The Ceiling

Transmitting live from the cusp of extinction
Look you in the eyes like
"Fuck was you thinking?"
I'm kinda feeling like there's nothing
Left to defend but if we keep it Franklin
That's just another weekend
I guess karma really gives you
What you paid for
'Cause AmeriKKKa got blood in her carburetor
I'm in the mountains hiding out
From the park rangers
Something 'bout putting a slug
In your heart chamber
If I ain't the one that wrote it
Then I quoted it
Ipso facto, I overlooked your ownership
Kicked that back door to open it, broke it in
Hit those bad notes and drove
It like I chauffeured it
S'posed to get me on a guest list
But I'm skeptical in my profession don't
Nobody act professional
Decided I'd arrive a little
Bit ahead of schedule
And started up a heavy metal
Band with the devil, it goes

I been working my whole life
To touch the ceiling
Don't even know if I'd
Recognize the feeling
But I been working my whole life
I been working my whole life
To touch the ceiling
Don't even know if I'd
Recognize the feeling
But I been working my whole life

And it's a viking ship
There's no breakfast and it's the life we
Live, it's so precious, yeah
And don't pretend that you was
Over our heads if
You know you never meant for
Us to catch those references
(Right?) And just so I can understand
Nobody in command'll willingly give
Up their upper hand
Unless suddenly their gun is jammed
And you pry it from their motherfucking hands
(Right?) and I been working my whole
Life afraid of the clock
And I know that ain't right 'cause
I can't make it stop
Gotta show up and finish the shift
The baby told me being present is a gift
And maybe that's why you
Refuse to fall asleep
Probably keep it moving 'til the heart
Stops respondin' to the beat
But my brain's still self-conscious
Like I coulda cut my losses if
I would've acknowledged I was exhausted

'Cause I been working my whole
Life to touch the ceiling
Don't even know if I'd
Recognize the feeling
But I been working my whole life
I been working my whole life
To touch the ceiling
Don't even know if I'd
Recognize the feeling
But I been working my whole life

And I dunno if this is
How it's supposed to feel
How will I know if this is
How it's supposed to feel?
And I dunno if this is
How it's supposed to feel
How will I know if this is
How it's supposed to feel?

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