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, they said it wasn't a gateway drug, my homie was takin' subs and he ain't wake up, the whole while, these billionaires, stay caked up, paying out congress so we take their drugs, murderers who will never face the judge, and we dancin' to a song about our face goin' numb, but i seen homies turn grey, noses draining blood, i could've been gone, out 30s, faded in that tub, that's prince, michael and whitney, that's amy, ledger and pimp c, that's yams, that's dj a.m, god damn they're making a killing, now it's getting attention cause sara, katey and billy, but this shit's been going on from seattle out to south philly, it just moved about the city, and it spread out to the 'burbs, now it's everybody's problem, got a nation on the verge, take activis off the market, jack the price up on the syrup, but purdue pharma's 'bout to move that work, my drug dealer was a doctor, doctor, had the plug from big pharma, pharma, he said that he would heal me, heal me, but he only gave me problems, problems, my drug dealer was a doctor, doctor, had the plug from big pharma, pharma, i think he trying to kill me, kill me, he tried to kill me for a dollar, dollar, and these devils they keep on talkin' to me, they screamin' "open the bottle," i wanna be at peace, my hand is gripping that throttle, i'm running out of speed, tryin' close my eyes but i just keep on sweatin' through these sheets, through these sheets, four horseman, they won't let me forget, i wanna forge a prescription, cause doctor i need some more of it, when morphine and heroin is more of your a budget, i said i'd never use a needle, but sure, fuck it, i'm caught up, i'm on one, i'm nauseous, no options, exhausted, this is not what i started, walkin' carcass, i lost everything i wanted, my blinds drawn, too gone to leave this apartment, my drug dealer was a doctor, doctor, had the plug from big pharma, pharma, he said that he would heal me, heal me, but he only gave me problems, problems, my drug dealer was a doctor, doctor, had the plug from big pharma, pharma, i think he trying to kill me, kill me, he tried to kill me for a dollar, dollar, more, more, more, re-up, re-up, death certificate signed the prenup, ain't no coming back from this percocet, actavis, ambien, adderall, xanax binge, best friends with the thing that's killing me, enemies with my best friend, there's no healing me, refilling these, refilling these, they say it's death, death, institutions and docs, so god grant me the serenity to accept the things i can not change, courage to change the things i can, and the wisdom to know the difference, and the wisdom to know the difference

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Artist: macklemore