The Demon In The Mattress

Chorus:
I don’t wanna go to sleep, I’m scared
There’s a demon in the mattress, and a monster under my bed
That go bump in the night, you know them things that go bump in the night
Wait, look
I don’t wanna go to sleep, I’m scared
There’s a demon in the mattress, and a monster under my bed
That go bump in the night, you know them things that go bump in the night
That go bump in the night
So this something you can bump in the night
A little something you can bump in the night, you can bump in the night
So this something you can bump in the night
A little something you can bump in the night, you can bump in the night

Verse 1:
Mama, you don’t understand, only Lord knows
This room turn into a hell when the door close
I hear somebody in the closet near my wardrobe
I’ma have to make some kind of signal on morse code
Stronghold tryna keep me down, don’t understand
Why my social worker told me ‘you a brave man’
When I keep my light illuminated on my nightstand
And a nightlight plugged in, need a flight plan
Life man, I swear it take you for a loop
Gettin’ sick and tired of being haunted, where’s a bowl of soup when you need it?
Granny said you only get defeated when determination and the will to fight are depleted
But listen, this battle’s much bigger than me
Now figuratively, don’t know the last time I could sleep
‘cause when I drift off, I wake up with cold sweats
Repetitive nightmares and then I see the silhouettes so

Chorus:
I don’t wanna go to sleep, I’m scared
There’s a demon in the mattress, and a monster under my bed
That go bump in the night, you know them things that go bump in the night
That go bump in the night
So this something you can bump in the night
A little something you can bump in the night, you can bump in the night
So this something you can bump in the night
A little something you can bump in the night, you can bump in the night

Verse 2:
There’s voices beneath me, promising to eat me
Including the bones, being alone ain’t easy, 
I’m queasy
Said partner wouldn’t believe me
Ain’t you seen scary movies before, the child usually right
My life’s gettin’ creepy
Forget putting covers over my head, instead I made a teepee
With a flashlight always had the courage
Deep down inside but fear that he prefer it
So he paralyze me under the sheets, in the darkness

(*demon*):
‘How you gonna try to break the barriers of heartless regardless
Ain’t nobody tryna hear your message
Positivity? Please, I turn the people reckless,’ he said

Showed me images of all my failures
Mixed with my fears and the lies he’ll sell ya

(*demon*):
‘Little boy Blew, tell me what’chu gon’ do
Gonna kick me into this [?]’

Little did he know I got a plan I been crafting
Whole time something in my hand I been grasping
For those asking what happened, I’ll tell you later
But for now I gotta deal with something greater, hold up

Chorus:
I don’t wanna go to sleep, I’m scared
There’s a demon in the mattress, and a monster under my bed
That go bump in the night, you know them things that go bump in the night
That go bump in the night
So this something you can bump in the night
A little something you can bump in the night, you can bump in the night
So this something you can bump in the night
A little something you can bump in the night, you can bump in the night (*echoes out*)