Melatonin (Explicit)

Melatonin - A Tribe Called Quest
I said I rarely dream in color but they don't know
And every brother ain't a brother but they don't know
Pop melatonin like they Swedish Fish they don't know
To give her everything's my dying wish they don't know
Role play she plays the mannequin they don't know
Raising my hand teacher says not again they don't know
The sun is up but I feel down again they don't know
On just one hand I can count all my friends they don't know
The understudy for the star the show must go on
I'm a beast on a leash I'm towed from the lawn
Another notch in my belt the food's getting scarce
Another notch in my belt she shakes up the stairs
Drink liquid confidence tequila's our defense
Get rid of this tense and makes life make sense
As I come off the fence and break through defense
Anxiety is on the ropes and it's gettin' intense
Population gettin' tired now they don't know
Everybody wants inspired now they don't know
Racist emails fire out they don't know
We did it in the dark it's coming out they don't know
The world is crazy and I cannot sleep but they don't know
Melatonin good enough to eat but they don't know
I read the paper so that I can see what they don't know
I'd rather stay indoors and make a beat but they don't know
My mother said a lot of wise words to me
Her Bible was like her toolie peasy-headed and unruly
I made her think she got to me
Following the trail of reefer
And niggas talking through speakers
Fattest laces through my sneakers
The rappers ere ghetto preachers
Thought I had it so I tried it for so long I would just hide it
Then I made the crowds say hoo
And saw them all get excited
I was hooked I couldn't shake it
The more I got I would take it
Couldn't sleep and couldn't eat
But this life I would not forsake it
I said I really dream in color now they don't know
And every brother ain't a brother now they don't know
Pop melatonin like they Swedish Fish they don't know
To give her everything my dying wish they don't know
So many thoughts in my mind making it very hard to unwind
I guess I should take one just one
So many thoughts in my mind making it very hard to unwind
I guess I should take one just one
So many thoughts in my mind making it very hard to unwind
I guess I should take one just one
So many thoughts in my mind making it very hard to unwind
I guess I should take one just one
This one's for good girls that all gone bad just one
This one I'm taking when I feel sad just one yeah
This one I'm taking to make me strong just one
This one I'm taking so that I'll live long just one yeah
This one I'm taking to make me smile just one
This one I'm taking to make life worthwhile just one
This one and that one and those and these just one
I just want to sleep I want to be at ease just one