Institutionalised
Yo -

When I think about the world all I see is this vision
Everything disappears and I feel like I'm in prison
With other criminals up in the block
And I'm waitin there for my cell doors to unlock

Just wanna get outta this place and go home
My soul's getting scored and I feel so alone
I'm serving life, dude I'm here to the end
Committed bad crimes so I really can't pretend like ...

Everything's good, but tell me how can it be?
I can't be happy when I'm feelin this insanity
It ain't easy yo I'll tell you why it's hard
Cause in this prison yo there's five main guards ...

Who wanna keep me from gettin liberation
They're always tryin to trick me into temptation
They're not here to keep the prisoners in line
They're here to make sure we all keep commitin crimes
They act safe and that, but it's a trick
People don't see it though, they start thinkin they're sick
Thinkin they're friends, but really they be messin about
I've only got one friend and He's trying to bust me out. [hook1]

He even stays in this prison for people like me
That's right you guessed it, His name is Guru Granth Sahib Ji
But the guards don't like our interactions
So they start settin me up with distractions

I know that if I fight hard I can win
Yo this is how I see that battle that's within
Keep my head down so people don't see me
I'll get the keys from my King so I can be free. [hook2]

[hook 1,2] x2

I need to escape you I'm in a livin Hell
I can't imagine life outside of my cell
I'm going crazy I need to rise above it here
Don't understand though some people really love it here

'You only live once' - I'm sick of that philosophy
Yo get it outta your brain, it's an atrocity
It's a conspiracy made by them guards
In the prison the reigns on it still going hard
And I'll explain while sayin in a sick flow
An intro of the guards with some info
The temptation and lust it causes harm
Attracts you to dust, yo his name is kaam

When things ain't going to your accord
He strikes you with rage, yo his name is krodh
When you see things you like he makes your mind absorbed
That you need them in life, yo his name is lobh

He ties you down with the things you live for
So you get too attached, his name is moh
He makes people think of how sick they are
Wakes up your ego, his name's ahankar

They're runnin rings around the people in the main show
They could be robbin you and you wouldn't even know
Don't be obsessed with your own refinement
They'll break you and keep you in solitary confinement

But if you're tight with the King you combat them
And your mind will be free when you desert them
Now the execution -
He's given you the blueprints of this whole institution

So start breakin down your prison cell door
Open up your eyes and start fightin the war
Cause yo - the one way to break every bar
Is to start with the word Ek Onkaar
[hook 1,2] x2