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Alicia Keys "Time Machine" Rap Remix
​By Imran Mandani


[Intro] Imran Mandani
 
You got to accept the fact that you’re not perfect
At the same time, understand you’re more powerful
Than you think you are
The universe reflects back to you who you are
Stop reliving the past, stop living in your head
Trust in yourself, don’t let society define you
Believe in yourself and live to your potential


[Verse 1] Imran Mandani
 
I woke up this morning
Realized I put my dreams on snooze
Gotta find my keys and put my jeans on too
I punch in to work but the open sign of my soul
Turns off like a neon tube
I used to tell myself
If I could believe in me it could see me through
But I turned a blind eye
To the truth that I had inside, yeah
I’ve been living a lie with putting on a mask
I smile at the mirror but I’m not smiling back
Just bags in my eyes and this empty wine glass
In this marathon of life
It's easy to get sidetracked
Was always killing time, but now that time’s passed
I don’t even have any time to plan
Everything falls by the wayside
Wish I could go back through space and time


[Pre-chorus 1] Alicia Keys
 
That's why every morning, after dawn and
Tell your darling, something is calling
Drive me crazy, I just can't explain it


[Chorus] Alicia Keys and Imran Mandani
 
Go out of your mind
(Out of your mind, out of your mind, out of your mind)
Go out of your mind
(Out of your mind, out of your mind)
Oh we can't rewind, life ain't no time machine
Life ain't no time machine
Life ain't no time machine
But once you free your mind
There's beauty in everything
Life ain't no time machine
Life ain't no time machine


[Verse 2] Imran Mandani
 
I live inside my head
But on the outside of life just looking in
Like I misconstrue Buddhism
Telling me to look within
Can’t let go of the things that I’ve lost
Never really do forget
Old thoughts turn into new regrets
Wish I can have my youth again
Lose track of time, feeling blue and on the move again
Past my prime trying to make moves in the music biz
But feeling stuck every day going through the motions
And it’s a rat race and I feel like a rodent
On a hamster wheel
Trying to land on my feet slipping on a banana peel
So many hang ups never had a chance to heal
New horizons if only I can see
But it’s clear I’m still looking for that time machine


[Pre-chorus 2] Alicia Keys
 
Young life flies out the window, yeah
It's not the time that changed us
It's the dreams that we weren't chasing
Come back to haunt us, eventually


[Chorus] Alicia Keys and Imran Mandani
 
Go out of your mind
(Out of your mind, out of your mind, out of your mind)
Go out of your mind
(Out of your mind, out of your mind)
Oh we can't rewind, life ain't no time machine
Life ain't no time machine
Life ain't no time machine
But once you free your mind
There's beauty in everything
Life ain't no time machine
Life ain't no time machine


[Verse 3] Imran Mandani
 
The outside world is a mirror
Reflecting what is on the inside
I used up all my life lines
All I see are wrinkles in time
Told my inner child
That I’ll catch him on the flip side
I sound like a broken record with my hindsight on replay
But I can’t go back I am not Marty McFly
Gotta celebrate life grab the party supplies
My fate is calling and my heart's on the line
It ain’t a pipe dream
If I keep my dreams in the pipeline
Better late than never this is high time
Every day on Facebook
Checking out my friends highlights
Time flies and I cannot travel at the speed of light
But everything will be alright
If I give myself a head start
A pep talk, no more fears and doubts
If I stay in the here and now, I’ll be free
Of a time machine


[Pre-Chorus 3] Alicia Keys

Fear of what's in the mirror, yeah
So much to be afraid of
Scared of what we're made of
And what we might be


[Chorus] Alicia Keys and Imran Mandani
 
Out of your mind
(Out of your mind, out of your mind, out of your mind)
Go out of your mind
(Out of your mind, out of your mind)
Oh we can't rewind, life ain't no time machine
Life ain't no time machine
Life ain't no time machine
But once you free your mind
There's beauty in everything
Life ain't no time machine
Life ain't no time machine