Seven years I hosted the Passover
This year I went to my mother’s,
Last few years, my ex, she couldn't be bothered
She has issues with fathers
I like old haggadahs
Hoodies no collars
Seders with neighborhood ballers
Jelly jars filled with the manischevitz
But I digress
This year it hittin much different since hitting the pavement
The angel elijah is hitting a spliff on my couch
Up to eleven to finish the Shogun
spark up and turn on the Brenner and Heston
my ex, she broke a commandment
This year there wasn't a choice
It would suffice me to focus on my inner voice
i used to be
used to be a big man on my block
used to have a key to every lock
in the borough
until i got furloughed
but i used to be
used to be a volunteer leader
used to have a pup you shoulda seen her
about the town, we got around
cuz we used to be
local to philly cheesesteaks was silly
i could get one whenever i wanted
wit all the onions i could put on it
now all i can do is write them a sonnet
always gonna be a Phillies fan
but I used to watch harper nail homers into the stands
toppling teams from across the land
just one of thirteen uncommon men
and now i gotta hang with the cubs fans
collectively an entitled piss-bucket of stans
who pay outrageous prices for stands
i'm talking four grand
the hot dogs are plain,
they only serve Bud Lite and it's flat and bland
used to be hating on the Nets and the Knicks
used to wear Maxey on my six in the city
now it's a pity i got the best jerseys, and fans, and friends
but not in the city i live in
i used to be someone in Philly
now i just used to be
and now I'm not quite the big man in chi-town
more like a weed they can't put down
whether it's the kind you stomp or the blunt you smoke
it's not a put-down
it's comin' around
i'm a surviver, a thriver, your late-night driver
i push
i eat your leftovers, outdrink your friends or even stay sober,
i smoke diesel and kush
i won't pat you on your tush
unless you want that
i used to be a leader of men
maybe someday i'll do that again
maybe
but today i gotta roll with used to be
i used to be
