American Hypnosis

Ah, American hypnotize

Been sad since about '09

Was scared of **** in my mind, now I smile in my pic's online

Isolation taught me patience 'bout the way to go

Had to learn my mama depression wasn't my own

Had to feel the pressures of the pessimism

Trying to convince me that realism was a better vision

Never been accepted in the ghetto, but I'm on Division

And I'm livin', inability to be myself in a room full of ******

Focused on hittin stains and gettin' *******

I don't speak, I'm silent as a mouse by my own house

With a bit of bitterness, worried about fittin' in

And my uncle in the pen taught me how to be a man

But he failed to mention why he did what he did

Why my dad had to dip 'fore I learned how to tie my sneakers?

While my mama boyfriend think he hiding the fact he sell *****

We was kids, that ain't mean we was stupid

First time I'd seen a gun, thinking if he'd shoot it

Shotgun in my mama mouth, please don't do it

She ran home naked and came right to us

And I go to school the next day like ain't **** happen

excelled in great grades and they ain't matter

Standardized tests educate data

You love the hype ****, but they ain't Saba

You ain't seen addicts until my family

Granny lost her brother, her other brother, her daddy

You wonder why I don't drink

Wonder why I don't smoke

Wonder why I don't live

Wonder why I'm so gray

Wonder what's a fun night

Waiting for the punchlines

Want the beat quantized, you should play some other ****

*****, we was traumatized, you talkin' 'bout the government?

Had to get my ass whooped, fight's how we settle it

I wish I didn't have to be famous to be important

I used to wish that my parents could keep it cordial

I hated my life until I played the piano

They raided my best friend, he red-handed

Scene of this **** like a scene of a movie

Meanwhile, I'm the kid in the private schooling

Wearing my glasses, playing my computer

Drawing cartoons, was a straight-A student

On a scholarship and I hated that

Left the hood, somehow I made it back

Back to life, back to reality

Will my life, ever belong to me?

Hypothesize the definition of free

Realize this dream wasn't meant to be

Hey, boss, how ya doin'? It's Pops, here's my bucket list, it's pretty short

I want us to go see Vatican City, I wanna go see Mecca, I wanna visit Israel

I wanna visit Morocco, I wanna see the Egyptian pyramids, the Mayan pyramids in South America

But most importantly, what I'm saying is that I want us to all do this together

I'm proud of you, man. Peace

I too am an American dreamer

I too dream of American freedom

I too sing an American plea

I too scream 'til liberty rings and (x4)