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  • They said it wasn't a gateway drug

  • My homie was takin' subs and he ain't wake up

  • The whole while these billionaires, they kicked up

  • Payin' out congress so we take their drugs

  • Murderers who will never face the judge

  • And we dancin' to a song about our face goin' numb

  • But I've seen homies turn grey, noses draining blood

  • I could've been gone, out 30's, faded in that tub

  • That's Prince, Michael and Whitney

  • That's Amy, Ledger and Pimp C

  • That's Yams, that's DJ A.M

  • Goddamn they're making a killing

  • Now it's getting attention 'cause Sara, Katey and Billy

  • But this shit's been going on from Seattle out to South Philly

  • It just moved out about the city

  • And it spread out to the 'burbs

  • Now it's everybody's problem, got a nation on the verge

  • Take Activis off the market, jack the price up on the syrup

  • But Purdue Pharma's 'bout to move that work

  • My drug dealer was a doctor, doctor

  • Had the plug from Big Pharma, Pharma

  • He said that he would heal me, heal me

  • But he only gave me problems, problems

  • My drug dealer was a doctor, doctor

  • Had the plug from Big Pharma, Pharma

  • I think he tryin' kill me, kill me

  • He tried to kill me for a dollar, a dollar

  • And these devil's they keep on talkin' to me

  • They screamin' "Open the bottle", I wanna be at peace

  • My hand is gripping that throttle, I'm running out of speed

  • Tryin' close my eyes but I keep on sweatin' through these sheets, through these sheets

  • Four horseman, they won't let me forget

  • I wanna forge a prescription, 'cause doctor, I need some more of it

  • When Morphine and heroin is more of your budget

  • I said I'd never use a needle, but sure, fuck it

  • I'm caught up, I'm on one, I'm nauseous

  • No options, exhausted

  • This is not what I've started

  • Walkin' carcass, I lost everything I wanted

  • My blinds drawn, too far gone to leave this apartment

  • My drug dealer was a doctor, doctor

  • Had the plug from Big Pharma, Pharma

  • He said that he would heal me, heal me

  • But he only gave me problems, problems

  • My drug dealer was a doctor, doctor

  • Had the plug from Big Pharma, Pharma

  • I think he tryin' to kill me, kill me

  • Tried to kill me for a dollar, a dollar

  • More! More! More!

  • Re-up! Re-up!

  • Death certificate signed the prenup

  • Ain't no coming back from this Percocet, Actavis, Ambien, Adderral, Xanax binge

  • Best friends with the thing that's killing me

  • Enemies with my best friend, there's no healing me

  • Refilling these, refilling these

  • They say it's death, death

  • Institutions and DOC's

  • So God grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change

  • Courage to change the things I can

  • And the wisdom to know the difference

  • And the wisdom to know the difference

They said it wasn't a gateway drug

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