Tyler is better than you!

There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface  Consuming/Confusing  This lack of self-control I fear is never-ending  Controlling/I can't seem  To find myself again  My walls are closing in  [Without a sense of confidence and I'm convinced  That there's just too much pressure to take]  I've felt this way before  So insecure

get away from me gimme my space back / you gotta just go  everything comes down to memories of you  I've kept it in but now I'm letting you know  I've let you go GET AWAY FROM ME  I've let myself become you I've let myself become lost inside these  thoughts of you giving up a part of me I've let myself become you

So what am I  What do I have but negativity  Cause I cant justify the  Way everyone is looking at me  Nothing to lose  Nothing to gain hollow and alone  And the fault is my own  The fault is my own  I want to heal  I want to feel  What I thought was neva real  I want to let go of the pain Ive held so long  Erase all the pain til its gone I want to heal  I want to feel  Like Im close to sumthing real  I want to find sumthing Ive wanted all along  Sumwhere I belong  I will never know Myself until I do this on my own And I will never feel Anything else until my wounds are healed I will never be Anything til I break away from me And I will break away Ill find myself today

can't you see that you're smothering me holding too tightly  afraid to lose control cause everything that you thought I would be has fallen apart right in front of you  [caught in the undertow / just caught in the undertow] every step that I take is another mistake to you [caught in the undertow / just caught in the undertow] and every second I waste is more than I can take  but I know I may end up failing too but I know you were just like me with someone disappointed in you

From the top to the bottom  Bottom to top I stop  At the core I've forgotten  In the middle of my thoughts  Taken far from my safety  The picture is there  The memory won't escape me  But why should I care  Moving all around/Screaming of the ups and downs  Pollution manifested in perpetual sound  The wheels go 'round and the sunset creeps past the  Street lamps, chain-link, and concrete  A little piece of paper with a picture drawn floats  On down the street till the wind is gone  The memory now is like the picture was then  When the paper's crumpled up it can't be perfect again Now you got me caught in the act  You bring the thought back  I'm telling you that  I see it right through you

Everything you say to me  Takes me one step closer to the edge  And I'm about to break  I need a little room to breathe  'Cause I'm one step closer to the edge  And I'm about to break  Shut up when I'm talking to you Shut up Shut up Shut up when I'm talking to you Shut up Shut up Shut up SHUT UP  I'm about to break

I dont need you anymore I dont want to be ignored I dont need one more day of you wasting me away  I dont need you anymore I dont want to be ignored I dont need one more day of you wasting me away  with no apologies  dont stay forget our memories forget our possibilities what you were changing me into just give me myself back and dont stay forget our memories forget our possibilities take all your faithlessness with you [just give me myself back and] dont stay

I am a little bit insecure a little unconfident cause you don't understand  I do what I can but sometimes I don't make sense I am what you never want to say but I've never had a doubt  it's like no matter what I do I can't convince you for once just to hear me out  so I let go  watching you turn your back like you always do face away and pretend that I'm not but i'll be here  cause you're all I got  I can't feel the way I did before don't turn your back on me I won't be ignored time won't heal this damage anymore don't turn your back on me I won't be ignored no hear me out now you're gonna listen to me  like it or not right now

I've lied/To you  The same way that I always do  This is/The last smile  That I'll fake for the sake of being with you  [Everything falls apart/Even the people who never frown/  Eventually break down]  The sacrifice of hiding in a lie  [Everything has to end/You'll soon find we're out of time left  To watch it all unwind]  The sacrifice is never knowing  Why I never walked away  Why I played myself this way  Now I see your testing me pushes me away  Why I never walked away  Why I played myself this way  Now I see your testing me pushes me away  I've tried/Like you  To do everything you wanted to  This is/The last time  I'll take the blame for the sake of being with

one minute youre on top the next youre not watch it drop making your heart stop just before you hit the floor one minute youre on top the next youre not  missed your shot making your heart stop you think you won  and then its all gone and then its all gone and then its all gone and then its all gone  now its all gone I know ill never trust a single thing you say you knew your lies would divide us  but you lied anyway and all the lies have got you floating  up above us all but what goes up has got to fall

When I look into your eyes  There's nothing there to see  Nothing but my own mistakes  Staring back at me  I've lied To you This is the last smile That I'll fake for the sake of being with you (Everything falls apart, even the people who never frown eventually break down) (Everything has to end, you'll soon find, we're outta time, left to watch it all unwind) For sake of being with you (Everything falls apart, even the people who never frown eventually break down) The sacrifice is never knowing  Why I stayed with you Just push away No matter what you see  You're still so blind to me Reverse psychology's failing miserably It's so hard to be, left all alone Telling you is the only chance for me There's nothing left but, to turn and face you When I look into your eyes, there's nothing there to see Nothing but my own mistakes staring back at me Asking why... The sacrifice of hiding in a lie...The sacrifice is never knowing

trying not to break  but I'm so tired of this deceit  every time I try to make myself  get back up on my feet  all I ever think about is this  all the tiring time between  and how trying to put my trust in you  just takes so much out of me  I take everything from the inside and throw it all away cause I swear / for the last time I won't trust myself with you  I won't trust myself with you I won't waste myself on you waste myself on you you

So you pick up a pen and write yourself a new identity  But mentally you don't have the hip hop energy  With a tendency to make up stories  Sounding like the only hip hop you've heard is top 40 (top 40)  And your record company is completely missing it  All the kids are dissing it for not being legitimate  So in a battle you can't hack it  React with whack shit  And get smacked with verbal back flips  Get your ass kicked by fabulous battle catalysts  It's taken decades for emcees to establish this  You're new to hip hop and welcome if your serious  But not on the mic  Leave that to the experienced  Who can rock a rhyme like this  Bring it to you every time like this  Who can rock a rhyme like this  step, step up, step, step up  Who can rock a rhyme like this  Bring it to you every time like this  Who can rock a rhyme like this  step, step up, step, step up, step up

I watch how the  Moon sits in the sky/In the dark night  Shining with the light from the sun  The sun doesn't give life to the moon assuming  The moon's gonna owe it one  It makes me think of how you act to me/You do  Favors and then rapidly/You just  Turn around and start asking me/About  Things that you want back from me  I'm sick of the tension/Sick of the hunger  Sick of you acting like I owe you this  Find another place/To feed your greed-  While I find a place to rest  I want to be in another place  I hate when you say you don't understand  [You'll see it's not meant to be]  I want to be in the energy, not with the enemy  A place for my head  Maybe someday I'll be just like you/And  Step on people like you do and  Run away the people I thought I knew  I remember back then who you were  You used to be calm/Used to be strong  Used to be generous/But you should've known  That you'd  Wear out your welcome/Now you see  How quiet it is/All alone/I'm so  Sick of the tension/Sick of the hunger  Sick of you acting like I owe you this  Find another place/To feed your greed-  While/I find a place to rest

Graffiti decorations  Under a sky of dust  A constant wave of tension  On top of broken trust  The lessons that you taught me  I learned were never true  Now I find myself in question  [They point the finger at me again]  Guilty by association  [You point the finger at me again]  I wanna run away  Never say good-bye  I wanna know the truth  Instead of wondering why  I wanna know the answers  No more lies  I wanna shut the door  And open up my mind

It's true/The way I feel  Was promised by your face  The sound of your voice  Painted on my memories  Even if you're not with me  I'm with you  You/Now I see/Keeping everything inside  You/Now I see/Even when I close my eyes  I hit you and you hit me back  We fall to the floor/The rest of the day stands still  Fine line between this and that  When things go wrong I pretend the past isn't real  Now I'm trapped in this memory  And I'm left in the wake of the mistake/Slow to react  Even though you're close to me  You're still so distant/And I can't bring you back  It's true/The way I feel  Was promised by your face  The sound of your voice  Painted on my memories  Even if you're not with me  I'm with you