Pharoahe Monch — Freestyle About Addiction at the Bars Lab

[Verse] They told me to see the glass half full 'Cause some see it as half empty I chose to see the glass as twice the size it needed to be Smashed it against the wall i the kitchen On the floor, going through withdrawals, I was itchin' But she rescued mme, my heroine to the end Then she morphed into heroin in a syringe Around my bicep, I would tie a shoestring—tap! Five times to find a vein in there Squeeze seven CCs, so I could see the seven seas And CC all my friends, so they could see what I was seeing But what they saw was a despicable human being So, I guess they just wasn't seeing what I was seeing Convert two into one, and an invisible plan To discover what dreams may come for this invisible man Sentimental education Beautiful, but the damned was constantly catching fire Richard Pryor! My skin deteriorated Family infuriated by the myriad of tracks But my train never came So humiliated, started begging for change Failed rehabilitation, so the scars still remain Nice clothes became frayed So isolated and afraid Smelled like an animal, my teeth enamel decayed And I'm relocated in Alabama, now I'm on that Maalox and Mylanta, now But it won't stop the burn Constantly searching for the answers How I could kiss the sky without enhancing But it's just so hard to learn