overdrive (feat. Phantom Prophet)

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James Anderson (July 13, 1921 – September 14, 1969), sometimes billed as Kyle James, was an American television and film actor of the 1950s and 1960s. He is probably best known for his role as Bob E. Lee Ewell in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). more »

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If I could put my foot down on an open road
As if everything didn't feel so close
I used to lock myself from the open world
Funny how I yearn for moments in public realms
Thought the end of the race was near
Kinda tripped on the last lap but who cares
Ended on rugged paths, wanted to pave ways 
Starting to feel stressed

I just had to get away
From keeping my body on overdrive
And sleeping with my eyes open
I can't remember my dreams 
But I'm hoping they come back
I'm hoping they stay
I just had to get away
From keeping my body on overdrive
And losing sight on what's ahead
I just had to get away
From keeping my body on overdrive
And sleeping with my eyes open
I can't remember my dreams 
But I'm hoping they come back
I'm hoping they stay
I just had to get away
From keeping my body on overdrive
Losing sight on what's ahead

Overdrive
Living life on autopilot with a course set to nowhere
Contempt for black life just stoking at my fears
Give it a few weeks, black life falls on deaf ears
Black life for the talking points, "make it look like we care"
When the rubble is all cleared, black life will still disappear
Still fall through the cracks, still not make it out alive
My brain screams out in pain, could never bring myself to cry
Pent up emotions on overdrive
Last months spent locked inside
I was a homebody
Social strategy on isolate
I put my black on a bed of ice 
What is left? Nothing not fake 
Voiceless, blend in, get by
How am I doing at six foot five
My breath stalked with watchful eye
I can't move my hands when I speak
Notes in my voice can't hit too high
False perceptions in white eyes
So what is wanted from my life
Pour my heart when I scroll
Can't be held back from my goals
Need direction when I want it all

I just had to get away
From keeping my body on overdrive
And sleeping with my eyes open
I can't remember my dreams 
But I'm hoping they come back
I'm hoping they stay
I just had to get away
From keeping my body on overdrive
And losing sight on what's ahead
I just had to get away
From keeping my body on overdrive
And sleeping with my eyes open
I can't remember my dreams 
But I'm hoping they come back
I'm hoping they stay
I just had to get away
From keeping my body on overdrive
Losing sight on what's ahead

I just had to get away
I just had to get away
I just had to get away

Thin-skinned klansmen getting trigger happy getting triggered
Spray tan on your white sheets, bunker hiding is your bigger picture 
I guess the devil stopped dieting
But my devils never stopped, 
They just tried again and tried again
So, we can't die again
Defund your lynch mob, all I see is wife beaters
Poison in broken systems, burnt precincts in the sequel 
Burnt bridges that can't be crossed
Family pictures that remain lost
Convos I can't bring myself to have
Over everything I've ever thought 
You either with me or against me, I've been afraid where my friends be
Keep your enemies close, that's why I got Mr. Roof by a rope
Roped and last rites read up
Genes that make me feel fed up
Thoughts get sped up when the feds kicked the dirt up
Lost in my own mind, I don't think they ever really loved us 
Lost my mind when I heard love
But I won't drag myself through fires
Stomach well lit to power
Through my drive to devour
Taking my time, you've been on my mind for Free 99
My pen out of ink as I write vendettas on the line
How are you gonna show them now
Molotovs and tossed bricks 
How are you gonna survive
Making sure my brothers gonna live
We ain't gonna die before we see the end of the pigs 
But will we make it to the end
Probably not but I'm gonna fight til my heart gives 
Tryna lose the demons on my ass with a lane switch
But I just stop the car, no weapon can ever erase me
Their pushing me to my limits, but I guess being a martyr is heavenly
These crooked badges testing me, I'll die dismantling your weaponry 
Too much time being things that I'm not
Tearing all these pieces from me, I gave them all of my heart 
Of all the things I wish I realised from the start
Is a fight's not over until I see the dark
And the fight's not over until I breathe again
The clock strikes 10 and my lungs just collapse
I'm learning how to grasp how this might be my end
Shit, it's the end 

I just had to get away
From keeping my body on overdrive
And sleeping with my eyes open
I can't remember my dreams 
But I'm hoping they come back
I'm hoping they stay
I just had to get away
From keeping my body on overdrive
And losing sight on what's ahead
I just had to get away
From keeping my body on overdrive
And sleeping with my eyes open
I can't remember my dreams 
But I'm hoping they come back
I'm hoping they stay
I just had to get away
From keeping my body on overdrive
Losing sight on what's ahead

I just had to get away
I just had to get away
I just had to get away

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