Though far be it for you to be calling, my house was Vietnam
Desert Storm and both of us put together can form an atomic bomb
Equivalent to Chemical Warfare,
And that's when I realized you were sick and it wasn't fixable or changable
As a tribute I wrote this on the jet
I guess I had to get this off my chest
I hope I get the chance to lay it 'fore I'm dead
The stewardess said to fasten my seatbelt, I guess we're crashing
So if I'm not dreaming, I hope you get this message
the first one is atrocious. The last two are made particularly bad because of the beat change that happens there.
I also feel sometimes he moves into "character" like when he says Momma at the end of the second voice with the kiss sound effect. Its things like that that irritate me about the song. I want to love this song so bad but all these things make it lose momentum. just as he is about to reach a climax, finish a verse, get to a good part, he puts those things and they are just awfully executed.
The best line of the whole song is
Cause to this day we remain estranged and I hate it though
Both times its delivered with heart, urgency, regret. History. Its very good writing. If he had focused on writing lines like that and removed a couple unnecessary words, slowed down to allow words to sink in, it would have been classic. Now, its just good to great