I KNOW WHY

(v1)
Restless nights, got me on the edge
Open mics are really my only friends
Push my limits till I'm standing on the ledge
Stuck upon a precipice that never seems to end

All the letters I have written have no place for me to send
Like suspended animation, i'm fastened into the matrix
This state of mind ain't a phase, I'm addicted to these stages,
Pacing between the pages, you pay a price to be famous

I slay a mic in a cyphe, I'm constantly elevating
Honestly spend my days behind bars, contemplating
A kind of criminal mind, kind of feel I'm going crazy
Solitary confinement, Shutter Island, Scorsese

Keep saying to myself I'lI make it to where I want to be
Before the ghosts of disappointment starts haunting me
Every night through most of the day
From a whisper to a scream, I can hear them when they say

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I Know Why
You can't sleep sometimes
Cause when your passion is ignited
It will burn all night

(v2)
Recall the times by the river, coldest days of December
J and I would be smoking, swearing we would remember
Anyone who had helped us in achieving our endeavors
Now the temperature is rising, I know we aint' got forever

To ever have the ability, or will to be great
Only speaking for myself though hoping ya'll can relate
Because perspective is experience on different plain
But if we're in the same boat, we suffer similar fates

A storm is coming, and i'm chasing it
Tornado watchers speculating on the greatest hits
Revolve my disc, all they head's gonna do is spin
If Chubby Checker was a tempest, he'd be tempted to attempt to try to do the twist

I'm gonna do this shit, like it or not
Whether you love it or you hate it, or you even forgot
The passion in my veins could withstand any doubt
J-Craze, I gotta bounce; show the world what i'm bout, now tell them

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(v3)
Tired of hearing of the endless perks
This and that about such and such, or so and so had the best verse
How many followers they have? What's they net worth?
Who they dating now? And, who climbed into bed first?

Rumor circulates so fast inside a network
No fish in a barrel, see i'm trying to get to this net work
I left my woman for a dream that I had
But now that she's gone, I've become an insomniac

She said, "It looks like you've got it bad."
Thought I kicked the habit, but now it's kicking back, starting to kick my ass.
I'm trying to get it, but cannot seem to slip it's grasp
The gravity of addiction has yet to pass

Infatuation is over, dose, I'm never sober, toast
To the ones who live they're dreams before they're comatose
Walk around like a ghost in this town
Find me in the hollowed ruins when the sun goes down, i'm singing

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