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, I gave up on trees just for me, just to be crashed in, boys. One class, I passed the time, drawing a slash for every time, second-hand work by a group of five, done twelve times, just a minute, but... Shamika said I had potential. I used to march down the windy, windy sidewalks, slapping my leg with the 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. One class, I passed the time, drawing a slash for every time, second-hand work by a group of five, done twelve times, just a minute, but... Shamika said I had potential. Hurricane Gloria in Excelsis Deo, that's my bird and my tree, my dog and my man and my music is my holy trinity. Tony told me he described me as pissed off, funny and warm, Sebastian said I'm a good man and a stone. Back then I didn't know what potential meant, and Shamika wasn't gentle and she wasn't my friend, but... She got through to me and I never see her again, she got through to me and I never see her again. I'm pissed off, funny and warm, I'm a good man and a stone, and when the fall is torrential, I'll recall... Shamika said I had potential. Tony told me he described me as pissed off, funny and warm, Sebastian said I'm a good man and a stone. Back then I didn't know what potential meant, and Shamika wasn't gentle and she wasn't my friend, but... She got through to me and I never see her again, she got through to me and I never see her again. I'm pissed off, funny and warm, I'm a good man and a stone, and when the fall is torrential, I'll recall... Shamika said I had potential. Thank you for watching!