Strugglin'

(album: Maxinquaye - 1995)

Because
In, in, in hell I'll be lost in the layers of weakness
All around the surface
Brainwashed with the cheapest

Struggling
Struggling
Struggling

Brainwashed with the
Hallucinagenics in my system, I cock the trigger
Many switch in
Switch on, switch off

Here I'm lost
(I'm lost)
In the layers of weakness
(Brainwashed)
All around the surface
Brainwashed with the cheapest
Exhausted by the mundane
Simplicity no longer plain

Struggling
Struggling
Struggling
Struggling with the insane

I'm struggling
I'm struggling with the insane
[?]
Hallucinagenics
In my system
[?]
They say I'm insane
I'm struggling
Struggling

Darkness and warmth
Obvious and mysterious
Magical colors
(Mystical shadows)
Mystical shadows
Thought with no meaning
(They say I'm insane)
Label me insane
But I'm more normal than most
Struggling so hard (I just need to remain 'cause I'm strugglin')
To remain
(I know I'm the truth)
'Cause we are the truth
See what we want to see
(Please, please tell me what I, tell me what I want to hear)
Hear what we want to hear
Struggling so hard
(I'm strugglin')
I took a ride, yeah
(Roll with the bullets to survive
To survive
To survive
Self preservation)
Roll with the bullets
Just to survive
(Self preservation)
Self preservation
(Keeps the crowd alive)
Keeps the crowd alive

Struggling
Struggling
They, they say I'm insane
I'm struggling
Struggling
They say I'm insane

Struggling
(I'm more normal than most)
Struggling
(I'm just strugglin')
Struggling
(Mythical shadows)
Struggling
(Mysterious the obvious)
Struggling
(They say I'm insane, I'm strugglin')
Struggling

Switch in, switch on, switch off
I'm lost in contradiction
Feed me my visuals
A flashback
A flashback from way back
I'm struggling
Struggling
Do you know what it's like to struggle?
Do you, do you, have you, have you ever had to struggle?
Struggling
Struggling
Roll with the bullets to survive
Struggling
Struggling
Struggling to remain
They label me insane
But I'm, I'm, I think I'm more normal than most
Struggling with the remains
Brainwashed with the cheapest
And if pain makes me stronger
Then how am I stronger?
There's a fate for the late
But the late must wait longer
Struggling
Struggling
Struggling
Roll with the bullets to survive
Self preservation keeps the crowd alive
Struggling
In hell, in hell I'll be lost in the layers of weakness
All around the world brainwashed with the cheapest
In hell I'll be lost in the layers of weakness
All around the world brainwashed with the cheapest
Exhausted with the mundane
Simplicity means no longer plain
Struggling with the insane
Darkness and warmth
The obvious and mysterious
Magical colors, mythical shadows
Half thought with no meaning
They label me insane
They label me insane
They label me insane