Lullaby from The Sickness by J9

You see the thing is
I’m trying to learn to simplify
the second thing is
I might’ve overdone it I’m
about to bring it and sing it as a lullaby
the third thing is
all of y’all fuck off and die
you see the thing is
I’m trying to learn to simplify
the second thing is
I might’ve overdone it I’m
about to bring it and sing it as a lullaby
the third thing is
all of y’all fuck off and die

jerm
The Sickness
Lullaby

Solitude
that’s my cure to a bad mood
my temper is electric I’ve shorted my last fuse
short circuiting on purpose I know that it’s taboo
this abuse let me bruised I wear them like tattoos
I get in long chats with Dr. Atsab
he told me once
"We’re all a bunch of backwards bastards"
I agreed but bastardism is not a disease
it’s an artform life like father leaving dream
so scream everybody lost in between
just scream we are the children of a defeat

Don’t say die muthafucka die motherfucker die
say why muthafucka why motherfucker why
don’t say die muthafucka die motherfucker die
say why muthafucka why motherfucker why

You see the thing is
I’m trying to learn to simplify
the second thing is
I might’ve overdone it I’m
about to bring it and sing it as a lullaby
the third thing is
all of y’all fuck off and die
you see the thing is
I’m trying to learn to simplify
the second thing is
I might’ve overdone it I’m
about to bring it and sing it as a lullaby
the third thing is
all of y’all fuck off and die

jerm
The Sickness
Lullaby

Solitude
that’s my bourbon to bad news
or my burden when I’m burnin’ herb to a sad truth
once upon a time at the bottom of a pit
the dirty jerm convinced himself he didn’t exist
he said I don’t give a fecal matter
I don’t give a piss stained
mattress that I’m sleeping on
all I have is disdain
this was long before he’d see how to really tap
into the tears that bleed like hemophiliacs

This is for the fatherless
half step and foster kids
ostracized so often
the process like dripping faucets
this is for the fatherless
half step and foster kids
ostracized so often
the process like dripping faucets

Don’t say die muthafucka die motherfucker die
say why muthafucka why motherfucker why

Solitude
that’s just an inherited trait
a coping mechanism that I used to escape
or disengage
but I’ll get in your face with fits of rage
when on the topic of fathers
not caring how their kids are raised
see we are not secondhand products you give away
so to all of you deadbeat fathers you live in shame

jerm
The Sickness
Lullaby

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