[Verse 1]
When I was a boy there was some terrible shit that went down
But still I hung around, to see if it would get better
And when I was a lad, well I was lonely and I was sad
But still I hung around, to see if it would get better
And when I was the boss, well there was so many things that I lost
But still I hung around, to see if I could win
But I’m getting so tired of this contest, who comes out on top man I couldn’t care less
This smile you see I can do coz I practiced and I ain’t ever gonna check this sadness
You trust truth bare witness
[Chorus]
This shit is old, my angers been in control since like forever, on my eleventh year
And what they stole, man I can never be whole not I ever, not even when I am no longer here
[Verse 2]
So I built a wall, I built it sturdy and I built it tall. You cannot get around
It’s covered all in big graffiti
That nothing can erase. Coz it’s a permanent mark of disgrace that I will always feel whenever I look in a mirror
You know I tried to hide, I tried to cover it all up inside
But it still it comes around. Still it comes around
I can never be normal unless I fake it, you say that you can but I know you can’t take it
This song might be long but on truth it’s a statement that I ain’t gonna ever shake the memory of that basement. Trust
[Chorus]
This shit is old, my angers been in control since like forever, on my eleventh year
And what they stole, man I can never be whole not I ever, not even when I am no longer here
[Verse 3]
And in the night-time, imaginations breed deadly violence, inflicted my friends
Carry my brother, I think I’d rather, you had it better, write my own letter, found by my mother read it to no one in the end
But when I dream I dream of paradise, one where I live somebody else’s life
Why can’t I live somebody else’s life?
Before this fear was here I was alright
Before this fear was here I was alright
Before they led me down the stairs
So Old N’ Told was written by Brendan B. Brown.
So Old N’ Told was produced by Wheatus.
Wheatus released So Old N’ Told on Sun Jul 17 2011.