Not Too Late

[Intro] (Ooh…) Too late… Too late… (Mhmm) [Verse 1] Never thought it would be me I knew I always had this dream Not the one like Luther King Not with lights or on a screen Just a life that crowned me king Had the whole world in my reach Now the picture’s hard to see And the years ahead of me Too old to start (mhmm) Too tired to think (mhmm) Too stuck in mud (mhmm) Too close to sink Everything messed up now (sigh) So I sit and have two drinks [Pre-Chorus] (Ooh…) Time don’t wait (Mhmm…) Time don’t wait [Chorus] You… too late (Too late) You too late (Too late) Too late to be great… The weight (Too great) Made mistakes (Too great) You’re too late to be great… (Ooh… too late…) (Mhmm… too late…) [Verse 2] Same worn rut, same ceiling to face Long weeks disappear without leaving a trace One bad choice had me boxed in tight I kept moving the dream to some other night But dawn came up and I called it gray Lost the old map, not the road today I can name what I broke, what I still can repair The next step is small, but it’s mine to take there [Pre-Chorus] (Ooh…) Time don’t wait (Mhmm…) Time don’t wait [Chorus] You… too late (Too late) You too late (Too late) Too late to be great… The weight (Too great) Made mistakes (Too great) You’re too late to be great… (Ooh… too late…) (Mhmm… too late…) [Instrumental: Spanish nylon-string guitar solo, expressive rasgueado and melodic runs over boom-bap] [Bridge] Can’t rewind what’s come and gone Can’t unsay what you said wrong Can’t unwalk the road you chose Can’t make young what time made old [Break] Don’t look back (Look ahead) Don’t lose track (Look ahead) What you lost Let it rest What comes next Give your best Show your sons Show your daughters How to walk A little farther Take your scars Make them maps Show them roads You never had (Ooh…) Can’t change then (Mhmm…) Change right now Can’t go back So show them how [Final Chorus] You… not too late (Not too late) You’re not too late (Not too late) Never too late to be great… That weight (Let it break) Those mistakes (Let ’em fade) They don’t have to seal your fate You… not too late (Not too late) You’re not too late (Not too late) Yesterday Can’t seal your fate Never believe It’s too late… [Outro] Too late… That’s what fear will say Too late… When you’ve lost your way But if tomorrow knows your name You still got time, just change the game (Ooh…) Not too late (Mhmm…) Not too late Don’t ever believe… You’re too late to be great