I used to walk down the streets on my way to school

Grinding my teeth to a rhythm invisible

I used my feet to crush dead leaves like they had fallen from trees

Just for me

Just to be crash cymbals.

In class I'd pass the time

Drawing a slash for every time the second hand went by

A group of five

Done twelve times was a minute

But.

Shameika said I had potential

Shameika said I had potential

Shameika said I had potential

Shameika said I had potential.

I used to march down the windy, windy sidewalks

Slapping my leg with a riding crop

Thinking it made me come off so tough

I didn't smile, because a smile always seemed rehearsed

I wasn't afraid of the bullies, and that just made the bullies worse.

In class I'd pass the time

Drawing a slash for every time the second hand went by

A group of five

Done twelve times was a minute

But.

Shameika said I had potential

Shameika said I had potential

Shameika said I had potential

Shameika said I had potential.

Hurricane gloria in excelsis deo, that's my bird in my tree

My dog and my man and my music is my holy trinity

Hurricane gloria in excelsis deo, that's my bird in my tree

My dog and my man and my music is my holy trinity.

Tony told me he'd describe me as pissed off, funny and warm

Sebastian said, I'm "a good man in a storm"

Back then I didn't know what potential meant and

Shameika wasn't gentle and she wasn't my friend

But she got through to me and I'll never see her again

She got through to me and I'll never see her again

I'm pissed off, funny and warm

I'm a good man in a storm

And when the fall is torrential, I'll recall.

Shameika said I had potential

Shameika said I had potential

Shameika said I had potential

Shameika said I had potential.

Tony told me he'd describe me as pissed off, funny and warm

Sebastian said, I'm "a good man in a storm"

Back then I didn't know what potential meant but

Shameika wasn't gentle and she wasn't my friend

But she got through to me and I'll never see her again

She got through to me and I'll never see her again

I'm pissed off, funny and warm

I'm a good man in a storm

And when the fall is torrential, I'll recall.

Shameika said I had potential

Shameika said I had potential

Shameika said I had potential

Shameika said I had potential

Shameika said I had potential

Shameika said I had potential

Shameika said I had potential.