[Intro]
(Wait, please)
(Please, just let me go)
(Laugh)
A bed mite
A parasite
Songs from the rap god
[Verse 1]
I sit back with this pack of Zig-Zag's and this bag
Of this weed, it gives me the shit needed to be
The most meanest MC on this, on this Earth
And since birth, I've been cursed with this curse to just curse
And just blurt this berserk and bizarre shit that works
And it sells and it helps in itself to relieve
All this tension, dispensin' these sentences
Gettin' this stress that's been eatin' mе recently off
Of my chest and I rеst again peacefully (Peacefully)
But at least have the decency in you
To leave me alone, when you peeps see me out
In the streets when I'm eatin' or feedin' my daughter
To not come and speak to me, I don't know you
And no, I don't owe you a motherfuckin' thing
I'm not Miley or P!nk, I'm not what your friends think
I'm not super friendly, I can be a bitch
If you tempt me, my tank is on empty
No patience is in me and if you offend me
I'm liftin' you ten feet in the air
I don't care who was there and who saw me just jaw you
Go call you a lawyer, file you a lawsuit
I'll smile in the courtroom and buy you a wardrobe
I'm tired of all you, I don't mean to be mean
But that's all I can be, it's just me
[Chorus]
And I am whatever you say I am
If I wasn't, then why would I say I am?
On Twitter, the news, every day I am
I keep it hundo, and now I'm banned
'Cause I am whatever you say I am
If I wasn't, then why would I say I am?
On Facebook, the news, every day I am
I don't know, that's just the way I am
[Verse 2]
Sometimes I just feel like I'm Marshall, I hate to be bothered
With all of this nonsense, it's constant
And, "Oh, it's her lyrical content
And all of the politics gotten such rotten responses"
And all of this controversy circles me
And it seems like the media immediately
Points a finger at me
So I point one back at 'em, but not the index or pinkie
Or the ring or the thumb, it's the one you put up
When you don't give a fuck, when you won't just put up
With the bullshit they pull, 'cause they full of shit too
When a Boogaloo bitch shoots up her school
And they blame it on Karens
And white terrorists, and all the red hats
Now badges and bats are in Middle America
Now it's a tragedy, now it's so sad to see
An upper-class city
Havin' this happenin', then attack
BLM who refuse to give in, but I grin
'Cause they feed me the fuel that I need for the fire to burn
And it's burnin', and I have returned
[Chorus]
And I am whatever you say I am
And if I wasn't, then why would I say I am?
On Twitter, the news, every day I am
I keep it hundo, and now I'm banned
'Cause I am whatever you say I am
And if I wasn't, then why would I say I am?
On Facebook, the news, every day I am
I don't know, that's just the way I am
[Verse 3]
I'm so sick and tired of all of these liars
That I should get high and just go rapid-fire
And fuck all these labels, let's stop with the fables
You're not gonna stop me from being audacious
And pigeon-hole me into some metal sensation
To cop me rotations at underground stations
And I just do not got the patience
To deal with these cocky Caucasians who think
I'm some wigger who just tries to be black 'cause I talk
With an accent and shrivel their balls
So they always keep askin' the same fuckin' questions
What set do I claim, what hood I grew up in
The why, the who, what, when, the where, and the how
'Til I'm grabbin' their throats and I'm tearin' them out
'Cause they drivin' me crazy, I can't take it
I'm racin', I'm pacin', I stand and I sit
And I'm thankful for every fan that I get
But I can't take a shit in the bathroom without
Someone standin' by it!
Have some respect
And I'll sign both your tits
Get your ass in the back
[Outro]
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The Way I Am was produced by Mike Plotnikoff & Riff Grimez & Greg Wells.
Otep released The Way I Am on Tue Sep 05 2023.