Chokehold

Some people in this world, they want no more
Me, I got 'em single file in a chokehold
I could never slow it down, that's a no go
They said my heart jet black, keep it stone-cold, yeah

I take 'em all by the payload
All money, all power in the same boat
You better duck down, better lay low
I keep the whole world spinning if I say so
Ain't nobody knows

Now what's the move man, go on and say a word
I know some people who would love to put you in a hearse
Now I'ma say it once, I know it's hard to learn
That not a song you write could ever make a change in how the world turns

Don't let me catch you falling out of line
I run this planet like an enterprise
Don't make a scene, I won't let it slide
It's what you need to get their hands high

If all is vanity
I'll drown in kerosene
As far as I can see
I'ma lost 'cause I don't wanna let go
My sweet reality
Of pain and ecstasy
I'll trade my sanity
If I got everybody living in a chokehold

I got 'em all in a chokehold, yeah
I got 'em all in a chokehold
You better duck down, better lay low
Because I, I got 'em all in a chokehold
And I ain't letting go

This is all I know, my only way to cope
I won't let you take away all my antidote
I need something more, I'm running out of hope
But I can feel it for a second when I take control
Yeah, I can feel it for a second when I take control
I can feel it and I never wanna let go

If all is vanity, I'll drown in kerosene
As far as I can see
I'ma lost 'cause I don't wanna let go
My sweet reality
Of pain and ecstasy
I'll trade my sanity, oh

Oh, no, no, no
Got 'em all in a chokehold
Got 'em dying in a chokehold
Because I, I got 'em all in a chokehold
And I ain't letting go

Oh, you better, you better, you better
You better move back when I walk up in the scene
You best assume that if I hear about your name
You better (duck down, better lay low)
(I keep the whole world spinning if I say so)
(Ain't nobody knows)