Once an Addict - Interlude

Right, right, right, right
 Something's got a hold on me
 Right, right, right, right
 Sometimes I think pain is just a lack of understanding
 If we could only understand it all, would we feel no pain?
 God must feel no pain
 Something's got a hold on me
 Only joy
 Does this mean even our suffering pleases him?
 Lost in a cloud of marijuana
 Young Carolina nigga, fish out of water
 Step-daddy just had a daughter with another woman
 Mama ain't recover yet
 Callin' me at 12 at night
 She drunk as fuck and I'm upset
 'Cause why she always using me for crutch?
 Growin' up I used to always see her up
 Late as shit, cigarette smoke and greatest hits from Marvin Gaye
 She kill a whole bottle of some cheap chardonnay
 I gotta leave this house 'cause part of me
 Dies when I see her like this
 Too young to deal with pain
 I'd rather run the streets than see her kill herself
 So 'Ville became my escape from a feelin' I hate
 Mama cursing me out
 Depression's such a villainous state
 I used to stay out later on purpose
 Subconsciously I was nervous that if I came home early
 Then what would surface was her inner demons
 And then I'd have to end up seein' my hero on ground zero
 Tears flow while Al Green blow
 Love and happiness
 I wish that I could say the right words to cheer her up
 I wish her son's love was enough
 I tell her, "Mama, go to sleep"
 She tell me "Boy, hush
 You better pray to God you never get your heart crushed"
 I shake my head in frustration
 Head to my room and I can still hear the tunes with my door shut
 Fuck it though, a couple more months I'll be gone
 Off to college and dorms
 Foolin' myself, thinkin' problems are gone
 But now it's 1:00 a.m. and my mama dialin' my phone
 I know she intoxicated and soon this high that I'm on comes crashin' down
 She lit, talkin' drunk shit, I'm pissed
 But I'm still all ears like Basset hounds
 Thinkin' to myself, "Maybe my mama need help
 Don't she got work it the morning?
 Why she do this to herself?
 Hate how she slurrin' her words
 Soundin' so fuckin' absurd
 This ain't the woman I know
 Why I just sit and observe?
 Why don't I say how I feel?
 When I do, she's defensive for real
 Well, maybe things get better with time, I heard it heals"
 Little did I know how deep her sadness would go
 Lookin' back, I wish I woulda did more instead of running
 Something's got a hold on me
 I can't let it go
 Out of fear I won't be free
 Something's got a hold on me
 I can't let it go
 Out of fear I won't be-
 No
 Something's got a hold on me
 I can't let it go
 Right
 Life can bring much pain
 There are many ways to deal with this pain (right)
 Choose wisely (right)
 
 Right, right, right, right
 Something's got a hold on me
 Right, right, right, right
 Sometimes I think pain is just a lack of understanding
 If we could only understand it all, would we feel no pain?
 God must feel no pain
 Something's got a hold on me
 Only joy
 Does this mean even our suffering pleases him?
 Lost in a cloud of marijuana
 Young Carolina nigga, fish out of water
 Step-daddy just had a daughter with another woman
 Mama ain't recover yet
 Callin' me at 12 at night
 She drunk as fuck and I'm upset
 'Cause why she always using me for crutch?
 Growin' up I used to always see her up
 Late as shit, cigarette smoke and greatest hits from Marvin Gaye
 She kill a whole bottle of some cheap chardonnay
 I gotta leave this house 'cause part of me
 Dies when I see her like this
 Too young to deal with pain
 I'd rather run the streets than see her kill herself
 So 'Ville became my escape from a feelin' I hate
 Mama cursing me out
 Depression's such a villainous state
 I used to stay out later on purpose
 Subconsciously I was nervous that if I came home early
 Then what would surface was her inner demons
 And then I'd have to end up seein' my hero on ground zero
 Tears flow while Al Green blow
 Love and happiness
 I wish that I could say the right words to cheer her up
 I wish her son's love was enough
 I tell her, "Mama, go to sleep"
 She tell me "Boy, hush
 You better pray to God you never get your heart crushed"
 I shake my head in frustration
 Head to my room and I can still hear the tunes with my door shut
 Fuck it though, a couple more months I'll be gone
 Off to college and dorms
 Foolin' myself, thinkin' problems are gone
 But now it's 1:00 a.m. and my mama dialin' my phone
 I know she intoxicated and soon this high that I'm on comes crashin' down
 She lit, talkin' drunk shit, I'm pissed
 But I'm still all ears like Basset hounds
 Thinkin' to myself, "Maybe my mama need help
 Don't she got work it the morning?
 Why she do this to herself?
 Hate how she slurrin' her words
 Soundin' so fuckin' absurd
 This ain't the woman I know
 Why I just sit and observe?
 Why don't I say how I feel?
 When I do, she's defensive for real
 Well, maybe things get better with time, I heard it heals"
 Little did I know how deep her sadness would go
 Lookin' back, I wish I woulda did more instead of running
 Something's got a hold on me
 I can't let it go
 Out of fear I won't be free
 Something's got a hold on me
 I can't let it go
 Out of fear I won't be-
 No
 Something's got a hold on me
 I can't let it go
 Right
 Life can bring much pain
 There are many ways to deal with this pain (right)
 Choose wisely (right)
 
 Right, right, right, right
 Something's got a hold on me
 Right, right, right, right
 Sometimes I think pain is just a lack of understanding
 If we could only understand it all, would we feel no pain?
 God must feel no pain
 Something's got a hold on me
 Only joy
 Does this mean even our suffering pleases him?
 Lost in a cloud of marijuana
 Young Carolina nigga, fish out of water
 Step-daddy just had a daughter with another woman
 Mama ain't recover yet
 Callin' me at 12 at night
 She drunk as fuck and I'm upset
 'Cause why she always using me for crutch?
 Growin' up I used to always see her up
 Late as shit, cigarette smoke and greatest hits from Marvin Gaye
 She kill a whole bottle of some cheap chardonnay
 I gotta leave this house 'cause part of me
 Dies when I see her like this
 Too young to deal with pain
 I'd rather run the streets than see her kill herself
 So 'Ville became my escape from a feelin' I hate
 Mama cursing me out
 Depression's such a villainous state
 I used to stay out later on purpose
 Subconsciously I was nervous that if I came home early
 Then what would surface was her inner demons
 And then I'd have to end up seein' my hero on ground zero
 Tears flow while Al Green blow
 Love and happiness
 I wish that I could say the right words to cheer her up
 I wish her son's love was enough
 I tell her, "Mama, go to sleep"
 She tell me "Boy, hush
 You better pray to God you never get your heart crushed"
 I shake my head in frustration
 Head to my room and I can still hear the tunes with my door shut
 Fuck it though, a couple more months I'll be gone
 Off to college and dorms
 Foolin' myself, thinkin' problems are gone
 But now it's 1:00 a.m. and my mama dialin' my phone
 I know she intoxicated and soon this high that I'm on comes crashin' down
 She lit, talkin' drunk shit, I'm pissed
 But I'm still all ears like Basset hounds
 Thinkin' to myself, "Maybe my mama need help
 Don't she got work it the morning?
 Why she do this to herself?
 Hate how she slurrin' her words
 Soundin' so fuckin' absurd
 This ain't the woman I know
 Why I just sit and observe?
 Why don't I say how I feel?
 When I do, she's defensive for real
 Well, maybe things get better with time, I heard it heals"
 Little did I know how deep her sadness would go
 Lookin' back, I wish I woulda did more instead of running
 Something's got a hold on me
 I can't let it go
 Out of fear I won't be free
 Something's got a hold on me
 I can't let it go
 Out of fear I won't be-
 No
 Something's got a hold on me
 I can't let it go
 Right
 Life can bring much pain
 There are many ways to deal with this pain (right)
 Choose wisely (right)