See What I've Become - Zack Hemsey

Blank stares from broken men So withered from the poisons They can't Remember when There were once honest reasons It's all a lie, it died 100, 000 miles ago Pretending I'm still here Justify What I've become Sanctify What I've become Amazing disgrace... how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me Better lost if this is found, best blinded Never to see The race to save face, nothing now is what We meant it to be Pretending I'm still here It's a system now Intertwined Take your place in the line to be ground by the gears of the masterpiece Betrayal Justify What I've become Justify What I've become Suffered consequence It's been so long since any piece of this made any kind of sense You anoint the king, I'll burn everything to ashes You giveth, I taketh away You giveth, I taketh away It's a system now Intertwined Take your place in the line to be ground by the gears of the masterpiece Betrayal

Dwilly, I'm scared Walked across Ohio, took me 50 days I talked to the stars, they were happy that I came Somedays, I'm a genius; others, I'm insane There is somethin' gorgeous underneath the pain I can feel it liftin', woo, I'm feelin' good I'm thinkin' 'bout David from my old neighborhood A warm and perfect white light in each of my cells I used to a pop singer, now I am myself Yeah, I took a little time right now just to count my blessings Count my blessings, count, count, count Took a little time right now just to count my blessings Count my blessings, okay Even when I'm fallin', there's somethin' underneath Somethin' that is perfect, it's almost like a dream And I know Vincent Van Gogh, I know Princess Di And David Foster Wallace, he calls me all the time If I think 'bout paradise, I'd imagine this No drugs or no alcohol 'cause I'm high as it is Yeah, I don't want your money, I am simply done I just walked away, huh, Look What I've Become Look What I've Become (Woo, woo) Look What I've Become (Woo, woo) Look What I've Become (Woo, woo) Look What I've Become Rollin' through South Central, better watch your ass Bars all on my window, pistol on my bed-stand To live and die in L.A., couldn't make it off of minimum wage I had to get the big body Mercedes Cop a Rollie, plus one for my lady, my lady I always knew I'd be a legend, saw it in my dreams I had to keep one eye open, I could barely sleep (Sleep) I had to kill 'em with success like they the enemy Murder, murder, murder, Lord, mercy me I stopped smokin' last year, fuck that, started back again God don't make no accidents, Look What I've Become Yeah, Look What I've Become

They told you to keep your head down They told you not to run They told you "we're sorry, you're not the fortunate one" They told me to keep it quiet Said my day would never come So I screamed my lungs out and I ran straight for the sun And they always told us we would be nothing Look what we've done (look what we've done), hey And they always told us we would be nothing But look what we've become (look what we've become) And they told you you don't understand They told you, "let it go" And then they took you by the hand And led you out the door Your words don't make a sound My dreams are on the floor But you're rising up from underground And I'm nothing like I was before And they always told us we would be nothing But look what we've done (look what we've done), hey And they always told us we would be nothing Now look what we've become (look what we've become) They say it's over now The world is over you They told me "no regrets" There's nothing you can do But I won't fade to black On the walk that will be damned I'll wear my heart like a flag and run Straight for the sun Always told us we would be nothing And they always told us we would be nothing Told us "keep your heads down" They told us not to run They told us "we're sorry, you're not the chosen ones" They told us to keep it quiet And said our day would never come So we screamed our bloody lungs out and ran straight for the sun And they always told us we would be nothing And look what we've done (look what we've done), hey And they always told us we would be nothing But look what we've become (look what we've become) Uh, uh Look what we've become