Barely Surviving (Ride or Die)

Can't get a job anymore cuz I'm a gangbanging Juggalo

According to the cop's report

Just wanted in and out of this store

Had to return couple of things

I've purchased from there before

Clerk giving me hard time like I committed a crime

Onto the line

Hand 'em the proof of the purchase

But the kid won't tell and the manager laughs

And I'm a thief and I stole it

Receipt and I showed it

Went down to a deeper emotion

To keep me from going up out of my mind

So I decided to leave 'em behind

But when I try, police have arrived

I'm leaving outside like "wonderful guy"

Put in a rack and I'm riding

I'm thinkin' that "this is the way that I'm treated"

I cannot believe it, I'm humble but weakened

Sitting inside a precinct

Finally, I can see them, talking and kinda kickin'

Speaking about my tattoos, classified as a cashew, I'm nutty

Cuz a I'm a Juggalo, gang member and bloody

The main center arrived

"Brought you here to let you know: it's nothing more than a factor, you being a Juggalo"

Life has a weight trying to wear me down

And it gets worse every time I turn around

(They keep me treating like nothing

I feel like I'm drowning and I'm barely surviving)

I don't like the way the world looks right now

Wanna leave it all behind but I don't know how

(and down

And I'm just hoping that one day I can figure it out)

f*ck their opinions and oversights of our living

I'm hoping amongst the hatred we find some sense of forgiving

I'm hoping that just by taking the first steps of living

We're reshaping what was deformed at birth, a new beginning

So singing the song of us sinners

So many y'all know the words

When they tryna to be overly righteous, that's feeling absurd

Man I'm so tired of all this fighting, shit is wearing me down

To the point, I no longer care for "hi"/"hey" out of their mouth

I'm depressed on the verge of giving up, but I know no cred

I'm just blowing up something lost in the moment and talking shit

I wanna leave it all behind but in my mind all I find

That I'm alive, and that that means I'm more insane over time

Serpent sign, but I'm outta time as they keep passing me by

Say they don't want my head and my hands emotionally tired

If they die another day put my hands together and pray

There he don't give me nothing I can't handle, please take it away

Give me strength for goodness' sake to

Take the lack of tears and swallowin' fears

And the power to move minds put me on the level ahead

Life has a way trying to wear me down

And it gets worse every time I turn around

(They keep me treating like nothing

I feel like I'm drowning and I'm barely surviving)

I don't like the way the world looks right now

Wanna leave it all behind but I don't know how

(and down

And I'm just hoping that one day I can figure it out)

Heavenly Father, I'm down on my knees

Thinking "why even bother?"

Can't change what they think, stalking above them

I'm alone as I can be and I feel like hostage

To everything you believe

Anger always seems to get me down

I just can't take it any longer

Life keeps on pausing and insanity's calling

And reality falling away from me

Can somebody help me?

Say a prayer, whoever cares, and kill me...

You got the weight of the World on your shoulders and you ready to ride or die

Don't let anybody convince you how you live it or how you're living your life

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