Lotta Years
Reflections on Time: Tattoos, Juice, and Generational Shifts
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The kid that work down at the local Baskin-Robbins
The person working at Baskin-Robbins has a tattoo of a lipstick print above their collar.
Got a tattoo of a lipstick print attached above his collar
Observing the person moving pistachio ice cream onto a waffle, questioning personal purpose or interest in life.
I watched him relocating pistachio to a waffle
Feeling disconnected from the plot or passion for life.
Thinking I had lost the plot if not the passion for the novel
Ordered something unusual, reflecting personal taste.
He asked me what I wanted, I ordered something daft
Mentioning a tattoo drawn by Alex featuring bats.
He said he liked the tattoo Alex drew me of the bats
Expressing gratitude for the compliment on the tattoo.
Thanks
Humorous acknowledgment of the compliment.
I like it too but modestly confess
Agreeing with the compliment but downplaying personal significance.
In present company, my coloring is not the main event
Acknowledging that the tattoo is not the main focus in the current context.
Look at that neck
Noticing someone's neck tattoo and making a comment about it.
The message is immediate, the guy F's chicks
Interpreting the neck tattoo as a message about the person's sexual activity.
I spent a lot of years making friends with cool artists
Spent a significant amount of time befriending talented artists.
So when they drew me tattoos I could truly feel important
Value in tattoos created by cool artists, feeling important through them.
Now some twenty two year old inside a cube of brick and mortar
Reflecting on the impact of a young person's perspective on morality.
Got me questioning my morals and their corny pecking order
Contemplating one's priorities and values.
I should give a shit less
Expressing a desire to care less about certain things.
Cherry-No
Rejecting cherries, accepting whipped cream.
Whip-Yes
Expressing preferences or choices.
Lotta years
Reflecting on the passage of time and accumulated experiences.
Uh, lotta years
Reiterating the idea of having experienced many years.
The girl that work down at the local juice place
Describing a person with dreadlocks at a juice place.
Got a head full of dreadlocks down to her waist
Observing the process of making juice and feeling satisfied with one's own juice.
I watched her add the spinach to the ginger to the grapes
Positive comparison between the observer's juice and the person with dreadlocks.
My hair was underwhelming, my juice was fucking great
Someone admires the dreadlocks and inquires about the time it took to grow them.
Some lady orders Maca, compliments the locks
Reflecting on the years it took to grow and maintain dreadlocks.
She asked how many years it took the girl to grow the crop
Acknowledging the changing times and feeling overwhelmed by the future.
It took a lot of years and then eventually I cut 'em, kept 'em
Expressing the ability to attach and detach dreadlocks at will.
Reattach 'em anytime I want 'em
Astonished by the possibilities of the future and feeling old.
My mind's fucking blown
Humorous speculation about futuristic activities like cloning pets and using a hoverboard.
The future is amazing, I feel so fucking old
Reflecting on the vast changes and advancements since the past.
I bet you clone your pets and ride a hover-board to work
Recalling using a folding map in the past, highlighting the contrast with current technology.
I used a folding map to find the juice place in the first
Commenting on the energetic behavior of today's youth, contrasting with personal recovery from church.
These kids are running wild, I'm still recovering from church
Recounting personal skateboarding skills in the 90s.
You should have seen me in the nineties, I could ollie up a curb
Reflecting on musical preferences and personal experiences in the 80s.
You should have seen me in the eighties
Repeating the idea of experiencing many years.
I was bumping New Edition, dragging acne into Hades
Closing remark, asking if the listener understands the message.
Lotta years
Reiterating the theme of having lived through numerous years.
Naw mean?
Informal expression, asking for confirmation or agreement.
Lotta years
Final statement, emphasizing the passage of time and accumulated experiences.
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