Straight to Paradise-Wax

[ti:Straight to Paradise] [ar:WAX] [al:Continue] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Straight to Paradise - Wax [00:08.66]Walking around with my eyes sewn shut [00:10.63]Passing by the most beautiful things in the world like so what [00:13.54]Find an empty spot on a curb and post up [00:16.36]Next to a homeless man cart full of soda cans [00:19.48]Smiling how's he in a better mood than I am in [00:22.42]When I'm an inch away from achieving my dreams [00:24.55] [00:25.29]There's different types of achievement it seems [00:27.51]The intravenous needle fiends to the people that dream of seeing [00:30.61]Themselves up on the screens [00:32.11]We all tryna chase a high [00:33.68]What is it with human being we're never satisfied [00:35.87] [00:36.37]My only conclusion's confusion [00:37.93]And my only solution is the illusion I create through boozin [00:41.30]F**k it my eyes open I pop my tall beer [00:44.87]Toast to Los Angeles we all here [00:47.57]From Skid Row to the names up in the blaring lights [00:50.38]I take a sip and I'm headed straight to paradise [00:53.37]Every day I battle with my inner consciousness [00:56.12]Trying to get him to become an optimist [00:58.62]Trying to convince him god exists [01:00.43]And to focus on the positive and take pride in my accomplishments [01:03.58]But he only speaks he doesn't hear [01:06.85]A radio newsfeed always in my ear [01:09.19]And I just wish it would disappear [01:12.06]An embodiment of all my insecurities and fear [01:14.25] [01:14.93]And it keeps me wide awake lying late at night nervous [01:17.61]Mind racing contemplating life's purpose [01:20.74]But isn't that a contemplation that is quite worthless [01:23.74]And I'm still awake when the sunlight surface [01:25.93]I just [01:26.98]Relax lie still [01:29.60]Count sheep drink more nyquil [01:32.35]Lord help me sleep I say a prayer at night [01:35.14]And in my dreams I'm going straight to paradise [01:37.89]Too much time alone all I think about is death [01:39.87] [01:40.37]I'm a chain smoker how much time I got left [01:42.99]I swear there's something wrong going on inside my chest [01:45.40]I ain't seen a doctorn I should probably get a test [01:48.24]I just wish I wasn confident in an afterlife [01:50.49]If it turned out that I was wrong [01:52.68]I'd be dead it wouldn't matter right [01:54.29]I drink too much for the numbness [01:55.74]I think to much but yearn for dumbness [01:57.86]I wish that I was satisfied [01:59.74]By the cars the restaurants and the Maitre D's [02:03.12]I love steak put me back inside the matrix please [02:05.81]We can all talk about the weather forecast or the sportscast [02:08.61]Or the f**king jersey shore cast [02:10.61] [02:11.24]Get money keep makin [02:13.43] [02:14.11]F**k b**ches eat bacon [02:16.10] [02:16.86]Lord forgive me I say a prayer at night [02:19.68]And when I die I'm going straight to paradise