Wyatt Baldwin

At work, I now and then have to drive (e.g., to pick up a new computer). One of the company cars has a pretty sweet XM receiver and a bunch of MP3s. While on a mission with my coworker Michael, we came across a hip hop act called Fort Minor, which I had never heard before.

It’s all good, but I’m really into this one particular song: Slip Out the Back. It resonates. Of course, it’s not the perfect soundtrack to my life, but I identify strongly with the overall meaning (as I perceive it), and certain lines can make me cry.

“Forget perfect–I’m trying not to be worthless. Since I last saw you, I’ve been looking for a purpose.”

“I don’t need to tell you that life isn’t fair. It doesn’t care. It arbitrarily cuts off your air. And like you, I want someone to say it’s OK. In the truest part of hearts, everybody’s afraid. We’re just under appreciated and overwhelmed, fighting so hard to hide our fear that we’re scaring ourselves.”

“Slip out the back before they know you were there. At the worst you’ll see nobody cares.”

“Please remember this isn’t how hoped it would be…”

“That’s why I slipped out the back before you know I was there. I know you felt unprepared… That’s why I slipped out the back before you knew I was there, and I know the way I left wasn’t fair.”

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