[Prelude]
Man, my life man. Catch it whether I don`t, catch it whether I do
So it really don`t matter. Know what I`m sayin`?
[Chorus]
Catch twenty
Catch twenty, catch twenty-two
Twenty-two, twenty, twenty-two
[4x]
[Verse 1]
I`m comin` out slippery as a trout
Here is my handle here is my spout
Fresh brand new born baby on the planet
Almost aborted taken for granted
Sticky from the womb
And I feel doom
After the scrub
I can`t feel no love
Doctor says get the fix `cause my body`s throwin` fits
Even thought I don`t know what it is I need a hit
Every thing`s shakin`. Why can`t I stop?
Don`t warm me up no bottle, spark me up a rock
Almost evicted, blood vessels constricted
I just got here and I`m addicted
Live or die what should I do?
Lord help me I`m in a catch 22
[Chorus]
[3x]
[Verse 2]
Yeah, I survived
And at the age of five
My mommy`s off crack
Said she ain`t goin` back
And from the looks of it you would think I got it made
Ever since mommy married Reverend Kinkade
But even at this age I feel the sickest kind of gloom
`Cause each and every night he keeps sneakin` in my room
Touchin` me and feelin` me I wanna ring the bell
But he says if I tell then I`ma go to hell
And Lord I don`t wanna go to hell I wanna be with you
I`m in a catch 22
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
No, I never told, and now I`m 18 years old
Sometimes chill sometimes bold
Girls say “Uh, check him out he kinda fly”
And I can`t relate no matter how hard I try
I`m afraid ever since Reverend Kinkade
I don`t understand how I`m made
Something`s gone wrong in my head - I wish I was dead
The cuts on my wrist bled
I guess that stuff about God ain`t true
`Cause why would he leave me in a catch 22
[Chorus]
[Verse 4]
Yo kid ya gotta live to get fed up
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You got`s to come head up
And just don`t let up
I know life`s been bangin`, boomin`, hittin`
You can`t catch a break so your thinkin` `bout quittin`
But listen, the life lesson is in launchin` out into the deep
Yo you gotta keep fishin`. Theres one who controls who you are and be
Which is a slight definition of the Almighty
But don`t get it twisted, He`s faithful and cares
And won`t allow you to go through more than you can bear
But with all your temptation, He`ll give you an escape
So whether you`ve been molested or whether you`ve been raped
Or born in the ghetto in a cold water flat
Blind, or deaf, handi- or capped
Hold on deliverance is nigh
`Cause you can get you piece of the pie
In the `twinkling of an eye`
And God can`t lie, it`s a test, a plan
So will you still hold on when you can`t understand?
Will you hold on so that God can get the glory?
You`ll get the reward - He`ll tell the story
About a person that had a hard life
The stress and the strife
And nothin` went right
And so much pain, didn`t know what to do...
But still serve God despite the catch 22
[Chorus]
[Tonic Extended Chorus:]
Indeed for real
We tryin`a say, catch 22, catch, catch 22
You catch it if you don`t, you catch it if you do
Catch 22, catch, catch 22, but the catch 22 ain`t true. Ya!
Catch 22, catch, catch 22, you catch it if you don`t, you catch it if you do
Catch 22, catch, catch 22, but the catch 22 ain`t true - for real. Word life
To my man Tubb, thanks for the phat track
We be The Gift. With my man Earthquake, ya, and I be the Tonic
