Desensitized Lyrics

Yo, remember when our biggest fear was Y2K?<br>`Cause we were ignorant, blind, and we liked it that way<br>Overseas conflicts share air time on 60 Minutes<br>With corporate sponsorships and celebrity who-did-it?<br>Y`all better flip on the BBC<br>If you wanna see some reality on TV<br>Real survivors make hip-hop music with no money<br>And there`s nothing really real about The Real World, trust me<br>See, our government subsidizes corn and cattle<br>Makes corn syrup cheap so you know what cows eat<br>That`s why fruits and vegetables cost big bucks and candy`s cheap<br>That`s why our teeth rot and kids are obese<br>Smoke pot and go to jail but feel free to die of heart disease<br>Bad for you but it`s good for the economy<br>My name is Off Top, producer slash emcee<br>I`m not anti-government, just anti-lobotomy<br><br>I see too much man, I`m desensitized<br>These eyes roll back in my head `cause blank stares are the norm<br>(All I wanna do is write, record, and perform)<br><br>Baby`s girl`s breakdown<br>She`s only nineteen<br>She`s a sophomore in college with a freshman`s perspective of what it all means<br>She makes mountains out of molehills<br>And the moles are living high on the hog like kings<br>She knows her daddy wanted a boy<br>But he`d settle for a beauty queen<br>She fits neither category<br>Accepts presents and jewelry as payment for negligence<br>Invests her emotion in the junk bonds of bling<br>I want a girl with no gag reflex<br>Who`s allergic to latex and addicted to sex<br>Nah, I`m kiddin` man<br>I really need sweet angel<br>Who`s strong enough to pick me up when I fail<br>But I doubt I`m gonna find one, walking through Hell<br>Where everybody that you meet wears a mask or a veil<br>And now she sees it for herself in high-def 3D<br>Y`all get the picture crystal-clear but you still can`t see<br>She`s crying, bleeding, dying, and pleading<br>With God for an answer she already got from him<br>All these possessions and clothing don`t mean so much all of the sudden<br>And she can`t cope with it<br>Drowning in the madness pointed out by her therapist<br>She didn`t know she had until she skipped her first appointment<br>And double-dosed her medicine<br>Which led to triple vision of a foreshadowing<br>Of a tragic early ending<br><br>I see too much man, I`m desensitized<br>These eyes roll back in my head `cause blank stares are the norm<br>(All I wanna do is write, record, and perform)<br><br>I had my memory erased on purpose<br>See I no longer remember my birthday<br>So I only get older one day at a time<br>And when people ask me "What`s your sign?"<br>I say "Stop"<br>And end the conversation and answer the question simultaneously<br>Gone are the day when my horoscope tells me how to behave<br>Hence my name<br>Which is amazingly unimportant<br>Unless you miss the number that`s been assigned to it<br>And that`s some Matthew 24:43 shit for you Bible heads<br>Who like prophecy but fail to see the signs that you`re supposed to see<br>I see phone polls and off ramps with heart-shaped wreaths<br>I see the human population growing exponentially<br>I see the highest point in Gloucester County is a trash heap<br>I see the same motherfuckers who never learn trying to teach<br>It`s been said by too many emcees that there`s too many emcees<br>I`ve seen the scene man, and I disagree<br>When you try to crush dreams you put the game in a drought<br>Plus the larger the crowd is, the more I stand out<br>Uncle Tom, Major Tom<br>Tomahawk missile bombs<br>Dying fast, lasting long<br>It`s another Vietnam<br>Lock and load those machine guns, we`re gonna need `em all<br>I`ll admit, I`m confused<br>Never should have watched the news<br>Now my views are skewed towards the rubber bias of the crew<br>And every song I write for you is subject to review<br>By a paid-off puppet on a string of a label that I`m not on<br>How you gonna sign me then re-write my songs?<br><br>I see too much man, I`m desensitized<br>These eyes roll back in my head `cause blank stares are the norm<br>(All I wanna do is write, record, and perform)