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Sometimes I try to do things, and it just doesn't work out the way I wanted to.
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And I get real frustrated and like I try hard to do it.
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I like take my time and it doesn't work out the way I wanted to.
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It's like I concentrate on it real hard and it doesn't work out
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And Everything I do and everything I try it never turns out.
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It's like I need time to figure these things out.
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There's always someone there going
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Hey Buddy:
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You know, we've been noticing you've been having a lot of problems lately.
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You know, you need to maybe get away and like maybe you should talk about it,
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you'll feel a lot better
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I go:
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No it's okay, you know I'll figure it out, just leave me alone I'll figure it out.
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You know I'll just work it out myself.
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And they go:
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Well you know if you want to talk about it I'll be here you know and you'll
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probably feel a lot better if you talk about it, so why don't you talk about it?
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I go:
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No. I don't want to talk about it. I'm okay, I'll figure it out myself but they just keep
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bugging me and they just keep bugging me and it builds up inside.
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So you're gonna be institutionalized
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You'll come out brainwashed with bloodshot eyes
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You won't have any say
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They'll brainwash you until you see their way.
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I'm not crazy - institutionalized
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You're the one who's crazy - institutionalized
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You're driving me crazy - institutionalized
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They stuck me in an institution
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Said it was the only solution
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to give me the needed professional help
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to protect me from the enemy, myself
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I was in my room and I was like just sitting there staring at the wall thinking about
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everything but then again I was thinking about nothing
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And my mom came in and I didn't even realize she was there and she calls my
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name but I didn't even hear it, and she started screaming BUDDY! BUDDY!
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And I go:
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What, what's the matter?
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And she goes:
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What's the matter with you?
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I go:
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There's nothing-wrong Mom.
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And she goes:
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Don't tell me that, you're on drugs!
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I go:
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Mom I'm not on drugs I'm okay, I was just thinking you know, why don't
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you get me a pepsi?
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And she goes:
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NO you're on drugs!
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I go:
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Mom I'm okay, I'm just thinking.
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She goes:
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No you're not thinking, you're on drugs! Normal people don't act that way!
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I go:
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Mom just give me a Pepsi please
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All I want is a Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me
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All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me.
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Just a Pepsi.
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They give you a white shirt with long sleeves
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Tied around you're back, you're treated like thieves
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Drug you up because they're lazy
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It's too much work to help a crazy
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I'm not crazy - institutionalized
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You're the one who's crazy - institutionalized
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You're driving me crazy - institutionalized
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They stuck me in an institution
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Said it was the only solution
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To give me the needed professional help
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To protect me from the enemy, myself
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I was sitting in my room and my mom and my dad came in and they pulled up
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a chair and they sat down, they go:
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Buddy, we need to talk to you
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And I go:
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Okay what's the matter?
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They go:
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Me and your mom we've been noticing lately that you've been having a lot of
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problems, you've been going off for no reason and we're afraid you're gonna
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hurt somebody, we're afraid you're gonna hurt yourself.
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So we decided that it would be in your best interest if we put you somewhere
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where you could get the help that you need.
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And I go:
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Wait, what are you talking about, we decided!? My best
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interest?! How do you know what MY best interest is? How can you say what
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MY best interest is? What are you trying to say, I'M crazy? When I went to
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YOUR schools, when I went to YOUR churches, when I went to YOUR institutional learning
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facilities?! How can you say I'm crazy?
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They say they're gonna fix my brain
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Alleviate my suffering and my pain
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But by the time they fix my head
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Mentally I'll be dead
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I'm not crazy - institutionalized
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You're the one who's crazy - institutionalized
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You're driving me crazy - institutionalized
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They stuck me in an institution
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Said it was the only solution
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To give me the needed professional help
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To protect me from the enemy, myself
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Doesn't matter. I'll probably get hit by a car anyway.
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