Into My Own Hands

[Intro: Samples]

Cats think I'm delirious, but I'm so damn serious
Cats think I'm delirious, but I'm so damn serious
Cats think I'm delirious, but I'm so damn serious
Cats think I'm delirious, but I'm so damn serious
Claim you never know what you got 'til it's gone
I know I got it, I don't know what y'all on

[Verse 1: Gh05t]

I’m at the top and this is dope in the primal state
Praise the disrespect, even god knows I’m smoking the bible page
You about to be a witness when the pen hits mix between
JID and Gibbs with the flow and flips, step and we stole your kicks
Nah bruh, you can’t roll wit him but he’ll have you where you rest, rolling and
Finding a horse head in your bed cuz you madе this shit now lay in it
You tied my hands and zipped my lips but today i get rеspite for the shit
“mighty stances” from bitch’s bitch’ll get you resting in a min
Name a name and method and we stage the place, wait and then
Move in on your left like i was method man
No more rest for the ghostly reaper an’ no one with they souls can keep em
Stomping on competition we on a roll cuz of the notes we keeping
Here a taste of my filets, high stakes require rawness on all my flows
Stake out the place, stop his light but I’m shining from all my gold
Break your bones with children’s toys, stopping your partner's cold
Knocking em off in sequence like I was popping in dominos

[Bridge: Sample]

Cats think I'm delirious, but I'm so damn serious
Cats think I'm delirious, but I'm so damn serious
Cats think I'm delirious, but I'm so damn serious
Cats think I'm delirious, but I'm so damn serious

[Verse 2: Greenfield]

Uh
Pushing daisies like Persephone did into Hades
I'm estimating that it's been this way since the Euphrates
In the cradle of human civilization, incubating
We was babies in God's creation, debilitated
And since the dawn of time, sickos want what's mine
The human condition is what got us the Holocaust
Or lately in Columbine
Chasing the dollar signs, taking the bottom line
Wasting a lotta time
The powers that be will sodomize the blue collar kind
Breaking down a molecule 'til it becomes a part of you
Ironic that we run from the truth
He makes an escape, and they're like
"Don't let the fucker get loose"
An idea strung up in a noose, order a supper for two
An idea is a partner in crime, not just something you use
A relationship with my art, yeah, we fuck in the booth
An outcast as a child, I got something to prove

[Bridge: Sample + (Dogface)]

(*mumbled* I mean he is an actual rapper, I'm just what? Starting out? Haha, whatever. *mumbled* Uh, yeah, yo...)
Cats think I'm delirious, but I'm so damn serious
Cats think I'm delirious, but I'm so damn serious
Cats think I'm delirious, but I'm so damn serious (Yuh, yuh)
Cats think I'm delirious, but I'm so damn serious (Yuh, yuh, yuh, yuh)

[Verse 3: Dogface]

I been wanting to kill myself my whole life
And I'd be surprised if at some point I don't try
Of course I think of suicide
When my life feels like a super slide sewer ride
You could say I thought about it a few times
Even wrote about it, came up with a few rhymes
I used to think no one heard my rambling mind
For years, I been speaking sign language to the blind
Learn to turn a deaf ear to a kid with too much pride
Who would rather fucking hide than abide by your advice
To be fair, we got the same issues at the core
Our answer to the cancer is to cancel life support
I look in the mirror, all I see's a vampire
Went from founding NOH to a charity hire
See, I done grown around the roaches
Learned to cope when life is hopeless
Tie the rope around my throat
Squeeze and realize I ain't joking
You know I'm angry that I love music
I've had my noose for a minute and it's my excuse not to use it
I'm taking my life yo, into my own hands
Cause it's about time I act like a grown man
And show that I've grown enough to be
Cause someone's gotta step the fuck up, and sho' enough it's me
My father cause problems, but fuck if I might care
Save the fight for next time gramps shows up in your nightmares
My other grandfather's still alive
Don't recognize his grandson, won't look him in the eyes
My mama's gonna work herself to death
And what she's got left is being eaten by stress
Every day's a test, let's just get through this year
And sit back, sip a mix of gin and devil's tears
I shaved my head in preparation for the shit that life will bring
Feeling kinda blue this winter, but you must believe in spring

[Outro: Samples]

I was wondering about our yesterdays and digging through the rubble
And to say the least, someone went through a hell of a lot of trouble
To make sure that when we look things up, we wouldn't fare too well
And we would come up with totally unreliable pictures of ourselves
With no paper, no pencils and no other utensils
And hell, these folks never even heard of a gun
Nobody, no man and no woman is precisely what they think they are (Cats think I'm delirious, but I'm so damn serious)
Love is where you find it
It's what you see in your mirror (Cats think I'm delirious, but I'm so damn serious)
What you try to do is isolate whatever it is you see in that other person, which is you (Cats think I'm delirious, but I'm so damn serious, cats think I'm delirious, but I'm so damn serious)
Everybody knows, for example... (Cats think I'm delirious, but I'm so damn serious)
If you listen to every writer, knows
You listen to me or I listen to you (Cats think I'm delirious, but I'm so damn serious)
No matter what I'm sa-
No matter what I may be describing (Cats think I'm delirious, but I'm so damn serious)
I'm describing myself

[Outro 2: Dogface]

*laughing*
Ah...
Ah, some goofy as shit...
Yo, listen, listen
Don't get me wrong, I'd never do it
And that's my message, so don't misconstrue it
My mental state don't reflect what the truth is
So those that worry bout my safety, just know my safe space is the music
See, I never had much
Heh, honestly I still don't
You know, I never had many friends
Definitely none to have an honest talk with
But I have a family, father not included
I have my mother, I love her, even when she'd get abusive
You see, I have integrity, intelligence, drive, endurance
More than anything I got in my heart y'all, and I know how to use it
Still, I find myself most days wanting to give up, thinking it's useless
But I can't
I'm a cockroach living in concrete, I'm fucking ruthless
*chuckle*
And to my friends, I love you
I'm proud of each and every one of you...