Kick Start - Jim Tyrrell

I may not be a player but I’m in it to win
If the list is in your fist then you can pencil me in
But I know I won’t be holding your attention for long
Because we only tend to listen for a minute a song

That’s okay – I never worry ‘bout my marketability
I’m just workin on my rhyme and my lyrical agility
When I get it together it should be easy for you to see
That I’m hangin’ between preparation and opportunity

Sooner or later good things are gonna come through to me
And I’m making the case for everything that is due to me
Well I mean that I oughta be but I can’t get started
How can a lyrical prodigy be so freakin’ retarded

I need a kick start – somebody give me a title
I can flow once I’m going but the beginning is vital
I need a kick start – anybody throw me a name
You’ll remember me forever once I’m up in the game
I need a kick start – and then I’m makin’ it big
Come on I’m gonna staple some wings to this pig
I need a kick start – and when I get it I ain’t never stoppin’ boy

I’m takin’ desperate measures in these desperate times
Because I got to get goin’ before I run out of rhymes
‘Cause a man can flaunt the skill to pay the bills every day
But it doesn’t mean a thing if he got nothin’ to say

I need a lyrical miracle from a man in the know
I need a master of dialogue to help with the show
I’m callin’ in the big guns – get me Quentin Tarantino
He even made a star out of Vinny Barbarino

I need a kick start – somebody give me a title
I can flow once I’m going but the beginning is vital
I need a kick start – anybody throw me a name
You’ll remember me forever once I’m up in the game
I need a kick start – and then I’m makin’ it big
Come on I’m gonna staple some wings to this pig
I need a kick start – and when I get it I ain’t never stoppin’ boy