Propaganda
Dead Prez
5:13Yo... damn Yo, my head is fucked up, son Man, you gon' be aight, man? Yo, I ain't drinkin' no mo', dog, I swear C'mon, man, I got you, dog, c'mon Shit—oh, shit... How do it feel to be high without drugs? Some say it's the feelin' of love for yourself I can't call it, I just threw up in the toilet And all my life, I said I wasn't gon' be no alcoholic I'm fallin', son, tryna stay sober But the alcohol be callin', son, like a ghost, so Let's make a toast to my liver and my kidneys Pour out a little Henny, here's to gout in your twenties Not many niggas make it to thirty, we ridin' dirty Breath stinkin', already drinkin' bright and early I done hurled off Smirnoff, gin and 8-ball Passed out on the bathroom floor with my clothes off 'Member them Mickeys? Tall, can't fit in your Dickies Before they put them cameras up in the corner store? It used to be so much fun when we was young Tryna holla at somethin' smellin' like 151 Gettin' thrown out the club on buzz I'm 'bout to go get the gun, dog, but I ain't even know where I was My nigga M.A. had to carry me home on many days It was Heineken, Beck's, Andre's and E&J's They say alcoholism is in my DNA 'Cause my pops liked to get fucked up the same way They say alcoholism is in my DNA 'Cause my pops liked to get fucked up the same way Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa Yo, pick it up Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa Yo, M.A., pick it up, it's M.I.D., dog Yo, yo, man, yo, hello Yo, nigga Yo, man What y'all niggas did last night, man? I ain't even up yet, I'm still fucked up though Still in the bed, nigga, yo, what happened? I got so fucked up last night, I passed out Assed out, man, I couldn't even get to the house And I know I shouldn't be drinkin' on an empty stomach But the flyer said, "Open bar," I said, "Fuck it" Went from vodka to rum, from rum to cognac My body feel like I've been fightin' in combat And I've been coughin' up yellow shit, breakin' a sweat I've been shakin' like a leaf, but that's just what I get For pourin' my own poison and throwin' it back And it's not enough to just know better, you gotta act I know I said that the last time, but I was havin' such a good time The liquor just took over my mind And I don't wanna be a Gil Scott-Heron, y'all But when you livin' in the bottle, then a nigga stop carin' 'Cause the ones who made that alcohol ain't my friend But the sad part is I'ma probably do it again, goddamn Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa I used to have a thing for cognac Nowadays, I train for combat Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa Pour your own poison I used to have a thing for cognac Nowadays, I train for combat