Cigarettes (feat. Karlhto)

Keep burning down til time runs out
That's when you light another, til that one burns out
An endless cycle that's never interrupted
Like to think you have a clue
But have you been corrupted?
Only thing that stops it is the reaper himself
And by that time, might as well be in a box on the shelf
Spent the whole time doing this to yourself
Never wondered what that smell was when I went to you for help
That shit seeps further than an oil spill
Spreads heat faster than a coil will
There's no simmering that pot's just gonna boil til
It explodes you're all alone until that void will fill
I've seen it first hand - it all comes crashing in a second
And that second hand smoke is just as dangerous - heed my lesson
It's consuming, violence brooding
No debate, the hate's protruding
Damage everything that's in its path and set the bar higher
Damn tongue is hitting on me like some barbed wire
Burn ban in effect - can't get drier
But then you'll still ask if anyone has seen your lighter
Early morning, late night, kinda like the smell
Wonder if your memories were tainted by your spell
And to think, I had the clearest vision
Smoke disappeared and I could see what I was missing
Now I'm playing back the scenes with all the shrouded silhouettes
Playing back the scenes with all the shrouded silhouettes
Play back the scenes with all the shrouded silhouettes
Tell me, how much time you spend with clouded cigarettes?

Keep puffin those cigarettes
I got got by the cigarettes
I don't need your smoke

Grew up white walls that got coated - grey to black
To much time confined in that hot box not going back
Tried to keep it clean with my intentions so pure
But got wrapped up by the fantasy, the smoke and grandeur
All this talk has really got me wondering
All this talk has really got me wondering
Do it long enough and you start to self identify
Beyond the smell, the blackest teeth will never miss the eyes
Come to realize and get misty-eyed
See?
By the coolness and the using I was mystified
Took a peek in the glove box I was missin' lies
Asked me to keep it to myself
Put it on the shelf so you could rectify yourself
You shoulda listened to the words
It's detrimental to your health
You stuck on this with your stubbornness
Time to light another, and wallow in the shallow hits
Keep taking drags through all those hollow lips
No other message that needs sending than the piled tips
Shit penetrates deeper than a tattoo
Except you can't see it
There's no sign like "yo, I'm THAT dude"
That cat who put all the homies in a bad mood
In the dark but the ember's still burning
Skull too thick for any kind of learning

Keep puffin those cigarettes
I got got by the cigarettes
I don't need your smoke