give me joy give me violence give me noise give me silence hear my voice feel my torment but don t rejoice when i lay dormant america told me what i should feel and there it was to my surprise i learned that nothing s real and those clouds only come out when it rains so don t get too comfortable just stand there and take even if you gotta fake it they told me to stay for the kids so i did they say loves only meant for the happy ones so why do i feel like this dont call a quits stay for the kids but what we gonna do when they grow up stay for the kids but what we gonna do when they grow up turn the lights on she say she love a nigga she say she love a nigga but if you fuck up she gon go and fuck another nigga you wanna hate her but you feel too deep in love with her now you got kids by it and you know bloods thicker no longer doing things that we once did eyes rolling attitude over dumb shit direct deposit you be smiling when the funds hit for a second then you bringing up that one bitch yeah i hit it ill admit it yeah yeah i did it when i shoulda been committed the gloved fitted so i would not be acquitted sentenced to death to us apart who s fault is it and those clouds only come out when it rains i just hope i get a couple of visits so don t get too comfortable just stand there and take even if you gotta fake it 