Don't D@mn Me - 2022 Remaster

Don't damn me when I speak a piece of my mind

'Cause silence isn't golden when I'm holding it inside

I've been where I have been and I've seen what I have seen

I put the pen to the paper 'cause it's all a part of me

Be it a song or casual conversation

To hold my tongue speaks of quiet reservations

Your words once heard they can place you in a faction

My words may disturb but at least there's a reaction

Ooh-yeah, ooh-ooh-yeah

Sometimes I wanna kill, sometimes I wanna die

Sometimes I wanna destroy, sometimes I wanna cry

Sometimes I could get even, sometimes I could give up

Sometimes I could give, sometimes I never give a fuck

It's only for a while, I hope you understand

I never wanted this to happen, didn't want to be a man

So I hid inside my world, I took what I could find

I cried when I was lonely, I fell down when I was blind

Don't damn me when I speak a piece of my mind

'Cause silence isn't golden when I'm holding it inside

I've been where I have been and I've seen what I have seen

I put the pen to the paper 'cause it's all a part of me

How can I ever satisfy you?

And how can I ever make you see

That deep inside we're all somebody

And it don't matter who you wanna be?

But now I gotta smile I hope you comprehend

For this man can say it happened 'cause this child has been condemned

So I stepped into your world, I kicked you in the mind

And I'm the only witness to the nature of my crime

But look at what we've done to the innocent and young

Whoa, listen to who's talking 'cause we're not the only ones

The trash collected by the eyes and dumped into the brain

Said it tears into our conscious thoughts, you tell me, who's to blame?

I know you don't wanna hear me cryin'

And I know you don't wanna hear me deny

That your satisfaction lies in your illusion

But your delusions are yours and not mine

We take for granted we know the whole story

We judge a book by its cover

And read what we want

Between selected lines

Don't hail me and don't idolize the ink

Or I've failed in my attentions, can you find the missing link?

Your only validation is living your own life

Vicarious existence is a fucking waste of time

So I send this song to the offended

I said what I meant and I've never pretended

As so many others do intending just to please

If I damned your point of view, could you turn the other cheek?

Don't damn me when I speak a piece of my mind

'Cause silence isn't golden when I'm holding it inside

I've been where I have been and I've seen what I have seen

I put the pen to the paper 'cause it's all a part of me

Don't damn me

I said don't damn me

I said don't hail me

Don't damn me

Smoke 'em if you got 'em

Alright! That sucked!