Basement

[Intro]
F-f-f-face it
You don't wanna take my crown
You don't wanna take my crown
No, what's the basics?
You don't wanna break me down
You don't wanna break me down

[Chorus]
F-f-f-face it
You don't wanna take my crown
You don't wanna take my crown
No, what's the basics?
You don't wanna break me down
You don't wanna break me down
F-f-f-face it
You don't wanna take my crown
You don't wanna take my crown
No, what's the basics?
You don't wanna break me down
You don't wanna break me down

[Verse 1]
I don't even know if I can push them all away
'Cause this pressin' on my chest is just depressin' every day, yeah
We can diagnose it as a failure of the brain
On this tape-recorded message, we could throw it all away
Yeah, I know you just wanna slow me down
Keep it in house, I got windows, baby
Ice-cold weather tryna cool me down
Pulls me down to the snow
I go through another motion
Most days can't feel my emotions
And these walls never end like an ocean
I end the commotion, I'm sleepin' again

[Refrain]
(Ohh-oh-oh) We deserve what they kill us for
(Ohh-oh-oh) Take my mind, you can lock it up in the basement

[Chorus]
F-f-f-face it
You don't wanna take my crown
You don't wanna take my crown
No, what's the basics?
You don't wanna break me down
You don't wanna break me down
F-f-f-face it
You don't wanna take my crown
You don't wanna take my crown
No, what's the basics?
You don't wanna break me down
You don't wanna break me down
F-f-f-

[Verse 2]
I don't even know if I can keep my spirit locked in
See decay across the frame in which your soul is watching
Used to run away from these mistakes but now I'm under—
Neath them all again, but I'll just throw it all away
And I can burn a hundred tapes dead in the face
Say somethin' crazy, I can make the whole place (Lean)
You don't understand what I'm sayin' when I put it in a pen
You can take away my life for free
Well, face it, you don't wanna take my crown
But take it, I don't wanna make a sound
That makes it, lock it in a basement
Keep it in storage, you don't wanna hear from me

[Refrain]
(Ohh-oh-oh) We deserve what they kill us for
(Ohh-oh-oh) Take my mind, you can lock it up in the basement

[Bridge]
I can see the rain's fingerprints on this window
The sun will dry the rain's fingerprints through this cycle
I can see the rain's fingerprints on this window
The sun will dry the rain's fingerprints through this cycle (F-f-f-face it, you don't wanna take my crown)
Ahhh!

[Chorus]
F-f-f-face it
You don't wanna take my crown
You don't wanna take my crown
No, what's the basics?
You don't wanna break me down
You don't wanna break me down
F-f-f-face it
You don't wanna take my crown
You don't wanna take my crown
No, what's the basics?
You don't wanna break me down
You don't wanna break me down
F-f-f-

[Outro]
I can see the things that you don’t wanna have me see
Underneath this house I sing about, I'm building up a tree
With informants you can torment, they could pull my skin away
As I take a bow, I'm falling down to rest in the decay