The 3 Minute Preview

I only have three minutes…oh man... Where is he?
Is that him? I think that’s him... Yeah that’s him
Hey you…? Hey, hey you…? Psssss hey you…?
Hey, hey, hey you? Hey… (move out the way old man)
Ok, ok, ok… hey… hey… hey… come here… come here!

VERSE 1
Would you believe I wrote these words when I was seventy-three?
Travelled in a time machine and brought them back to me
Minding my own business felt a tap on my shoulder
Turned around, it was me but forty-four years older
Took a long stare, walking stick, grey hair
Old raincoat but still liked to wear Nike Air
He said “DL I know you don’t believe what you see
But it’s me” I said who? He said “you” I said me?
How could this be? This the kind of thing you only
See on TV and you ain't Marty Mcfly
You ain't Doc Brown, he told me to “Shut up and sit down
I got a lot of things to tell you Dun so don’t make a sound
Only had 3 minutes so take my advice
And listen to me carefully cos I can’t say it twice
Cos this the point of time you gotta change up your life
See back in 2051 you got me paying the price
And it’s a hard life if the truth be told
And the world there is run by 14 year olds
They doing drug deals right under the Governments nose
Twelve year old girls that’s pregnant and smoke bones
And every other person walking round is a clone
And we all saw it coming and we knew it was wrong
But the world did nothing and time moved on
So I had to come back to you and give you this song”

CHORUS (x2)
Wait a minute, pause… I don’t believe you
You trying to say that ya me and this a preview?
Of what my life will be like as a old man?
Get with the program, is this a joke man?

“I told you shut up, listen and never interrupt”
But wait old man, what I’m supposed to do about us?
“Uh you can’t change the world but you can change your life
And it starts with the way you represent on the mic
Spit smarter, stronger, wiser, bolder” Why’s that?
“Or I’m who you’re gonna be when you’re older
A tired old man who ain't got nothing to show for his life
You’re young enough to make things right
Take a old school beat like one from the nineties
Loop up a piano then make it sound grimey
And take this piece of paper of these words I wrote
And quote and make sure it sounds real dope, I gotta go”
Yo hold up, I got some questions to ask
You say my future is your distant past?
Well do I have kids and do I get married? (Hmmmh)
With his benevolence he told me “That’s irrelevant
Concentrate on being good willed and be a Gentleman
And keep the fire in your heart from dying
And don’t try to be the best but be the best at trying
You a young blood and got so much to do in your life
Make sure you know the difference between wrong and right”
Then he stood and looked me dead in the eye and told me
“When you old and looking in the mirror my man
I hope you never see me cos if you do then you failed
Your three minutes is up”, then he vanished!