Institutionalized

I'm sitting in my room and my mom and my dad came in
And she wouldn't give it to me, just a Pepsi

Drug you up because they're lazy
To give me the needed professional help
If you talked about it, so why don't you talk about it”
They pulled up a chair and they sat down, they go
They'll brainwash you until you see their way
You're driving me crazy, institution
They stuck me in an institution
“So we decided that it would be in your interest
And she goes, “No, you're on drugs
You've been having a lot of problems lately”
We're afraid you're gonna hurt yourself”
Said it was the only solution

You're gonna hurt somebody
Where you could get the help that you need”
I go, “Okay, what's the matter?”
So how can you say I'm crazy?”
I'm not crazy, institution
And I go, “No, it's okay, you know I'll figure it out

I go, “Mom just give me a Pepsi, please”
And everything I do and everything I try it never turns out
“You know, you should, maybe, get away

If we put you somewhere

I'll be here you know and you'll probably feel a lot better
They stuck me in an institution
They give you a white shirt with long sleeves
I go, “No, I don't want to I'm okay, I'll figure it out myself”
All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi
And like, maybe you should talk about it, you'll feel a lot better”
You're gonna be institutionalized

Said it was the only solution
You know, we've been noticing

You're the one who's crazy, institution
Said it was the only solution
And it doesn't work out the way I wanted to
My best interest, how can you know what's my best interest is?”
And then my mom came in and I didn't even know she was there
I was in my room and I was just like staring at the wall
And I get real frustrated
Just leave me alone I'll figure it out
It's like, I need time to figure these things out

All I want is a Pepsi and she wouldn't give it to me
You're the one who's crazy, institution

Mentally, I'll be dead
That you've been having a lot of problems
There's always someone there going, “Hey, Mike
And they go, “Well you know if you want to talk about it
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
And I'm like, I try hard to do it
It's too much work to help a crazy
To give me the needed professional help

To protect me from the enemy, myself
And it builds up inside
And they just keep bugging me and they just keep bugging me
When I went to your schools, I went to your churches
You're the one who's crazy, institution
Tied around you're back, you're treated like thieves
Alleviate my suffering and my pain
They go, “Me and your mom have been noticing lately
They say they're gonna fix my brain
You're driving me crazy, institution
What are you trying to say, I'm crazy?
She goes, “No you're not thinking, you're on drugs
But by the time they fix my head

Normal people don't act that way”
I was just thinking you know, why don't you get me a Pepsi”

And I go, “What, what's the matter?”
I'm not crazy, institution
“Mike, we need to talk to you”
You've been going off for no reason and we're afraid
I go, “There's nothing wrong, mom”
And I go, “Wait, what are you talking about, we decided
And I'm like, take my time
To protect me from the enemy, myself
She called my name and I didn't even hear it

Thinking about everything
And she goes, “What's the matter with you?”
You're driving me crazy, institution

They stuck me in an institution

I went to your institutional learning facilities?
To protect me from the enemy, myself

I go, “Mom, I'm okay, I'm just thinking”
To give me the needed professional help

“How can you say what my best interest is?
You know I'll just work it out myself”
You'll come out brainwashed with bloodshot eyes

And she goes, “Don't tell me that, you're on drugs”
But then again I was thinking about nothing
I'm not crazy, institution
And then she started screaming, “Mike, Mike”
You won't have any say