Sometimes I try to do things
And it just doesn't work
out the way I want it to
And I get real frustrated
And like, I try hard to do it
And I like, take my time,
but it just doesn't work out the way I want it to
It's like I concentrate on it real hard
But it just doesn't work out
And everything I do and everything I try
It never turns out
It's like, I need time to figure
these things out
But there's always someone
there going
"Hey Mike, you know,
we've been noticing you've been having a lot of problems lately, you know?
You should maybe get away
And like, maybe you should talk
about it, you'll feel a lot better"
And I go, "No it's okay,
you know, I'll figure it out
Just leave me alone, I'll figure it out ,
you know?
I'm just working on myself"
They go, "Well you know,
if you wanna talk about it, I'll be here, you know
And you'll probably feel a lot
better if you talk about it
So why don't you talk about it?"
I go, "No I don't want to, I'm okay,
I'll figure it out myself"
But they just keep bugging me
They just keep bugging me and
it builds up inside
I'm not crazy (in
stitutionalized)
You're the one that's crazy
(institutionalized)
You're driving me crazy
(institutionalized)
They stick me in an institution
Said it was the only solution
To give me the needed pro
fessional help
To protect me from the enemy, myself
I was in my room
And I was just like,
staring at the walls thinking about everything
But then again,
I was thinking about nothing
And then my mom came in,
and I didn't even know she was there
She called my name and I
didn't hear her
And then she started screaming,
"Mike, Mike"
And I go, "What? What's
the matter?"
She goes, "What's the
matter with you?"
I go, "There's nothing wrong,
mom"
She goes, "Don't tell me that,
you're on drugs"
I go, "No mom, I'm not on drugs, I'm okay, I'm just thinking,
you know? Why don't you get me a Pepsi?"
She goes, "No, you're on drugs"
I go, "Mom, I'm okay,
I'm just thinking"
And she goes, "No, you're not thinking,
you're on drugs
Normal people don't act that way"
I go, "Mom, just get me a Pepsi, please?
All I want's a Pepsi"
And she wouldn't give it to me
All I wanted was a Pepsi
Just one Pepsi
And she wouldn't give it to me
Just a Pepsi
They give
I'm not crazy (institu
tionalized)
You're the one that's crazy
(institutionalized)
You're driving me crazy
(institutionalized)
They stick me in an institution
Said it was the only solution
To give me the needed professional help
To protect me from the enemy,
myself
I'm sitting in my room,
and my mom and my dad came in
They pulled up a chair and they sat down
They go, "Mike,
we need to talk to you"
And I go, "Okay, what's the matter?"
They go, "Me and your mom,
we've been noticing lately you've been having a lot of problems
And you've been going
off for no reason
An d we're afraid you're gonna
hurt somebody
And we're afraid you're gonna
hurt yourself
So we decided that it would
be in your best interest
If we put you somewhere where you
could get the help that you need"
And I go, "Wait,
what are you talking about?
We decided? My best interest?
How do you know what
my best interest is?
How can you say what my
best interest is?
What are you trying to say? I'm crazy?
When I went to your schools
I went to your churches
I went to your institutional
learning facilities
So how can you say I'm crazy?
I'm not crazy (institution
alized)
You're the one that's crazy
(institutionalized)
You're driving me crazy
(institutionalized)
They stick me in an institution
Said it was the only solution
To give me the needed
professional help
To protect me from the en emy, myself