institutionalized

senses fail

sometimes i try to do things

and it just doesn't work out the way i wanted to. and i get real frustrated and like i try hard to do it. i like take my time and it just doesn't work out the way i wanted to. it's like i concentrate on it real hard and it just doesn't work out

and everything i do and everything i try it never turns out. it's like i need time to figure these things out. there's always someone there going

hey buddy. you know

we've been noticing you've been having a lot of problems lately. you know

you need to maybe get away and like maybe you should talk about it

you'll feel a lot better

i go. no it's okay

you know i'll figure it out

just leave me alone i'll figure it out. you know i'll just work it out myself. and they go. well you know if you want to talk about it i'll be here you know and you'll

probably feel a lot better if you talk about it

so why don't you talk about it?

i go. no. i don't want to talk about it. i'm okay

i'll figure it out myself but they just keep

bugging me and they just keep bugging me and it builds up inside. so you're gonna be institutionalized

you'll come out brainwashed with bloodshot eyes

you won't have anything to say

they'll brainwash you until you see their way. i'm not crazy

you're the one who's crazy

you're driving me crazy

they stuck me in an institution

said it was the only solution

to give me the needed professional help

to protect me from the enemy

myself

i was in my room and i was like just sitting there staring at the wall thinking about

everything but then again i was thinking about nothing

and my mom came in and i didn't even realize she was there and she calls my

name but i didn't even hear it

and she started screaming buddy! buddy!

and i go. what

what's the matter?

and she goes. what's the matter with you?

i go. there's nothing-wrong mom. and she goes. don't tell me that

you're on drugs!

i go. mom i'm not on drugs i'm okay

i was just thinking you know

why don't

you get me a pepsi?

and she goes. no you're on drugs!

i go. mom i'm okay

i'm just thinking. she goes. no you're not thinking

you're on drugs! normal people don't act that way!

i go. mom just give me a pepsi please

all i want is a pepsi

and she wouldn't give it to me

all i wanted was a pepsi

just one pepsi

and she wouldn't give it to me. just a pepsi. they give you a white shirt with long sleeves

tied around you're back

you're treated like thieves

drug you up because they're lazy

it's too much work to help a crazy

i'm not crazy

you're the one who's crazy

you're driving me crazy

they stuck me in an institution

said it was the only solution

to give me the needed professional help

to protect me from the enemy

myself

i was sitting in my room and my mom and my dad came in and they pulled up

a chair and they sat down and they go. buddy

we need to talk to you

and i go. okay what's the matter?

they go. me and your mom we've been noticing lately that you've been having a lot of

problems

you've been going off for no reason and we're afraid you're gonna

hurt somebody

we're afraid you're gonna hurt yourself. so we decided that it would be in your interest if we put you somewhere

where you could get the help that you need. and i go. wait

what are you talking about

we decided!? my best

interest?! how do you know what my best interest is? how can you say what

my best interest is? what are you trying to say

i'm crazy? when i went to

your schools

when i went to your churches

when i went to your institutional learning

facilities?! how can you say i'm crazy?

they say they're gonna fix my brain

alleviate my suffering and my pain

but by the time they fix my head

mentally i'll be dead

i'm not crazy

you're the one who's crazy

you're driving me crazy

they stuck me in an institution

said it was the only solution

to give me the needed professional help

to protect me from the enemy

myself

it doesn't matter. i'll probably get hit by a car anyway.