Sometimes I try to do things, and it just don't turn out the way I wanted to
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and I get real frustrated, it's like, I take my time and I try real hard, but
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no matter what I do and no matter what I try it never works out, it's like I
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concentrate on it real hard, but it never works out, it's like I need some
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time to figure these things out, but there's always someone there going:
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- Hey Mike, you know, we been noticing you've been having alot of problems
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lately, you know, and like maybe you should talk about it, you'd feel alot
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better.
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And I go:
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- No, it's ok, I now have some problems, I'll figure it out myself, just
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leave me alone I'll figure it out.
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And they go:
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- Why don't you talk about it, you'll feel alot better?
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And I go:
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- No, I don't want to, just leave me alone, I'll figure it out myself!
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And they keep on bugging me and it builds up inside, it builds up inside...
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So you're gonna be institutionalized
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You'll come out brainwashed with bloodshot eyes
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You won't have any say
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They'll brainwash you until you see their way
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I'm not crazy - institutionalized
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You're the one who's crazy - institutionalized
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You're driving me crazy - institutionalized
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They stuck me in an institution
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Said it was the only solution
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To give me the needed professional help
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To protect me from the enemy, myself
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I was sitting in my room, and I was like staring at the walls thinking about
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everything but then again I was thinking about nothing, and then my mom came
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in and I didn't notice she was there and she calls my name and I didn't hear
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her and then she started screaming:
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- Mike, Mike!
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And I go:
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- What, what's the matter?
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She goes:
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- What's the matter with you?
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I say:
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- Nothing mom.
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She goes:
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- Don't tell me nothing, you're on drugs!
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I go:
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- No mom, I'm not on drugs, I'm ok, I'm just thinking, you know, why don't
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you get me a Pepsi?
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She goes:
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- No, you're on drugs, you're crazy, normal people won't be acting that way!
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I go:
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- Mom, I'm all right, I'm just thinking, you know, so why don't you, like
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give me a Pepsi?
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And she goes:
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- No, you're crazy!
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All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me,
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just one Pepsi.
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They give you a white shirt with long sleeves
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Tied around you're back, you're treated like thieves
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Drug you up because they're lazy
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It's too much work to help a crazy
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I'm not crazy - institutionalized
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You're the one who's crazy - institutionalized
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You're driving me crazy - institutionalized
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They stuck me in an institution
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Said it was the only solution
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To give me the needed professional help
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To protect me from the enemy, myself
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I was sitting in my room and my mom and my dad came in and they pulled up a
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chair and they sat down, they go:
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- Mike, we need to talk to you.
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And I said:
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- Okay, what's the matter?
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They go:
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- Well me and your mom, we been noticing lately you've been having alot of
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problems, and you haven't been acting like yourself, and we're afraid that
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you're going to hurt somebody, and we're afraid that you're gonna hurt
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yourself, so we decided that it would be in your best interest if we put
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you somewhere where you could get the help that you need...
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And I said:
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- Wait, what are we talking about?! We decided?! My best interest?! How can
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you know, how can you say what my best interest is? What are you trying to
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say? I'm crazy? When I went to your schools, I went to your churches, I
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went to your institutional learning facilities. So how can you say that I'm
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crazy?
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They say they're gonna fix my brain
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Alleviate my suffering and my pain
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But by the time they fix my head
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Mentally I'll be dead
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I'm not crazy - institutionalized
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You're the one who's crazy - institutionalized
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You're driving me crazy - institutionalized
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They stuck me in an institution
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Said it was the only solution
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To give me the needed professional help
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To protect me from the enemy, myself
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It doesn't matter, i'm trying to get hit by a car anyway.
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