torrential, I'll recall
Shameika said I had potential,
Shameika said I had potential,
Shameika said I had potential,
Shameika said I had potential.