What's up with that?

What's Up With that?
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-August 2009
-Tyson B. Troxel


Today is a new day.
I wake up, and I thank God for a new start.
A new chance.
I wash my face, and i put on freah clothes.
Time to get this party started.
What's the game-plan today.
Where am I headed.
How long do I have?
I'm a good guy.
One of the boys.
Just call me Mr. T
Call my name,
And here I am.

I wasn't always this way.
I was one of the bad boys.
i drank to the max
I smoked one after another.
throw me a fattie, and I snatched it up.
Gotta pop some more pills
Darkness was my game.
Vampire was my middle name.
I was all about ice.
Cold-hearted.
If I smiled, I faked it.
If I was happy, it was a lie.
If I loved you, it was a game.
What's up with that?

All my friends sat next to me
Round after round
We messed with each other
Taught each other a lesson
Disrespecting the women
Never soft,
Always hard-core.
Hell,
I even did a stint in jail.
More one night stands than lovers
Gimme a beer,
Light my smoke.
I'm only here for a good time.

I've been all over the U.S.
Las Vegas, L.A., San Diago,
Salt lake City, New Mexico, Texas
Utah, Brianhead, Denver,
Cheyanne, Minneapolis, Omaha
Chicago, Chicago, Las Vegas
I've even been over the sea
Norway, oslo, Bergen
Home, gone, home again.
Yes...I've seen it all.
From here, out west, I've done it.
What's up with that?

Hell, I even got married.
i did a 7 ear stint.
It shoulda calmed me,
Made me a nice guy.
Instead,
The beer tasted sweet.
The whiskey was better.
All we did was yell.
All she did was cry.
I just couldn't handle it.
I needed my 2 best friends.
Bud and Jack.
I was just being real.

Damn it got cold.
Damn it's icy.
I see the vampire everywhere I turn
We don't even sleep together no more.
I am the vampire.
BAM!! CLICK!! LOCK!!!
I had to go to jail.
Lies, lies, lies,
I didn't do it.
I swear it.
She made me.
What's up with that?

I hate my life now.
Everybody hates me.
You all mock me.
I wake up drunk,
And pass out in the bar.
I go to bed with a bottle in hand.
Noone even checks on me.
The vampire is entering in.
You can all go to hell.
I'm already there.
Damn!!
It sure is dark.
Keeps getting darker.
I don't even have a heart anymore.
I'm calling for help
Pleading for help
Noone answers.
What's up with that?

I passed out in Belmond,
Woke up in Las Vegas.
Spent the night under a bridge in the desert.
Walked the streets
Looking for a good time.
Just wanting to get high
just wanting to get drunk.
Everyone's staring at me.
What's wrong with me.
Why won't this headache go away.
Why don't I care anymore.
Passed out in Las Vegas.
Woke up at home.

Tick tock, tick tock,
It's so damn dark.
I can't get outta bed.
Don't wanna go outside.
Life is not mine
I just want my bottle.
Where's my cigarettes?
Oh that's right.
I don't have any.
Dosn't matter.
I'm dead anyways.
Does anybody care?
Is anybody watching?
Maybe I'll kill myself.
Does anybody even care?
What's up with that that?

If I've offended you
I'm not sorry.
It's just the truth.
It's my game.
The way I rode.
The way I played.
It's the vampire's fault.
Never mine.
Take 17 years,
And you'd be the same way.
Don't lie.
You know you would.
I tell no lies.
Just the truth.

Passed out, dead.
DEAD!!
Woke up in a psych ward.
Took my freedom away
Forced me to give a damn again.
Made me live again.
All I wanted to do was die.
God decided otherwise.
My last breath cursed his name
His breath, woke me back up.
I didn't wanna dance anymore
God was writing a new jam for me
I wanted to die,
He wanted me to live.
What's up with that?

Ok.
Let's stop a minute.
Fast foreward.
Look at me today.
Look at who God made me to be.
I am a blessed man.
I give all the credit to him.
All the glory goes to him.
All I have,
Is because of him.
I coulda been dead,
But here I am.
Alive, and well.
I thank God,
And sing his praises.

how do I roll today?
I fly high.
I run with the winners.
I'm knocking down doors,
Telling my story,
Making friends,
Doing God's work
Helping ya'll out.
Caus'
I don't wanna see you get bit.
Get hurt
the way I did.
If I can save ya
God did it.
Yep,
If I can help ya
God did it.
Don't thank me.
Nope...
thank him instead.
I love ya!!
What's up with that?

I'm a busy dude today.
Library, Donating my plasma
Throwing papers, talking to the old people
Going back to college,
Writing, writing, writing,
Extreme Mt. Biking,
Caring about how I look, helping others,
spreading the saving news, meditatin', praying,
Surrenderin' my all to God, Lovin' him, giving him my ALL!
Welcomin' you to church, singin' the good music, listenin' to pastor,
Jammin' hard, livin' hard, playing hard,
I'm one hell of a busy guy
A good guy,
Chasin' my dreams,
Listenin' to God
Lettin' him run my life.
He speaks,
Amd I get it done!

What's up with that?
huh?
I ain't a bad guy.
I'm a good man today.
I just wanna love on ya
I just wanna play with ya
Why can't we be friends?
I just wanna walk with ya, talk with ya,
Show you the way,
And give ya the good news.
About how a real bad guy,
Became a real good man.
Nothin' wrong with that.
God's just
A real good God.

I'll end on this note.
you don't have to agree with me
You don't have to like everything I do, everything I write
you don't have to do all I do.
You don't have to hang with me,
Or be like me.
Just give it up to God,
Surrender your ass to him,
And be blessed,
like me.
Know that someone loves you
Wants to hug you,
Be with you,
God called me,
Blessed me,
And now...
He's calling
YOU!!!!