Panic Struck

Lyrics

[Produced by Adrian Younge] [Chorus: Opio] Panic, feeling anxiety, can't imagine or fathom Why they would lie to me or leave me abandoned Damn it, in the land of the free, we scramble to eat If you can't compete, you harm your family tree But sitting in a cell, you could be sitting in hell Parallel universe, the world in which I dwell It's the mastery of fear, not the absence of fear Courage in the words you hear, I spit some truth in your ear [Verse 1: Phesto] Envision in metal rise in my extremities The fibrillating shock I wouldn't wish on my worst enemies Get a ventilator my body chemistry faded We waited for Tajai, but did he get eliminated? [A-Plus] I made it, I circled the block, my brain was working the plot I can't say for certain or not if Tajai is hurting from shots [Phesto] Thought you swarming they was serving that scotch We observing the clock And every person that walked by is a person that watched [Tajai] All I heard was a pop, nervous system slip into shock Body twisted and quickly got acquainted with the blacktop Blacked out, then my universe became white Whiteness punctuated by a bunch of black dots No quicker than a nigga could give praise to be alive Four hitters hit my wig up with that Gregory Hines Tryna roly poly, they dropping builders on me Somebody came with that swift kick that left your homie snoring [Chorus: Opio] Panic, feeling anxiety, can't imagine or fathom Why they would lie to me or leave me abandoned Damn it, in the land of the free, we scramble to eat If you can't compete, you harm your family tree But sitting in a cell, you could be sitting in hell Parallel universe, the world in which I dwell It's the mastery of fear, not the absence of fear Courage in the words you hear, I spit some truth in your ear [Verse 2: A-Plus] Ugh, I can't face the fact I don't know where my aces at And I ain't okay with that I'm thinking, "Who did it and where they staying at?" to pay them back Why was they placing at, a swim we was laying back Them boys wasn't playing jack, what you say to that? [Phesto] Let me state the facts: Massey missing in action And all we know is the disappearing—niggas was blasting If he isn't here in a minute and there's no witness to admit the assassin caught him slipping We looking for that liquid plasma [Tajai] Woke up in the black truck they must've put in the back of Garage door opened and they backed up Something went like they got a bunch of jackals in cages Dropped me on the table like a fucking sack of potatoes Sudden attack from what looked like a rabid lab Turned my calf to a bloody mess and tattered rags They duct taped my face as we entered the place It's getting cold—I think we headed to the basement [Chorus: Opio] Panic, feeling anxiety, can't imagine or fathom Why they would lie to me or leave me abandoned Damn it, in the land of the free, we scramble to eat If you can't compete, you harm your family tree But sitting in a cell, you could be sitting in hell Parallel universe, the world in which I dwell It's the mastery of fear, not the absence of fear Courage in the words you hear, I spit some truth in your ear