HOPUDOSHI: Since birth, been living with this curse Hearing voices in my head with no decision which is worse I got angels and demons on my shoulders and in my mind And the same old feelings growing bolder, I’m in a bind Y’all don’t know about my psychic wars Like at the start of the night my heart’s in a fight, it’s torn Between darkness and light, don’t know which is right no more But regardless of height I harness the might of storms The shakey waters of my mind No shores, no time No floors, no signs Well Hopudoshi’s got a sign for you Do your own thing, don’t let ‘em undermine your truth But that gets lonely, don’t let him make your mind uncouth In the community is where you should align your views As the storm wages on and the night is so long I pray before I’m gone I find my way to the dawn

Nobody… Nobody… Nobody knows me Nobody knows me I don’t even know myself How could I know someone else So nobody knows me That was the old me I put him up on a shelf Got him up out of hell Still nothing consoles me But nothing controls me How could I control myself When I don’t know nothing else Is it real is it fantasy Is it all just a lucid dream Soon we'll see Have you ever known someone Down to their soul, down to their very core Could you ever hold someone So you’re holding them together even after they were torn I’m alone again in the galaxy Even though my friends are surrounding me I’m alone again in the galaxy Even though my friends are surrounding me And the only way I don’t feel alone is when I’m alone again All alone again And the only way I don’t feel alone is when I’m alone again All alone again Does anyone know you Does anyone know you I mean know the whole you And all that you go through And what does it all mean I’m constantly changing That guy on the first verse No longer the same me We’re always evolving Though I keep on stalling I try not to make it worse One day we can all dream Of a time when we’re alright Til it’s here I’ma glide through the starry night I’m alone again in the galaxy Even though my friends are surrounding me I’m alone again in the galaxy Even though my friends are surrounding me And the only way I don’t feel alone is when I’m alone again All alone again And the only way I don’t feel alone is when I’m alone again All alone again I’m alone again in the galaxy Even though my friends are surrounding me And the only way I don’t feel alone is when I’m alone again All alone again And the only way I don’t feel alone is when I’m alone again All alone again

They were doomed from the very beginning She was a queen, he treated her like less than a penny Even that head couldn’t save her, but that’s for later Always assumed he was greater, but that’s the fate of This couple that was bound together Well she was bound to him since he had found free labor He convinced her she that had found forever And would have lasting treasure once her soul was severed From her body which he loved but was jealous of She got the whip never hugs The slightest disobedience he’d beat her with White fists gave her blackeyes to match her skin Cause that was her sin Huh? You be the judge Here we go again Why do I pretend This cycle never ends He’s bad for us Here we go again His pride I will defend This time will be different He’ll change for us He thought of her as 2/5ths human less than he was And 2/5ths human less than she was He was warring within himself, he needed help And she was there for him, she really cared for him And because of this he realized that he was remiss And she was his bliss He knew the love was true And so he set her free finally but felt no penny was due Now what was she to do, finally free from her chains Free from her pain and free from his claim She thought, “All I know is you So if I remain I’m praying you change” But it was just more of the same Here we go again Why do I pretend This cycle never ends He’s bad for us Here we go again His pride I will defend This time will be different He’ll change for us Here we go again His name’s American She’s hyphed African So neither one Now she was free technically But it was something like an uncaged bird with clipped wings There were rooms in her own home she couldn’t enter She was on the periphery, never the center No colored allowed on the upper floors Her life was full of ceilings of glass and closed doors And any time she fought back he’d beat her black and blue She was just asking to receive compassion too And the cops wouldn’t help her either They loved to sic dogs and spray shots every time they see her Sometimes she couldn’t breathe She knew she couldn’t leave But how did she know though? But where would she go though? Here we go again Why do I pretend This cycle never ends He’s bad for us Here we go again His pride I will defend This time will be different He’ll change for us Here we go again His name’s American She’s hyphed African So neither one Here we go again This country that I’m in They claim my skin’s a sin It’s bad for us Here we go again This country that we’re in Oh how can we contend It’s time we run This time we’ll run Our time will come Our time will come