Is This the Life? (feat. Ylyric)

There's heretics playing politics And everyone's in the thick of it All I see is advertisements But all I buy is cigarettes I stay woke But I'm half asleep My hands are stiff And my knees are weak My mind's racing like it's aiming for a winning streak But it passes everything it seeks Everyone wants to skip town They'd rather see it all burn down But in the aftermath there's no lost and found Just what you brought when you got out Will someone tell me what gives Is the life we have to live It just seems so repetitive From the uppers to the sedatives How loud will the masses roar When I scream at the top of my vocal chords At the BET or Video Awards I ain't make the plan I'm just playing accord whoa But they don't want to see me make it there Cause I'm black this year, they want to make it clear Control us all like a puppeteer Had to cut the strings, no puppets here Raw fire, what a puppet fear So come and lie I swear Pinocchio I dare No pen, no pad, but a new idea Man I'm tempted to swerve the more I steer I get selfish the more I share So keep your two cents I don't need your pair Cause you couldn't walk a mile in the pair I wear Yeah a few have stare but they did not fare well, no Won't somebody help me, tell me I've been thinking about life and this can't be No food, no water in the pantry I've been thinking about moms and my granny I've been thinking about J and his family Time's up and I'm about to up the ante I'ma pull it til this motherfucker's empty Swear to God I just want to have a family Won't somebody help me, tell me Won't somebody help me, tell me Won't somebody help me, tell me Won't somebody help me, tell me How loud will the masses roar When I scream at the top of my vocal chords At the BET or Video Awards I ain't make the plan I'm just playing accord whoa We're all walking through a sunken dream Don't even care what it all means Just wishin' it was yesterday When everything was foreplay and gourmet Should I leave or should I stay Probably feel the same either way Will I stay strong or will I break Some things I just can't leave up to fate