The Sympathy Vote

I just read a note
 To get the sympathy vote
 Apology by rote
 To get the sympathy vote
 I took a diss too far
 Likability dropped
 This must be stopped
 I need your sympathy
 Cut down
 I'm a debaser
 I can't stop
 It's human nature
 I'm run runnin' down
 Every little thing you say
 'Til I get my way
 I went and stole a quote
 To get the sympathy vote
 It was all she wrote
 To get the sympathy vote
 We're all picking tribes
 With our sympathetic vibes
 We shill for The Man
 Because we can
 Cut down
 I'm a debaser
 I can't stop
 It's human nature
 I'm run runnin' down
 Every little thing you say
 'Til I get my way
 I can't settle
 'Til I prove my mettle
 And the cool kids metal
 In making cracks
 I can't settle
 'Til I prove my mettle
 And the cool kids metal
 In making cracks
 No no you misunderstood when I said it.
 I'm not that guy. Give me some credit.
 I'm innocent. It was all in the edit.
 Look at the context. Forget it.
 There's only three things in life
 Of any certainty
 Number one is death
 Number two is taxes
 Number three is professional jealousy
 I think I'm running low
 On excuse me's
 I need some better excuses
 Please?
 I'm back in the boat
 to win the sympathy vote
 The words catch in my throat
 I think it's working
 Cut down
 I'm a debaser
 I can't stop
 It's human nature
 I'm run runnin' down
 Every little thing you say
 'Til I get my way
 I can't settle
 'Til I prove my mettle
 And the cool kids metal
 In making cracks
 I can't settle
 'Til I prove my mettle
 And the cool kids metal
 In stabbing backs