Answer:
I can be written, I can be spoken, I can be exposed, I can be broken.
The more of them you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
What has 4 eyes but canβt see?
I can be cracked, I can be made. I can be told, I can be played.
My first keeps time, my second spends time, my whole tells time.
Almost everyone needs it, asks for it, gives it. But almost nobody takes it.