Overcome Overcome Overcome

Do you not see all the damage you've done We gotta rise above Overcome, overcome, overcome I'm lost and I'm scared, don't know what's in store Left out in the cold, nowhere to go Wake up at night hands wrapped 'round my throat No Punchline just punches Ha ha ha I Kid (was just a kid) I Joke (I choke I choke) Not funny-yo Thrown in the tub, waterboarded screams Living in a nightmare 'cause you shattered dreams All because i was sleeping in my jeans Simple acts of defiance Knocked into compliance What the f*ck is wrong with you Never believed in hell 'till I met you I'm lost and I'm scared, don't know what's in store Left out in the cold, nowhere to go Wake me at night hands wrapped 'round my throat No Punchline just punches Ha ha ha I Kid (was just a kid) I Joke (I choke I choke) Not funny-yo Thrown off the bunk bed and down the stairs Made an example out of me Only time you got along with your wife Seemed to be When you were both Leading by example Killing me In ways that have left me for dead Do you not see all the damage you've done We gotta rise above, overcome, overcome, overcome I'm lost and I'm scared, don't know what's in store Left out in the cold, nowhere to go Wake me in the darkness, hands wrapped 'round my throat No Punchline just punches Ha ha ha I Kid (was just a kid) I Joke (I choke choke choke) Not funny-yo White spider, black sheep, gray elephant Marooned in this Disappointment's Room With zoo animals Bordering the walls Asking them to free me from being tied down Little did I know zoo animals are tied up too What the f*ck is wrong with you Never believed in the devil till I met you Thank God for teachers, neighbors, babysitters Child welfare knocking, making things bitter and then better Every Wed Nesday, cops in the driveway, making a scene Breaking fights in the family, how obscene Police escorting me High school felt so low Before we had to go You made the news Wednesday Journal infamy Under the under arrest section Had to leave it all, best thing for everybody For you. For me. For the family Hard reset After a year and a half, no bed, no clean clothes No safety, no love, (from day one it shows) You return my rights, pretend they were there But God saw it all No more hell No more devil Yeah, we rise above it all Overcome, overcome, overcome