[Verse 1]
I can see my pops lost in a thought
Of his young man being grown up and all
Probably see him yielding a bat or a mitt
Admit you didn't see no scribbles from a pad and a pen
Guessin' questions, like who he gon' be
An actor, architect, maybe the damn king
Maybe he'll be pleased to see himself be
Peepin' blueprint sheets at a biz I lead
Yo, little did he know
The blueprints I spotted where etched by Hov
Yo, yo, little did he know
The little dude's ambitions were gonna be local
Like, bro, I can't wait 'til I hit bank
Momma spotted 30 let's go halves on an eighth
And hey, can't afford to even fill up his tank
But his lungs'll get loaded, flowin' Durban and dank
Poison, poison, poison, probably all that he thinks
When he spot his son takin' puffs on the green
He had hope, but he lost that pa**ion
Another stranger in the madness
[Hook]
A stranger in the madness (x3)
(Yo, yo)
Couldn't even look your friend in the eye
Couldn't even stare into mirrors without cryin'
Couldn't turn to scripture nor a chapter
And even if you could He'd still be a f**in' stranger in the madness
A stranger in the madness
Insane, captive, strained
A stranger in the madness
Exhausted, fatigued, enraged
A stranger in the madness
Insane, captive, strained
A stranger in the madness
Exhausted, fatigued, enraged
[Verse 2]
Duality, I felt it all scream
Murphy helped inspire some beast inside of me
And so, I can only hope to earn his rank
Keep your brain fed, fly low, your soul surely resonate
But failure's in my prophecy
My genetic makeup makes it evident, see
My evidence is I'm the first at university
In a long lineage of famine-stricken immigrants
If only they'd ask about it
If only they would read these signs
If only I could talk about it
Psych Ward, rap game Amanda Bynes
Cashin' in to bag a baggie full of stems
Clusterf** cludder disappearin' on a whim
So I held in, a deep inhale
Helped a kid get to cla** and a** landed in a jail cell
Bullseye, his hindsight
The two wrongs left me ridden so I write
Kept hidden from the ma**es, this madness
Yo, I'm the stranger in the madness
[Hook]