[Lyric] I Regret Nothing Poem (Jack Rootes)

I lie in bed, 12 AM on my laptop,
Head ablaze with ideas like a matchbox,
Thinking back to the days of my life
And everything I've seen with my own two eyes
Proud of my choices, but at times I wonder;
What if things were different when I was younger?
What if I went back and altered my past?
How many of these good things would last?
Suppose I never rapped and I stayed at home,
Suppose I never picked up a microphone.
Suppose I stayed as that shy quiet kid,
How many opportunities I might'vе missed.
What if I thought the studio was time I'd wastе?
What if I quit during my Jekyll & Hyde days?
What if I decided not to pursue making music?
What If I thought every rhyme I wrote was useless?

I think of back in the days where I was young
And what simple changes would've done.
Maybe I would've had a much more normal life
Maybe Dan would've still been alive.
Maybe I never would've met my friends,
Maybe my dreams would've came to an early end.
Depression wouldn't know me on a first name basis,
Maybe I wouldn't spend my life chasing Vegas.
Maybe I'd be happier if I never gave it a go,
But I've made my decisions, now we'll never know.
Life has many paths, that much we know,
New friends come along and old friends will go.
If people come at us with nothing but dangers,
It's best to start drifting 'till they're nothing but strangers.
But maybe things in life happen for a reason,
Why things seem cold, even in the hottest season.
Maybe it's a test of strength, see how long you last
Perhaps a test of character, or a test of heart.
As for now, with my talent as my tool and weapon,
I feel like I'm far from done with life and its lessons.
Even if others wish to make me feel like a disgrace,
There's one thing I've realised that I continue to face:
I regret nothing, no time was laid to waste,
Because it made me the man I am today.