Saint T - Oxygen Overdose

I see a lot of man
Looking after their children
While depression fulfils them
While their stress keeps on building
And there isn’t a way out
Can’t provide for their younger ones
Financially, yes, but then mentally
It’s a harder one
This is because they didn’t pave their own path
9-5 inside an office which may be sometimes a laugh
But mostly, they’re just spending their whole life sat on their arse
Cuz they listened to the British government talk out their arse
They’re the ones that always dream and look for more through tinted glass
But it’s all ok just dreaming until somebody gets glassed
You ain’t safe, and your family are fucked
Cuz you’re living in a country where the justice system is corrupt
That ain’t including all the racial injustice
But you still don’t wanna talk about the racial injustice
Them man stuck back in the past, even now they’re scared to change
Them man stuck up their own arse, you’re not the only ones with rage
It’s 2020 and we still need to protest
After all the slavery and that, you’d think we’d know best
If a black man wants to build his own nest
He’ll face problems just because the colour of his own neck
And you wonder why we don’t claim that we’re so blessed
When you’re living in a world of hate, you’re so stressed
And this leads straight to an oxygen overdose
Tired of the bullshit so you try to fucking overdose
Cannot keep on listening to people, yeah you’re over those
But you can’t escape from this toxic social overload
You can stay at home, you can try to take a lower dose
Everywhere you go, you’ll still be followed by unholy ghosts
And they wonder why
Yeah, they wonder why we suffer
‘The younger generation just need to be tougher’
And that doesn’t include all the pressures from school and your family problems, do you wanna hear the others?
Yeah I cry a lot
What? Does it matter if I’m a guy or not?
Still, I try to stop
Cuz society is way too fucking pressuring
They lock you in a cage, don’t give a fuck if you die or not
I swear there’s too much fucking hate in the world
Everywhere I turn to look, I see another fucking girl
Destroying a mans confidence, looking for female dominance
But you ain’t ready to talk about that yet, forget the documents
If the roles were reversed then you’d see feminism
And you’re too scared to talk up, so you just nod and listen
I ain’t a sexist but it seems like men’s opinions don’t matter
Seems like they were removed from existence
And I see hate in every form
Racism is wider than all of us ever thought
They say I have to act a certain way because I’m British
But you’ll never understand the real way that this Kingdom is fought
They tell me not to be scared cuz we don’t use guns
But how come, I can’t walk out my house without thinking to run
Like what? Have you been here?
London is the capital of knife crime, deadly sins here
Tell me is there a reason why I keep having these nightmares
And they indicate my time is up and tell me the end is near
Fucking tell me bruv
Tell me before it’s too late

Written by:
Reece Tyzzer

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