LIFE GETS IN the WAY (feat. Near an Open Flame)

The adult world, at least from what I've gathered, is cold
It isn't quite as cold as Vostok Station Antarctica
But I'd put it down there with the Yukon Territory
Or the biggest least caring city in the world
Or your mother in law's soul

Life's getting in the way
Why is it going this way?
Every day, every single day
Life's getting in the way
Why is it going this way?
Every day, every single day
Life's getting in the way

I did thirty months in prison
And that isn't meant in a literal sense
As I never was a criminal
But a law abiding citizen stuck in his position
Itching for my liberty but simply didn't get it
And my cellmate fucked me, no protection or permission
Filling me with millions of children
Wrecked my rectum with his big erection till he finished
I had no direction, I was finished
Shit was really pitiful
Is this really the pinnacle?
I thought I was invincible and yet I felt invisible
I was turning into Squidward Tentacles: negative, critical and cynical
Spitting writtens over rhythms, but they didn't listen
Submitted pictures to auditions, but I didn't get admitted
Defeat it felt imminent, but I didn't just admit it
Why am I so limited by my condition
While these other kids are out here making moves and winning?
And in addition, I was giving into my addiction to the digital
As resisting it was difficult, I didn't have the discipline
I got ADD, I needed Ritalin
Which is typical in this age we're living in
In which you can get that sweet gratification in an instant
In which stimulation is way too consistent
In which procrastination's a common instance
But domination takes great persistence
If you really want it, gotta go the distance
But reality would chip away at my ambition
Till I would drift away from my original mission
(Fucking loser)

Life's getting in the way
Why is it going this way?
Every day, every single day
Life's getting in the way
Why is it going this way?
Every day, every single day
Life's getting in the way

And I'm not even tryna blame anyone
After all if you want to reach the upper echelons
You develop skin tough as Teflon
I neglected that step, which I regret
I almost ended up dead and gone
One of us, one of us, one and the same
One of many motherfuckers tryna run the game
What makes me any better than the other ones playing?
Someone's gotta perform the inane
There's a world to maintain
It's a bore, I'm just saying
Did some chores in my day
And it drove me insane
Towards putting four in the membrane
I would store in the brain
Almost told my life, "move bitch, get out the way!"
And that's time that I'm never getting back
So that's my time and I'm never going back
Who ever would've thought that growing up is so wack?
To my people caught up in the same struggle where you at? uh

Life's getting in the way
Why is it going this way?
Every day, every single day
Life's getting in the way
Why is it going this way?
Every day, every single day
Life's getting in the way
Life's getting in the way
Why is it going this way?
Every day, every single day
Life's getting in the way
Why is it going this way?
Every day, every single day
Life's getting in the way

In the adult world it may often seem like no one cares what you think
In fact, there is a very good chance that one day
Someone is going to say those exact words to your face
No one cares what you think