"Just do it! Do you need a reason?"
I told them I did, my friends called treason (x2)
Follow the leader, come on, follow the crowd
Stop trying to voice your opinions out loud
Just do it... We've got the Nike Syndrome
Drug culture might as well have it's own holy tome
Many people can see the faults in personalities
Originality lacks in cool crowd mentality
Banality consumes the nature of consumer rationality
Rationing rash informalities on technicality
Stop trying to do this, start using this and that
Until the owners reset, control, and reformat
Society propriety is built on anti-sobriety
Trying to undermine the guilt and anxiety
But we need them, truth be told, to hold our values in place
Geared up with Nike Syndrome but didn't train for the race
Faced with the options black and white we don't want to be left behind
I resigned, defined my life by parameters that were not assigned
"Just do it! Do you need a reason?"
I told them I did, my friends called treason (x2)
The nation is infected; I never thought I'd be dissected
But my presence was detected, they strive to leave me disconnected
It drained down to a personal level, wanted to meddle
Like take a hit of this shit, it's so legit, but my body is a temple
Simple to deny smoke, to keep rocks out of my nose
Not to drink any poisons that riddle my brain with holes
And the riddle it goes: Is it worth all the hassle?
They can call me what they want as long as they're ready to battle
No problems with their problem, they can do what they like, see
I'm not offended by the syndrome, they can live life by Nike
They act like I try to be better, I've got vices like any other
I drink carbonated acid and treat music like a lover
It was my choice to remain clean in things unnatural to me
They see me as a threat cause I'm unswayed by powers that be
And to each their own perspective, my perception is clear
As it stands I don't dictate the way I live by my peers
"Just do it! Do you need a reason?"
I told them I did
"Just do it! Do you need a reason?"
I told them I did, my friends called treason (x4)
The Philadelphia rapper turns the children's music formula on its head with old-school beats and sharp life lessons. Bandcamp Album of the Day Sep 13, 2023