[Intro]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yay

[Chorus]

Don't damn me when I speak a piece of mind

’Cause silence isn't golden when I'm holding it inside

’Cause I've been where I have been and I've seen what I have seen

I put the pen to the paper 'cause it's all a part of me

[Verse 1]

Be it a song or a casual conversation

To hold my tongue speaks of quiet reservations

Your words, once heard, they can place you in a faction

My words may disturb, but at least there's a reaction

Oh yeah, oh, oh yeah

Sometimes I wanna kill, sometimes I wanna die

Sometimes I wanna destroy, sometimes I wanna cry

Sometimes I could get even, sometimes I could give up

Sometimes I could give, sometimes I never give a fuck

[Pre-Chorus]

It's only for a while, I hope you understand

I never wanted this to happen, didn't want to be a man

So I hid inside my world, I took what I could find

I cried when I was lonely, I fell down when I was blind

[Chorus]

So, don’t damn me when I speak a piece of mind

’Cause silence isn't golden when I’m holding it inside

'Cause I've been where I have been and I've seen what I have seen

I put the pen to the paper ’cause it's all a part of me

[Verse 2]

How can I ever satisfy you?

And how can I ever make you see that

Deep inside, we're all somebody

And it don't matter who you, you wanna be?

[Pre-Chorus]

But now I gotta smile, I hope you comprehend

For, this man can say it happened 'cause this child has been condemned

So I stepped into your world, I kicked you in the mind

And I'm the only witness to the nature of my crime

[Chorus]

But look at what we've done to the innocent and young

Whoa, listen to who's talking 'cause we're not the only ones

The trash collected by the eyes and dumped into the brain

Said, it tears into our conscious thoughts, you tell me, who's to blame?

[Bridge]

I know you don't wanna hear me cryin'

And I know you don't wanna hear me deny

That your satisfaction lies in your illusion

But your delusions are yours, and not mine

We take for granted, we know the whole story

We judge a book by its cover and read what we want

Between selected lines

[Chorus]

Don't hail me and don't idolize the ink

Or I've failed in my intentions, can you find the missing link?

Your only validation is living your own life

Vicarious existence is a fucking waste of time

[Verse 3]

So I send this song to the offended

I said what I meant and I've never pretended

As so many others do, intending just to please

If I damned your point of view, could you turn the other cheek?

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]

Oh

Don't damn me when I speak a piece of mind

'Cause silence isn't golden when I'm holding it inside

'Cause I've been where I've been and I've seen what I have seen

I put the pen to the paper 'cause it's all a part of me

[Post-Chorus]

Don't damn me

I said, don't damn me

I said, don't hail me

Ah, don't damn me

Ouh

[Outro]

Smoke 'em if you got 'em

Alright, that sucked