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You Don't Like Me

from Brace Yourself (2012) by john wesley

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You don’t like me you like who I try to be
I’m just like you, tied up to wires and strings
What you desire is what I’m desiring
I’m tempted to set me neighbor’s house on fire and leave
Of course this all is executed privately
Everything you think of me – execute it entirely
Including the Christianity / rap half-breed
I only CAN escape insanity WHEN I’m rapping
What’s insane is a third of the world’s hungry
But we couldn’t care less about third world countries
Our American hearts tick with irony
Until every selfish, last beat dies expiring
Children are invisible and we can’t see
That’s we’re the ones with money and could keep it all from happening
[AT LEAST PARTIALLY] see, you liking me’s unlikely
You don’t like who I am – you like who I try to be

You don’t like me, you like who I imitate
I’m not Jesus; I bow down and kiss the face
Of unselfishness, hell is irrelevant
Hell is self-centered, jealous, embezzlement
There’s nothing good about me – let the hate begin
And because this is something radio stations spin
I’m making amends by taking my friends
And showing the difference between spraining an ankle and breaking a limb
brace yourself? you should be bracing your kids
Art of persuasion – before you change into them
They’ve been noticing limits to the way that you live
They stopped living for them and started taking a risk
Change the world if you change your attitude
You have enemies and I’m afraid they’re after you
If you could see through me, you wouldn’t be liking me
But you may forever like the person that I try to be

You don’t like me, you like who inspires me
Short fuse, my moods can swing violently
I’m not who you think I am in your wildest dreams
There’s a rivalry battle between my mind and me
But don’t be minding me, I can finally die in peace
I’m en route to you finding silence inside of me
But silence is threatened by me, writing ink
My well-being packed her bags and she’s trying to leave
I’m trying to promote ideas unbiasly
But, it’s unlikely that it will be done quietly
To tell the truth, that’s only one side of me
Fighting to lie and trying to hide what lies beneath
I’m behind the wheel and I might fall asleep
Without love your entire life is obsolete
You people think since I’m able to love
That you would like me if you had a clue what I’m capable of

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from Brace Yourself (2012), released May 15, 2012

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