“How can you say what my best interest is?
It's too much work to help a crazy
To protect me from the enemy, myself
I go, “There's nothing wrong, mom”
“So we decided that it would be in your interest
She goes, “No you're not thinking, you're on drugs
Said it was the only solution
There's always someone there going, “Hey, Mike
You're the one who's crazy, institution
They pulled up a chair and they sat down, they go
And I'm like, I try hard to do it
To give me the needed professional help
And they go, “Well you know if you want to talk about it
“Mike, we need to talk to you”
Tied around you're back, you're treated like thieves
And I go, “Wait, what are you talking about, we decided
They say they're gonna fix my brain
I go, “Mom, I'm okay, I'm just thinking”
They stuck me in an institution
It's like, I concentrate on real hard but it doesn't work out
I go, “No, mom, I'm not on drugs, I'm okay
You're gonna be institutionalized
I'm sitting in my room and my mom and my dad came in
You're driving me crazy, institution
When I went to your schools, I went to your churches
I'm not crazy, institution
You'll come out brainwashed with bloodshot eyes
She called my name and I didn't even hear it
Just leave me alone I'll figure it out
I was just thinking you know, why don't you get me a Pepsi”
I'll be here you know and you'll probably feel a lot better
I went to your institutional learning facilities?
So how can you say I'm crazy?”
I go, “Mom just give me a Pepsi, please”
It's like, I need time to figure these things out
I was in my room and I was just like staring at the wall
And I get real frustrated
“You know, you should, maybe, get away
You've been going off for no reason and we're afraid
They stuck me in an institution
They give you a white shirt with long sleeves
All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi
I go, “No, I don't want to I'm okay, I'll figure it out myself”
They go, “Me and your mom have been noticing lately
You're driving me crazy, institution
If you talked about it, so why don't you talk about it”
And she goes, “Don't tell me that, you're on drugs”
And she wouldn't give it to me, just a Pepsi
What are you trying to say, I'm crazy?
And I'm like, take my time
To give me the needed professional help
But by the time they fix my head
And everything I do and everything I try it never turns out
To protect me from the enemy, myself
And they just keep bugging me and they just keep bugging me
And like, maybe you should talk about it, you'll feel a lot better”
All I want is a Pepsi and she wouldn't give it to me
Said it was the only solution
My best interest, how can you know what's my best interest is?”
Said it was the only solution
Drug you up because they're lazy
Normal people don't act that way”
To protect me from the enemy, myself
And she goes, “What's the matter with you?”
And then she started screaming, “Mike, Mike”
To give me the needed professional help
You won't have any say
They'll brainwash you until you see their way
You know, we've been noticing
You know I'll just work it out myself”
And I go, “No, it's okay, you know I'll figure it out
And then my mom came in and I didn't even know she was there
And it doesn't work out the way I wanted to
We're afraid you're gonna hurt yourself”
I go, “Okay, what's the matter?”
And it builds up inside
You're gonna hurt somebody
And I go, “What, what's the matter?”
Where you could get the help that you need”
Mentally, I'll be dead
And she goes, “No, you're on drugs
They stuck me in an institution
If we put you somewhere
Alleviate my suffering and my pain
I'm not crazy, institution
But then again I was thinking about nothing
I'm not crazy, institution
You're the one who's crazy, institution
Thinking about everything
You've been having a lot of problems lately”
That you've been having a lot of problems
You're driving me crazy, institution
You're the one who's crazy, institution
