The Monster

I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed

Get along with the voices inside of my head

You're trying to save me stop holding your breath

And you think I'm crazy yeah you think I'm crazy

I wanted the fame but not the cover of Newsweek

Oh well guess beggars can't be choosey

Wanted to receive attention for my music

Wanted to be left alone in public excuse me

For wanting my cake and eat it too and wanting it both ways

Fame made me a balloon 'cause my ego inflated

When I blew see but it was confusing

'Cause all I wanted to do is be the Bruce Lee of loose leaf

Abused ink used it as a tool when I blew steam wooh

Hit the lottery oh wee

But with what I gave up to get it was bittersweet

It was like winning a used mink

Ironic 'cause I think I'm getting so huge I need a shrink

I'm beginning to lose sleep one sheep two sheep

Going cuckoo and cooky as Kool Keith

But I'm actually weirder than you think

'Cause I'm

I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed

Get along with the voices inside of my head

You're trying to save me stop holding your breath

And you think I'm crazy yeah you think I'm crazy

Well that's nothing

Well that's nothing

Now I ain't much of a poet but I know somebody once told me

To seize the moment and don't squander it

'Cause you never know when it all could be over tomorrow

So I keep conjuring sometimes I wonder where these thoughts spawn from

Yeah pondering'll do you wonders

No wonder you're losing your mind the way it wanders

Yoda loda le hee hoo

I think it went wandering off down yonder

And stumbled on 'ta Jeff VanVonderen

'Cause I need an interventionist

To intervene between me and this monster

And save me from myself and all this conflict

'Cause the very thing that I love's killing me and

I can't conquer it

My OCD's conking me in the head

Keep knocking nobody's home I'm sleepwalking

I'm just relaying what the voice in my head's saying

Don't shoot the messenger I'm just friends with the

I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed

Get along with the voices inside of my head

You're trying to save me stop holding your breath

And you think I'm crazy yeah you think I'm crazy

Well that's nothing

Well that's nothing

Call me crazy but I have this vision

One day that I'd walk amongst you a regular civilian

But until then drums get killed and I'm coming straight at

MC's blood get spilled and I'll

Take you back to the days that I'd get on a Dre track

Give every kid who got played that

Pumped up feeling and sh*t to say back

To the kids who played him

I ain't here to save the f**king children

But if one kid out of a hundred million

Who are going through a struggle feels it and then relates that's great

It's payback Russell Wilson falling way back

In the draft turn nothing into something still can make that

Straw into gold chump I will spin Rumpelstiltskin in a haystack

Maybe I need a straight jacket face facts

I am nuts for real but I'm okay with that

It's nothing I'm still friends with the

I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed

Get along with the voices inside of my head

You're trying to save me stop holding your breath

And you think I'm crazy yeah you think I'm crazy

I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed

Get along with the voices inside of my head

You're trying to save me stop holding your breath

And you think I'm crazy yeah you think I'm crazy

Well that's nothing

Well that's nothing

[00:00.42]I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed

[00:04.76]Get along with the voices inside of my head

[00:09.05]You're trying to save me stop holding your breath

[00:13.45]And you think I'm crazy yeah you think I'm crazy

[00:18.75]I wanted the fame but not the cover of Newsweek

[00:20.71]Oh well guess beggars can't be choosey

[00:23.05]Wanted to receive attention for my music

[00:25.19]Wanted to be left alone in public excuse me

[00:27.41]For wanting my cake and eat it too and wanting it both ways

[00:29.78]Fame made me a balloon 'cause my ego inflated

[00:31.87]When I blew see but it was confusing

[00:33.80]'Cause all I wanted to do is be the Bruce Lee of loose leaf

[00:36.59]Abused ink used it as a tool when I blew steam wooh

[00:39.80]Hit the lottery oh wee

[00:41.06]But with what I gave up to get it was bittersweet

[00:43.01]It was like winning a used mink

[00:44.51]Ironic 'cause I think I'm getting so huge I need a shrink

[00:46.65]I'm beginning to lose sleep one sheep two sheep

[00:49.11]Going cuckoo and cooky as Kool Keith

[00:50.91]But I'm actually weirder than you think

[00:52.32]'Cause I'm

[00:52.86]I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed

[00:57.09]Get along with the voices inside of my head

[01:01.42]You're trying to save me stop holding your breath

[01:05.79]And you think I'm crazy yeah you think I'm crazy

[01:10.14]Well that's nothing

[01:19.03]Well that's nothing

[01:28.06]Now I ain't much of a poet but I know somebody once told me

[01:30.33]To seize the moment and don't squander it

[01:32.34]'Cause you never know when it all could be over tomorrow

[01:34.26]So I keep conjuring sometimes I wonder where these thoughts spawn from

[01:37.77]Yeah pondering'll do you wonders

[01:39.03]No wonder you're losing your mind the way it wanders

[01:41.65]Yoda loda le hee hoo

[01:42.99]I think it went wandering off down yonder

[01:44.30]And stumbled on 'ta Jeff VanVonderen

[01:46.75]'Cause I need an interventionist

[01:48.22]To intervene between me and this monster

[01:50.21]And save me from myself and all this conflict

[01:52.43]'Cause the very thing that I love's killing me and

[01:54.29]I can't conquer it

[01:55.40]My OCD's conking me in the head

[01:57.52]Keep knocking nobody's home I'm sleepwalking

[01:59.64]I'm just relaying what the voice in my head's saying

[02:01.41]Don't shoot the messenger I'm just friends with the

[02:02.98]I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed

[02:06.90]Get along with the voices inside of my head

[02:11.25]You're trying to save me stop holding your breath

[02:15.60]And you think I'm crazy yeah you think I'm crazy

[02:19.91]Well that's nothing

[02:28.63]Well that's nothing

[02:38.55]Call me crazy but I have this vision

[02:40.24]One day that I'd walk amongst you a regular civilian

[02:42.89]But until then drums get killed and I'm coming straight at

[02:45.36]MC's blood get spilled and I'll

[02:46.99]Take you back to the days that I'd get on a Dre track

[02:49.05]Give every kid who got played that

[02:50.76]Pumped up feeling and sh*t to say back

[02:52.68]To the kids who played him

[02:53.97]I ain't here to save the f**king children

[02:55.41]But if one kid out of a hundred million

[02:57.78]Who are going through a struggle feels it and then relates that's great

[03:00.61]It's payback Russell Wilson falling way back

[03:02.84]In the draft turn nothing into something still can make that

[03:05.76]Straw into gold chump I will spin Rumpelstiltskin in a haystack

[03:09.75]Maybe I need a straight jacket face facts

[03:11.37]I am nuts for real but I'm okay with that

[03:14.03]It's nothing I'm still friends with the

[03:15.29]I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed

[03:18.85]Get along with the voices inside of my head

[03:23.24]You're trying to save me stop holding your breath

[03:27.59]And you think I'm crazy yeah you think I'm crazy

[03:32.02]I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed

[03:36.09]Get along with the voices inside of my head

[03:40.72]You're trying to save me stop holding your breath

[03:45.00]And you think I'm crazy yeah you think I'm crazy

[03:49.34]Well that's nothing

[03:58.15]Well that's nothing