I write my rhymes in calligraphy   I don't curse so don't freak with me   I shoot hoops by myself, but I don't watch basketball on television   I sell religion relatively cheap from my bedroom window   I swallowed myself when you said you'd been low   I threw a big party for myself on your birthday   I wish I never got into the position in the first place   In the worst way I gotta crush on my own reflection   For my own protection I'm buildin up my bone collection   I also shed my skin on a year basis   It seems like my weapon of choice is clearly tasteless   Why do I insist on tyin' my wrists?   I wanna take a slow breath and then fake my own death   But I didn't start the religion I'm only a priest in a    B-Boy stance like Tony Bautista   I'm free spirited, building three pyramids   With crosses on top and an antenna period   Its really weird, nearly every year through much avaudum   I sink down deeper and deeper until I touch the bottom   I see with my hands and walk through a dark entrance   Climb all the trees and sit on the park benches   This is what I always wanted      A lonely old man picks up a stone to admire its shape   Later that night he falls down the stairs of the fire escape   Nobody knew his name      A 16 year old basketball star named Matthew   Swallows some pills and spills his guts in the bathroom   Just because his girlfriend dumped him or somethin      An 8 year old girl is haunted by frightening faces   She cries herself to sleep on a nightly basis   Her dad's an alcoholic      A man desperate to satisfy his wife's cravings   Goes to the bank and takes out his life savings   His next stop is the casino      A woman with a ring on her finger, eating dinner   Just found out her fiancee is cheating on her   He's outta town right now      One of the greatest teachers there ever was   Sits at home and waits for the phone to ring, but it never does   He's slowly going blind      A tall, soft-spoken man named Vincent   Has been in for jail 20 years even though he's innocent   He whistles "The Girl from Ipanema"      A man of the cloth is on vacation   Last week he broke down in front of his congregation   He's losing his faith in God