Time - World War Me lyrics

[Verse 1: Time] I've been thinking about you lately And all the reasons That you hate me I know you got your reasons yes I know I'm not saintly Ill never be an angel I don't even believe in their boss Cause what's the different between a master and a cop? Sometimes I sit back and Soak it all in Like look how we've gone but did we even begin? No I don't want to smoke i don't want to have a drink I just want to sit in the dark and have some time to think I don't want to behave I just want to create We don't want to conform that's why we're full of this hate Every time you speak out they put you back in your cage They pasteurize thoughts and put em in gestation crates They detained liberation and they put her in a slaughterhouse Patriarchy no knock raid in your daughter's house Karma doesnt exist anymore cause a corporation bought it out Tears i wanna cry em out but there ain't no water from the drought [Hook: Time] From World War I to World War III Everyone scared like don't bomb me All that freedom don't mean you free The Biggest battle I ever fought was World War Me [Verse 2: Time] Standing in the art museum staring at a basquiat Well i ever own one? i tell myself probably not It doesnt really matter though, i guess we're all carbon I just wanna give back to my community before my heart hardens f** all the hate mail if my families eating And f** playing by the rules if everyone's cheating It's all about who you know and who you brown nose This industry will take your dignity and hold it hostage with your soul How many sinuses need to be filled with coke? Before we understand that the pain will never let go This is what arts for, this is why the painter paints This is basquiat's skull in your palm as your faint Now wake back up and smell the sleepless nights and aerosol Were all just running in circles like the horses on the carosel Too many get blinded by lust from staring at gold Were just trying to numb the pain until were pushing up them marigolds [Hook: Time] From World War I to World War III Everyone scared like don't bomb me All that freedom don't mean you free The Biggest battle I ever fought was World War Me [Verse 3: Time] Back when they were still calling AIDS GRID I was 3 years from being born i wasn't even a kid When i only was 5 keith haring died I used to see his figures dance around my room, on my walls they would climb I swore to god there was a vampire in my closet At therapy sessions i would laugh my parents thought i lost it All i read were scary stories i was obsessed with the occult Bigfoot, loch ness, ufos, i thought i could turn into a wolf When i was young fear cut deep, control wouldn't let me sleep Coercion everywhere, but in writing i found relief Heavy water in my eyes, basketball was my therapist NWA, mos def, hip hop there it is Wrote my first song off of 49th i still cherish it Rapped it to my all my friends even though i was embarra**ed Thats when chunk told me to never give a f** That was knowledge he gave me and that sentence was a drug Thats when i started to notice that words could smooth out the scars And they could break the prison in my mind and help me escape thru bars Words sewed my wounds, the search for knowledge i was consumed I found portals in books, i found refuge in my room