manifesto

**Verse 1:** Remember when we were kids, baseball in the field, Your dad had you workin' like a machine, never taught to feel? You were a robot, no soul, just followin' rules, Pushing down instead of processing like a fucking fool. I should’ve seen it then, man, you were always cold, Your silence wasn’t deep, you just did what you were told. **Verse 2:** Saw it some more Back in school, we’re puffin’ on that weed end, You sat in silence while I tried to get what I desperately needed. A friend so alone so I tried to grow the conversation, But you just sat on mute, As I patiently waited for you to learn how to compute. And navigate complexity you lack to feel, and as I wrote my speech man I kept running back the reel. You and the squad talkin shit behind my back, But convinced me you were solid, so I gave you all the slack. Unhealthy individuals, man, and where were you? Silent in the corner, actin’ like it’s nothin’ new. Fitting in between the lines to appease your fucked up crew. **Verse 3:** Back when your girl committed, and you dropped it all flat, Like I was the third wheel in a game of cat and rat. You moved to Ogden, I flew out to see, You picked up an extra shift, barely chillin’ with me. And let’s not forget that back Hampton bay, When you let your girl run her mouth ‘bout my ex lady, Racist ass petty ass weird ass things- shady. But you Didn’t say a word, man, you left me perplexed. And when you were questioned you can guess what happened next. that was the first time you to threatened to bounce, But third times the charm and now there ain’t a friendship to renounce. But don’t forget I’m the one who defended you both when no one else would, But you left me hangin’, it’s crystal clear how it stood. **Verse 4:** And Yo, let’s talk ‘bout the divisive dudes. Kept all their secrets, let them be divisive through you. Yeah he cut me off- but I didn’t really care, he didn’t really ride with me, But you make your issues my problem, lash out and then chided me. Flip it and misdirect, playbook from the rest of that team up. No wonder I always felt an unspoken distance between us. If I see you in person you’d probably threaten blows, Cuz that’s the shanker’s facade, all your bitch ass knows. But nah, you stay in the shadows, quiet as can be, You want a manifesto, I got plenty of ink homie. **Bridge:** You block me? Ignore her too? After all the shit we gone through for you? She was there when you were fallin’ apart, Use here when convenient to abate your bleeding heart? And that’s a you problem and your own repercussions Ike. Cuz Who needs a therapist when you can just ride your bike. **Outro:** So cheers to you, the ghost of my hallowed ground, Took me too long to realize you were holding me down. Never stand up, never draw a line for nobody then. Except your wife, man, I hope she doesn’t leave you again.