Rhythm and Greens
RHYTHM AND GREENS
I’m here cause I’m messed up and cause I messed up
Luck does not come into play
If you catch a bad break you can take it and make it work
Or wallow in your mistake and just ache and hurt
I’m always to be known as the sick jerk beyond control
Who pitched a fit, picked on a kid, and paid the toll
Hold up though, I don’t know where I should go
In the pantheon of notorious, inglorious foes
(I chose this life, I pulled my knife out
and sowed strife no doubt)
I’m not proud
I’m not gonna say that I’m not who you say I am
Whether I ain’t or am too is on you
All I can do is provide my side
I don’t intend to minimize or
Give lies that imply that I shouldn’t be despised
Keeping it real, that’s what’s up
That’s how you live up in the cut
Through the rut, the bad blood
Mad thugs getting no love
Holding a grudge just because
They got us under lock and key
Go back to the block in misery
And that’s where you remain
I ain’t saying just put on a happy face
We all want to be some other place
It’s not just four walls, it’s dozens
Inside, outside, try to climb get caught in the wire
I could have told you it can’t be done
Perimeter’s only breached by digging deep
Going down into the ground as a workaround
Or I guess you can just wait
Maybe forget to lock your gate
Take a stroll in civilian clothes before they close it themselves
Get some help from the outside
Pay a bribe or it’s suicide
All you gotta do is think outside the box
Even if they got you busting rocks
Shaking in your socks when the cold freeze cleans your clock
It’s not the end of the world
It’s still spinning, believe me
Try to relax, just don’t take it easy
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