Travis Thompson
Mad Mad World
[Intro]
Said the world mad, what you finna do about it, kid?
There's nothing on this paper saying too outstanding shit
Claim you broken, so you smoking like we hid inside the fence
Always bitching 'bout some skeletons when you allowed 'em in
We don't buy it no more, yeah
We don't buy it, yeah, we tired
We don't buy it no more
So don't try it, no more lying
I can't be reliant no more
And I'm trying, yeah, I'm trying
But I can't deny it no more
Yeah, I'm dying, but I'm trying, yeah
[Verse]
It was ten in my five-elevens, bumming every appearance
Back when I worked in repack and no one took my shit serious
'Sides a couple I knew, I'm fresh up out of high school
With the whole world ahead of me, what the fuck did I choose?
To chase a fleet and higher peace of mind
Mountains too steep to climb
How I'm so aware, but friends is gone and we ain't see no signs?
So tell me, what's a decent price?
I'll empty my checking to keep from falling where we each align
Caught up in the heat of my
Own interpretation of who I'm 'posed to be
I miss the man who came before me and the one's who close to me
You can face the road ahead or dip your toes in make believe
You can take the blue or red or flip 'em both and make it three
I got a grip, but homie's tryna make it work with who they with
Early twenties, hate they life, but staying for the kid
And you know shawty couldn't birth it without a ring it's perfect width
Courthouse documents, deep down, she always wanted churches
But she don't want more bodies and life changes make him nervous
Should've been called that shit quits, forever question, was it worth it?
And the child won't know love until he learn that he deserve it
But by the time they learn, they'll start to see beyond the surface
My nieces don't recognize me, Uncle Travis been wilding
Blisters up on my feet, them Manhattan blocks go for miles
And I'm tryna figure the meaning, I really feel like I'm owed it
Drinking and getting weeded to muff all the commotion
When I make it out this hole I dug, I'ma give my soul a scrub
Look up when I wash my hands, I know I'm not the only one
Relay sprint from reflections and I'm feeling like they owe me somethin'
Convos with my brothers 'bout they habits like I'm mostly done
[Chorus]
The whole world is mad and I know it, yeah
The world is mad and I know it, yeah
The world is mad and I know it, yeah
I wish that I could control it, yeah
[Outro]
Can I hear that?