Tell Me

Disordered thoughts inside my mind,

This tortured conscious remains wild

I felt like I always had control

Guess I was wrong, I never did

Every gamble, I lost the bid

As dull as I thought the toll

This dark entity had intertwined

Eyes as black as charcoal

Watching me as I sleep at night

I'm stuck inside this pigeonhole

With no way out imprisoned soul

Yet I remain this elevated

Cognition is only a part of the whole,

A concept with which I am well acquainted

I had a feeling it would get better with time,

From strength I recover that which was stole

 

Listen to the haters hate, and

Watch 'em do the hating dance

Tell me I don't have a chance

I can not wait to see you though

When you roll through my sold out show!

 

The 509, I grew up quick, wasn't bout to stick around

The bangers there didn't play no games

Those who got in the way got put in the ground

I had a dream of getting to the Puget Sound

Seattle lights they caught my eyes

It seemed music had roots in the bay

I saw with my eyes, an opportunity to thrive

Making music anyway, I could do that any day

When I spit this shit, it makes me feel alive

 

Listen to the haters hate, and

Watch 'em do the hating dance

Tell me I don't have a chance

I can not wait to see you though

When you roll through my sold out show!

 

I seen some shit as a kid I probably shouldn't have

Yet somehow, I wouldn't be the same if I didn't see

Grown men throw my mom onto her ass,

Or see all those fools get their asses kicked in front of me

For wearing the wrong colors in the wrong neighborhood

Or for having an accent and being different

Times have changed for sure I see that

But I keep on adapting as a player should

Now I have to worry when I'm in church and

Even when I'm surrounded by nuns, I feel trapped

So give a fool a break, I can't take another minute of this

It's starting to take away from everything I have made

And the weight is a lot, like I'm trying to pull an anchor

Everybody doubts what you can achieve

I have to admit, it is just a pet peeve

Only you know what you do all of this for

 

Listen to the haters hate, and

Watch 'em do the hating dance

Tell me I don't have a chance

I can not wait to see you though

When you roll through my sold out show!