Dear Jack Lyrics

Dear Jack, let me take a crack

At penning you this letter

I could go until my pen cracks

But the writing wouldn't get much better

Between ink and tears, the page can't get much wetter

You got to know there isn't anything I wouldn't do for you ever

I'm in my pulpit

That makes me feel old, I'm on some bullshit

But really I'm just feeling push and pull shit

Of what I feel versus what I think

My thoughts float my boat but they let my heart sink

So I pull my soul to the surface but I got to use my heartstrings

I can make my heart sing when I align with stars

Surprise, surprise that's when I write the best bars

When I'm not thinking about success and outcomes

Or release dates and pre-saves and keepsakes and albums

But instead, I stay present to how joy feels

And really that's connecting to how a boy feels

His innocence lights up the rhymes like filaments

You can bring focus like Ritalin

But you'll never make it big if you don't take care of little him

The inner child

Divine inspired

High on life, and he's never tired

It's not his job to be cool or to understand

It's not his job to think about revenue streams and brand

It's your job to let his imagination explore all that it can

Keep him close and hold his hand

Cuz he's the key to the lock on your genius

He's the cure to the hardshell and the meanness

When the truth comes through, that's how I know you mean it

Protect him with everything you are I fucking mean it

Because we do this for the freedom

Not financial, circumstantial, or all the other normal reasons

It's the chance to express unencumbered

Cuz every day you do it, then the old days are numbered

So let your love and your eyes brim with wonder

Be grateful for your food, don't focus on the hunger

Write rhymes until those bars shine

Don't polish too much, or you'll just erase all your lines

And wrinkles that you earned from burning up these candles

Be proud of your movements, don't seek to be exampled

Don't dilute and divide your life to be sampled

Be less neocortex and more hippocampal

Trust your emotions and intuition when they hit you

Don't be greedy, wait let it hit you

And then write it down, clean it up, and put that shit on wax

Then relax