The Way It Is

Man, the thought of being on antidepressants is kinda depressing Why we pay to live Cuz that's the way it is Why we say to kids Cuz that's the way it is Why we takin' pills Cuz that's the way it is I don't wanna chill Cuz that's the way it is Why you fidgetin' Boy, take your Ritalin In a minute, he start fiddlin' Figuring out all the ways that the world sees him Ain't nobody gonna be believin' that the boy don't need medication Demonstration of a pill for patience (patients) Elevation when he feelin' anxious Meditation when he chill with the ancients Yo, study prophecies Inspect the future Find a new gen prodigy Martin Luther Probably gonna intercept the next shooter Throw the body in the back of an Uber Remove the evidence Lotta misconducut Pharmacies and penitentiaries deconstruct Invested in selling you dreams It all leads back to the marketing schemes Why we pay to live Cause that's the way it is Why we save the kids Cause that's the way it is Why we takin' pills Cause that's the way it is I don't want to chill Cause that's the way it is Why we pay to live Cause that's the way it is Why we save the kids Cause that's the way it is Why we takin' pills Cause that's the way it is I don't wanna chill Cause that's the way it is Take your medicine, the world's so sickening Lay in bed again, wide awake, what you missing Get a grip again, cause you gonna start slipping Any day now and you gonna start tripping Pop a few too many, then it's on My doctor gave me these so it don't feel wrong But who knows, who shows me how to be Generation raised by a color TV Short circuit, I feel myself snap Ain't no way to figure how my brain will react It's whiplash when it kicks back like elastics Whole world getting wrapped in plastic Sugar coated with a massive attachment Take away the buzz because you go batshit How's that shit? You can't mask it Withdrawal, make a man crawl to a casket Why we pay to live Cause that's the way it is Why we save the kids Cause that's the way it is Why we takin' pills Cause that's the way it is I don't wanna chill Cause that's the way it is Why we pay to live Cause that's the way it is Why we save the kids Cause that's the way it is Why we takin' pills Cause that's the way it is I don't wanna chill Cause that's the way it is