Need by Rus Lyrics
If I told you that I need this, would you believe it
I'm hurting a little in the inside, sorta like bleeding
But perceiving, too much ahead of time
I'm at the ladder, but it's one that I cannot climb
I'm on my grind, it's no fifty-fifty
Where I'm at right now, I'm at a risky city
I'm not talking about the crime rate, it doesn't exist
I'm talking about the education, it doesn't exist
Because whatever's on the list, it's considered bullshit
I'm hanging off the cliff, i'll put down the writing stick
Most of what I learned, is from the first hand turns
So I got the experience, but I'm still feeling the burn
What can these teachers say about that
They grew up with stacks that were probably fat
I get laughed at, while an audience gives them claps
They're expressing anger toward students, mine is toward my raps
Man, I understand the whole, I hate school is common
My time they're robbing, my grind they're stopping
Sure I don't get As, but why base me on my grade
But on the amount of work that I'm putting in as pay
What else can I say, most of it doesn't matter
Because if it did, i'd have better food in my platter
It's just I feel imagination is more important than knowledge
Why can't I just join a school for music instead of worrying about college
[Hook]
Damn, why is it that no one is understanding me
I'm trying to put everything that was planned to me
Into the Atlantic sea, because honestly, it's my life
So who are you to say that I'm not living it right
Sure it's a little tight, I'm trying to loosen it a bit
But it's hard to get this noose on your neck to loosen a bit
Nothing suicidal, it just the stress all in my mind
I'm not trying to lie, but all I can come up with is that I'm fine
But you know I'm not, I bet you've been through the same
You wishing you can go back to a checkpoint, but it's not a game
So you go through all this work, just to grab a little fame
So you and I have something in common, we both went through the pain
I got a friend in the E.R., Eric I hope your okay
Because after Jeremy went away, it's kinda damn early
I would hate to see another face end up in the place
Where you're surrounded by grass and in a wooden case
The world around me is just not going toward my way
But what can I say, I was put in a game I didn't want to play
I'm hurting a little in the inside, sorta like bleeding
But perceiving, too much ahead of time
I'm at the ladder, but it's one that I cannot climb
I'm on my grind, it's no fifty-fifty
Where I'm at right now, I'm at a risky city
I'm not talking about the crime rate, it doesn't exist
I'm talking about the education, it doesn't exist
Because whatever's on the list, it's considered bullshit
I'm hanging off the cliff, i'll put down the writing stick
Most of what I learned, is from the first hand turns
So I got the experience, but I'm still feeling the burn
What can these teachers say about that
They grew up with stacks that were probably fat
I get laughed at, while an audience gives them claps
They're expressing anger toward students, mine is toward my raps
Man, I understand the whole, I hate school is common
My time they're robbing, my grind they're stopping
Sure I don't get As, but why base me on my grade
But on the amount of work that I'm putting in as pay
What else can I say, most of it doesn't matter
Because if it did, i'd have better food in my platter
It's just I feel imagination is more important than knowledge
Why can't I just join a school for music instead of worrying about college
[Hook]
Damn, why is it that no one is understanding me
I'm trying to put everything that was planned to me
Into the Atlantic sea, because honestly, it's my life
So who are you to say that I'm not living it right
Sure it's a little tight, I'm trying to loosen it a bit
But it's hard to get this noose on your neck to loosen a bit
Nothing suicidal, it just the stress all in my mind
I'm not trying to lie, but all I can come up with is that I'm fine
But you know I'm not, I bet you've been through the same
You wishing you can go back to a checkpoint, but it's not a game
So you go through all this work, just to grab a little fame
So you and I have something in common, we both went through the pain
I got a friend in the E.R., Eric I hope your okay
Because after Jeremy went away, it's kinda damn early
I would hate to see another face end up in the place
Where you're surrounded by grass and in a wooden case
The world around me is just not going toward my way
But what can I say, I was put in a game I didn't want to play