Lauryn Hill - Social Drugs lyrics
[Lauryn Hill - Social Drugs lyrics]
These social drugs these social drugs
These social drugs
Afraid to address the reality before me
To proud to confess that I'm
Addicted to a lie
So I seek temporary feeling
To replace reality
Though the truth is telling me I have died
But I've been taught to numb it
Sedated, don't confront it
I hate it when I find out
That I can't get what I wanted
This emotional tantrum has become sort of an
Anthem playing every time
I need to take a little trip
To hide this condemnation
I'll find a combination
Of man made stimulation to deny my situation
Now this unreality is distorting what I see
Reporting back to me
A sense of false security
So in my imagination
I must find a recreation
Desperately in search of ways
To alter my sensation there's no equilibrium
Inebriated till I'm numb
Intoxicated until I'm dumb
To avoid confrontation
These social drugs messing with my mind
These social drugs telling me I'm fine
Now this chemical analogy
Is our emotional reality
These political, traditional
And ethnical stimulants and social etiquette
Won't let us be too upset
With the way things really are
You're told to camouflage regret
In a religious structure
Tells us God wants us to suffer
To support a situation we
All know is obligation
And if you shun the complication
They'll just gun your reputation
Like mob intimidation
To enforce participation
See they need to keep us fiends
To their lies and broken schemes
And if you find another means
You're told you're being too extreme
And if you wanted to get clean
They'll just pull those social strings
Holding up their social nose
Defying noble things
Now we're all stuck in tradition
Unable to state opposition
Too afraid to contradict
The expectations of the system
Oh and the harsh reality
Is they made grace for you and me
Instead of saving you and me
They're just enslaving you and me
These social drugs these social drugs
These social drugs these social drugs
Know what I mean know what I mean
These social drugs
These social drugs these social drugs
These social drugs these social drugs
These social drugs these social drugs
These social drugs know what I mean
These social drugs messing with my mind
These telling me I'm fine
These messing with my head
These social drugs wanting me dead
Know what I mean
These social drugs
Afraid to address the reality before me
To proud to confess that I'm
Addicted to a lie
So I seek temporary feeling
To replace reality
Though the truth is telling me I have died
But I've been taught to numb it
Sedated, don't confront it
I hate it when I find out
That I can't get what I wanted
This emotional tantrum has become sort of an
Anthem playing every time
I need to take a little trip
To hide this condemnation
I'll find a combination
Of man made stimulation to deny my situation
Now this unreality is distorting what I see
Reporting back to me
A sense of false security
So in my imagination
I must find a recreation
Desperately in search of ways
To alter my sensation there's no equilibrium
Inebriated till I'm numb
Intoxicated until I'm dumb
To avoid confrontation
These social drugs messing with my mind
These social drugs telling me I'm fine
Now this chemical analogy
Is our emotional reality
These political, traditional
And ethnical stimulants and social etiquette
Won't let us be too upset
With the way things really are
You're told to camouflage regret
In a religious structure
Tells us God wants us to suffer
To support a situation we
All know is obligation
And if you shun the complication
They'll just gun your reputation
Like mob intimidation
To enforce participation
See they need to keep us fiends
To their lies and broken schemes
And if you find another means
You're told you're being too extreme
And if you wanted to get clean
They'll just pull those social strings
Holding up their social nose
Defying noble things
Now we're all stuck in tradition
Unable to state opposition
Too afraid to contradict
The expectations of the system
Oh and the harsh reality
Is they made grace for you and me
Instead of saving you and me
They're just enslaving you and me
These social drugs these social drugs
These social drugs these social drugs
Know what I mean know what I mean
These social drugs
These social drugs these social drugs
These social drugs these social drugs
These social drugs these social drugs
These social drugs know what I mean
These social drugs messing with my mind
These telling me I'm fine
These messing with my head
These social drugs wanting me dead
Know what I mean