Always alone, never with a herd.
Prettiest mare I've ever seen'
You have to take my word
I'm going to catch that horse if I can.
And when I do I'll give her my brand.
Well I was up on Stoney Ridge, after this Chestnut Mare.
Been chasin' her for weeks,
well I'd catch a glimpse every once and a while
Takin' her meal, or bathin' - Fine Lady
This one day I happened to be real close to her,
and I saw her standin over there,
so I snuck up her nice and easy
I got my rope out,
And I flung it in the air.
I'm going to catch that horse if I can
And when I do I'll give her my brand
And we'll be friends for life, she'll be just like a wife
I'm going to catch that horse if I can
Well I got her and I'm pullin on her,
and she's pullin' back like this mule goin' up a ladder,
And I take a choice and I jump right up on her
Damned if I don't land right on top of her.
And she takes off, runnin' up on to the ridge -
Higher than I've ever been before.
She's runnin' along just fine,
'til she stops and something spooked her,
It's a sidewinder all coiled and ready to strike.
She doesn't know what to do for a second, but then
She jumps off the edge, me holdin on!
Above the hills, higher than eagles were gliding,
Suspended in the sky
Over the moon, straight for the sun we were riding.
My eyes were filled with light.
Behind us black walls, below us a bottomless canyon
Floating with no sound,
Gulls far below, seem to be suddenly raising
Exploding all around
I'm going to catch that horse if I can
And when I do I'll give her my brand
And we'll be friends for life, she'll be just like a wife
I'm going to catch that horse if I can
We were fallin, down this crevass,
'bout a mile down I'd say.
I look down and I see this red thing below us
Comin up real fast
And it's our reflection,
it's a little pool of water, about six feet wide anI'm just a picture in a frame
man, I paint word pictures on the canvas of life
but I don't control the colors
Yo, I'm ten steps ahead of niggas, that shit scary
sometimes I feel ahead of myself
I hear this voice in the back of my mind
like "Mac maintain, just grind, dog, better yourself"
So what I do?, I take heed and pick up the pace
can't explain it when I pick up my son & look at my face
I'm like a black rose growin' in the concrete crack in the pavement
there that voice go again "Mac practice for greatness,
get paid for them immaculate statements"
Keep thinkin of them hotlines, like a physic, I can't explain it
There's no pen when I write it, there's nothing like it..
God damn, what you want from me, what you want me to tell you huh?
Niggas thought that I would stutter huh, thought I was dumb
But I ain't used to use my mind, I used to just... use my 9
and run wild with my boys, in the streets wild with these wars
now the Qu'ran and 48 laws, they polish my floors
I'm moving niggas like puppets with no strings attached
It's nothin' for Beans, so you know it ain't a thing for Mac
to look in your eyes, see through your heart, know what you fearin'
pick you apart, like you niggas is transparent
(I see right through you niggas)
It's like Mac was born with advanced parents
I'm like the Sun shining at night,
imagine it dog, I know you wanna see me gradually fall
but I'm walkin on air, braking every gravity law
nothing like it...
I spit words that skip through air
let the words of a true thug hit your ear,
it change colors like blue blood when it hit the air
it's nothin' like it...
God damn, shit, I can't explain it
Fuck y'all niggas
I changed my whole life.. in about 9 months, just like sperm in a womb
these young niggas never learn 'til they doomed
try to tell them "you can burn young punk, without smelling the