[Produced by Adrian Younge]
[Chorus: Opio]
Panic, feeling anxiety, can't imagine or fathom
Why they would lie to me or leave me abandoned
Damn it, in the land of the free, we scramble to eat
If you can't compete, you harm your family tree
But sitting in a cell, you could be sitting in hell
Parallel universe, the world in which I dwell
It's the mastery of fear, not the absence of fear
Courage in the words you hear, I spit some truth in your ear
[Verse 1: Phesto]
Envision in metal rise in my extremities
The fibrillating shock I wouldn't wish on my worst enemies
Get a ventilator my body chemistry faded
We waited for Tajai, but did he get eliminated?
[A-Plus]
I made it, I circled the block, my brain was working the plot
I can't say for certain or not if Tajai is hurting from shots
[Phesto]
Thought you swarming they was serving that scotch
We observing the clock
And every person that walked by is a person that watched
[Tajai]
All I heard was a pop, nervous system slip into shock
Body twisted and quickly got acquainted with the blacktop
Blacked out, then my universe became white
Whiteness punctuated by a bunch of black dots
No quicker than a nigga could give praise to be alive
Four hitters hit my wig up with that Gregory Hines
Tryna roly poly, they dropping builders on me
Somebody came with that swift kick that left your homie snoring
[Chorus: Opio]
Panic, feeling anxiety, can't imagine or fathom
Why they would lie to me or leave me abandoned
Damn it, in the land of the free, we scramble to eat
If you can't compete, you harm your family tree
But sitting in a cell, you could be sitting in hell
Parallel universe, the world in which I dwell
It's the mastery of fear, not the absence of fear
Courage in the words you hear, I spit some truth in your ear
[Verse 2: A-Plus]
Ugh, I can't face the fact I don't know where my aces at
And I ain't okay with that
I'm thinking, "Who did it and where they staying at?" to pay them back
Why was they placing at, a swim we was laying back
Them boys wasn't playing jack, what you say to that?
[Phesto]
Let me state the facts: Massey missing in action
And all we know is the disappearing—niggas was blasting
If he isn't here in a minute and there's no witness to admit the assassin caught him slipping
We looking for that liquid plasma
[Tajai]
Woke up in the black truck they must've put in the back of
Garage door opened and they backed up
Something went like they got a bunch of jackals in cages
Dropped me on the table like a fucking sack of potatoes
Sudden attack from what looked like a rabid lab
Turned my calf to a bloody mess and tattered rags
They duct taped my face as we entered the place
It's getting cold—I think we headed to the basement
[Chorus: Opio]
Panic, feeling anxiety, can't imagine or fathom
Why they would lie to me or leave me abandoned
Damn it, in the land of the free, we scramble to eat
If you can't compete, you harm your family tree
But sitting in a cell, you could be sitting in hell
Parallel universe, the world in which I dwell
It's the mastery of fear, not the absence of fear
Courage in the words you hear, I spit some truth in your ear
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