T. Karras - 5150 Lyrics

5150
Everything is dark, even the sky
5150
I'll never get out, why won't they leave me alone
5150
Oh my god, oh no, don't let them take me in there
5150
I'll never get out, oh god, what will happen to me now
I'm crazy and insane, deranged in the membrane
Tortured everyday, I'm in mental pain
I try my best to function but still I'm mental
They keep sayin' my words are incomprehensible
I've been in 5150 a huge number of times
To the point where I can understand Eazy-E's mind
I take pills everyday, they wanna keep me numb
Afraid of my intelligence, they wanna keep me dumb
What you think as crazy, I think of as sane
They want money for mental health, I'm not payin'
I should have this for free, not be trapped forever
In a 5150 because I'm such a terror
I put a smile on my face, they run away in fear
They see me as suspicious cause I shed them tears
Now you know why I drink liquor everyday
I need to kill the brain cells with the Hennesy
It ain't fun
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Mental illness is highly stigmatized
5150
Stigma literally means dishonor and disgrace
5150
Would you prefer to say that you couldn't come because you had a kidney stone
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Or that you were depressed or suicidal
Anybody can say your crazy if you look at them funny
Even though they know that you're not a dummy
You can order pills off the dark side of the internet
Get high as fuck and you'd still get ahead
You could believe conspiracies and people could die
Yet an average person can get institutionalized
I realize the flaws in the mental health system
They pretend to care when they don't even listen
They see you as nothin' than a 6-figure check
To someone like me, that's severe disrespect
To say there's no future for you, what the fuck is that?
Especially when I'm trynna get my life on track
Is this what we have come down to?
Jailin' people who dare defy their rule
And they're going to scrap the Miranda rights as well
I know the real crazy people, it's the devils from hell
5150
We walk them to prison, lock them away
5150
Mental illness has a very high tradition
5150
Mental illness is something delusional
5150
This is a mentally ill person, this must be dangerous
Yo, stop the stigmatism
Stop the discrimination
And stop the hate
That's all I ask
Peace

5150
Everything is dark, even the sky
5150
I'll never get out, why won't they leave me alone
5150
Oh my god, oh no, don't let them take me in there
5150
I'll never get out, oh god, what will happen to me now
I'm crazy and insane, deranged in the membrane
Tortured everyday, I'm in mental pain
I try my best to function but still I'm mental
They keep sayin' my words are incomprehensible
I've been in 5150 a huge number of times
To the point where I can understand Eazy-E's mind
I take pills everyday, they wanna keep me numb
Afraid of my intelligence, they wanna keep me dumb
What you think as crazy, I think of as sane
They want money for mental health, I'm not payin'
I should have this for free, not be trapped forever
In a 5150 because I'm such a terror
I put a smile on my face, they run away in fear
They see me as suspicious cause I shed them tears
Now you know why I drink liquor everyday
I need to kill the brain cells with the Hennesy
It ain't fun
5150
Mental illness is highly stigmatized
5150
Stigma literally means dishonor and disgrace
5150
Would you prefer to say that you couldn't come because you had a kidney stone
5150
Or that you were depressed or suicidal
Anybody can say your crazy if you look at them funny
Even though they know that you're not a dummy
You can order pills off the dark side of the internet
Get high as fuck and you'd still get ahead
You could believe conspiracies and people could die
Yet an average person can get institutionalized
I realize the flaws in the mental health system
They pretend to care when they don't even listen
They see you as nothin' than a 6-figure check
To someone like me, that's severe disrespect
To say there's no future for you, what the fuck is that?
Especially when I'm trynna get my life on track
Is this what we have come down to?
Jailin' people who dare defy their rule
And they're going to scrap the Miranda rights as well
I know the real crazy people, it's the devils from hell
5150
We walk them to prison, lock them away
5150
Mental illness has a very high tradition
5150
Mental illness is something delusional
5150
This is a mentally ill person, this must be dangerous
Yo, stop the stigmatism
Stop the discrimination
And stop the hate
That's all I ask
Peace