Animal

I am an animal

Not what they planned at all

I'm raised in the static

Where logic and damage falls

They told me to follow

But none of it's tangible

I'm dreaming of better

While stuck on a padded stall

School taught me numbers, yeah

But never the value

Bills taught me pressure

The system will tax you

News full of panic

The truth ain't attractive

Oh piece is a slogan

And freedom's reactive, living the code, likes over love

Selling the worth with the push of a thumb

Hurtful of noise can see what real

They blur out the lines with clicks and the deals

And trauma the profit and pain is a brand

Trauma the profit and pain is a brand

I've been an animal

Stuck on survival mode

Smile on my face

But I be on silent mode

Them nights with the bottle

Pain in a spiral flow

The text I don't send

Love I don't try no more

The system been cold not designed for me

Talking about hope it declined on me

Mama said praying and I nod slowly

Voice in my head saying ride lonely

Don't fake pain for all that clout

I don't say much I'm just airing it out

Life's too cold, the game's too loud

I talk to the mic just to quiet it down

Trust got burned, I ain't letting it back

Love feel distant, I'm setting it back

Move through the dark with the weight on my back

I'm still on track, I'm not off map

Heart too heavy, I vent too much

I pain too loud, I pen too much

Smile on my face and the edge stay tucked

If I talk my truth, I do too much