[Verse 1]
Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy
Sometimes I close my eyes, think of days that's rolling by
That's why I don't got time to pause, linger, temporise
That's why they emphasise that time waits for no one
It don't got no way to empathise
So I don't jeopardise my opportunities by sitting still
And waiting for somebody who presumably can see my skill
And wanna make some money like I'm chattel
And leave me up a certain creek without a paddle, then skedaddle
They say that time is what we want most, but what we use worst
And pеople waste it like it's somеthing we can put in reverse
You must crazy if you thinking that your life's a rehearsal
Where you just learning lines for a TV commercial
I said that time waits for no man
It's like the friend that left in you in cold just like a snowman
Freezing your nuts off in the wilderness of life's blizzard
Stood still like a scarecrow who's waiting for the Wizard
[Chorus]
From the moment you open your eyes
Identify and recognize, no time to waste
And jeopardise 'cause time will flash in no time
From the seconds to the minutes, to the hours, to the days
Never waste it 'cause time will flash in no time
To be honest, ain't a moment that is promised
So just do your best to flourish 'cause time will flash in no time
Hope you feeling what I'm saying and you not just here delaying
Every day, you know that time will flash
[Verse 2]
I got no time to waste, so homie, pick up the pace
I'm not saying you gotta chase or that you can't make mistakes
But I know there ain't no race you can win in a place
Where you permanently seem to have your foot on the brakes
So put your clutch down, I never saw nobody take a walk to the touchdown
Get the most from everyday, from sun-up to the sun-down
Life is like a egg timer, all it does is run down
Age is nothing but a number? Yeah, but it don't come down
I ain't saying run round like a headless chicken with no focus
Yo, but somehow, we gotta be free from this hypnosis and complacency
I'm just trying to live my life, alleviate the latency
Occupy my days so that my time is not a vacancy
'Cause right now is the future that we used to look forward to
But then we push it to the side to look forward to a different point in the future
That's all we do
[Chorus]
From the moment you open your eyes
Identify and recognize, no time to waste
And jeopardise 'cause time will flash in no time
From the seconds to the minutes, to the hours, to the days
Never waste it 'cause time will flash in no time
To be honest, ain't a moment that is promised
So just do your best to flourish 'cause time will flash in no time
Hope you feeling what I'm saying and you not just here delaying
Every day, you know that time will flash
[Verse 3]
From the seconds to the minutes, to the hours, to the days
To the months, to the years, D ain't playing no games
I'm here laying my claims, I move like my calendar's scorched and in flames
Mission Impossible, do it like Cruise and 'Ving Rhames
I got a book of verses, thick like the King James
Put the music out 'cause no one knows how much time remains
They say crime don't pay, but don't get it twisted thinking time won't pay
'Cause time don't play and all accounts get settled on an unknown day
When it's up, it's up, it ain't gon' give you one more day
From the poorest to the richest, from the weakest to the fittest
From the smallest to the biggest, from the slowest to the swiftest
From the hopeless to the gifted, those who saw and those who missed it
From all the time you existed, I hope you make the most
Especially when in your prime
'Cause no one in the world is gonna outlive time
[Chorus]
From the moment you open your eyes
Identify and recognize, no time to waste
And jeopardise 'cause time will flash in no time
From the seconds to the minutes, to the hours, to the days
Never waste it 'cause time will flash in no time
To be honest, ain't a moment that is promised
So just do your best to flourish 'cause time will flash in no time
Hope you feeling what I'm saying and you not just here delaying
Every day, you know that time will flash