Broken Again

Gotta move on Gotta let go Would've opened my eyes, if I would've known After all of this time Took my heart to mend That I'd turn around, and it'd be broken again Gotta move on Gotta let go Would've opened my eyes, if I would've known After all of this time Took my heart to mend That I'd turn around, and it'd be broken again They told me to see the glass half full cause some see it as half empty I chose to see the glass twice the size it needed to be Smashed it against the wall in the kitchen On the floor going through withdrawals I was itchin' She rescued me, my heroine to the end But then she morphed into heroin in a syringe Around my bicep, I would tie a shoestring Tap! five times to find a vein in there Squeeze 7cc's so I could see the seven seas And CC all my friends so they could see what I was seeing But what they saw was a despicable human being So, I guess they just wasn't seeing what I was seeing Convert two into one and an invisible plan To discover what dreams may come for this invisible man Sentimental education, beautiful weather Dam was constantly catching fire Richard Pryor Her skin deteriorated Family infuriated by the myriad of tracks but my train never came So humiliated, started begging for change Failed rehabilitation so the scars still remain Nice clothes became frayed So isolated and afraid I smell like a animal my teeth enamel decayed and I'm relocated in Alabama now That Maalox and Mylanta now And it won't stop the burn Constantly searching for the answers how I could kiss the sky without enhancing But, it's so hard to learn Gotta move on Gotta let go Would've opened my eyes, if I would've known After all of this time Took my heart to mend That I'd turn around, and it'd be broken again --- Broken Again - Pharoahe Monch