Handcuffed

Everywhere I turn
Got somebody trying to trip me up
Setting traps
Stepping on my back
To get a leg up
Forcing me to celebrate
What I refuse to tolerate
And call it hate
Whenever my opinion don't collaborate
Whatever happened to "Fuck you!"?
Remember that?
You can paint a pretty picture
But it's never that
It's a cold world
Better check the thermostat
They've got you standing on quicksand
And sinking fast
Your diagnosis did you no good
Thanks doc
Took the pills
Now you got the issues
And the aftershock
It's kind of simple, stupid
You can't allow excuses
You can't be bullied
By the people telling you to "Do this"
"And say that"
You don't have to be a politician
Terrified of contradiction
Even if you know the facts
You make your own decisions
Exactly as you're told
Your revolution is a script
With a blindfold

Handcuffed
Ten years gone by
Ten years of your life
Looks different through the same eyes
Handcuffed
Ten years disappeared in the wind
You never end quite where you begin
Handcuffed
Ten years gone by
Ten years of your life
Looks different through the same eyes
Handcuffed
Ten years disappeared in the wind
You never end quite where you begin

In our youth we dream about the future
Where our dreams are real
Later on we dream about how we used to feel
In between we're busy living for the next meal
And never make it to the top of the hamster wheel
Got a lot of voices all up in my head screaming
That's why my rhymes a lot of times
Got two or three meanings
You've got a lot of things
But you'll never out-work me
I'm the new king
Hailing out of New Jersey
I don't need to eat today
I'm fasting
The pain sustains my disposition
When I'm rapping
The name I claim became my mission
And my caption
Quick to action
Got you wondering, "What the fuck happened?"
My house is built upon a rock
I can take the rain
The drought is over
Watch the dirt washing down the drain
They're double-minded and they don't mind it
They search for nothing
And they find it
Then they wonder where their precious time went

Handcuffed
Ten years gone by
Ten years of your life
Looks different through the same eyes
Handcuffed
Ten years disappeared in the wind
You never end quite where you begin
Handcuffed
Ten years gone by
Ten years of your life
Looks different through the same eyes
Handcuffed
Ten years disappeared in the wind
You never end quite where you begin

(People didn't understand him, he was before his time)
(I remember when he was little, sometimes the old folks would say,)
("You know, I believe he's been here before.")
(Like the old folks use that expression, "He's been here before.")
(You know, you know, you know)

Handcuffed
Ten years gone by
Ten years of your life
Looks different through the same eyes
Handcuffed
Ten years disappeared in the wind
You never end quite where you begin
Handcuffed
Ten years gone by
Ten years of your life
Looks different through the same eyes
Handcuffed
Ten years disappeared in the wind
You never end quite where you begin