wake up and stand with me.

This is just something that has been on my heart and mind lately. figured I'd write it out. I didn't expect for it to come out like this. I often have trouble morphing my thoughts and feelings into words. but, ohwell. what can you do?



Words of wisdom: The president will not change the future of this country. You will change the future of this country. You and I. us. The president can't change the world. You and I can change the world. We can change the world. He may have more power, but you both have authority.



"Wake up and stand for something."

If we all become passionate about something, think of what we can do… here we are, in dreamland, all talk and no walk. This country needs love, and in case you haven’t heard, love is a MOVEMENT. stop talking about it and start living it. It's one thing to say “I'm a musician”, but until you sit down with a guitar and some words, you’re nothing but a talker. you can say you believe in something, but until you start living those beliefs, you're nothing. so wake up; stand for something. look around you. look at the people in your neighborhood. look at the people in this city. your city. Your town. Your home. look at them. these people are beautiful, but they're lost. you're lost. I’m lost. we're all lost. we're all walking around, with places to be and people to see, things to do, once again that whole time relevance thing plays a factor in our lives... but we're all asking the same questions, a thousand different ways. we pass each other on the street with no regard for each others lives or potential.

If you only knew who we could be someday…

God, we have so much potential! so much goodness and beauty inside of us. we don't need it from an outside source. we already have it. we have this potential; this passion; this hope, swelling up within us. you're ignoring it, and as a result, it's dying. the longer you let it die, the harder it will be to revive. you've gotta do something. you can't keep waiting. because time doesn't wait for you, and time kills. you have to take action. you have to wake up; stand for something.

it's a fire. let it die out. and it will just take longer to rekindle the flames. stoke the fire. and it keeps burning. stoke the fire.

no, we're not all going to become the next big thing. in all honesty, I don't want my name in lights. but I do want my thoughts, hopes, dreams and ideas out on paper for you to read, for everyone to read. I want my music out for all to hear. I people to sing along with my lyrics. I want my poems to bring tears to peoples eyes. I want my life out for all to see. I want to live my life so that it's pleasing to both God and man. but the type of mankind I think of, is just out of reach. I am so broken. I’m lost. I'm nothing without God. It’s as if I'm asking so many questions, and then not taking the time to find the answers. It is such a pity. This wasted potential in so many people. I am pitiful. I really am. but it's in this pity, this sorrow, this weakness, that I often find strength. Strive to be better. Because when you're at the bottom, all you can do is look up. and up, there is light. there is hope. down here, there are shadows. there is nothing but darkness, things my eyes cannot see or comprehend. But in the light... oh there is so much in the light. The light gives us all that we should ever need or want.


wake up and stand for something

the graveyard is the richest place on earth.

I want to die empty… but full.
I don’t want a single ounce of potential left within me.
And I don't know how much time I have left.
Nobody does, except God.
but I want to get it all out.
all of it.
all the love.
all the hope.
all the peace.
all the fears.
all the tears.
all the laughs.
all the jokes.
all the dreams.
all the stories.
all the songs.
all the words.
all the hugs.
all the kisses.
all the joy.
all the pain.
all the compassion.
all the life.
all of it.
everything I’m capable of giving, I want out of me before I go.
before I die.

So, I'm going to start now.

wake up and stand for something.


something.
anything.
please.


wake up.


Wake up and stand up with me.