patronize

(Can you help me?)

Don't patronize

The person I've become

I know I need to step up and be strong

Don't patronize me

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Lay down with me, tell me no lies

Just hold me close, don't patronize

Don't patronize me

Who am I to not honor her sacrifice?

I don't want to just patronize

She likes it when I look in her eyes

Just hold me close

Don't patronize

Don't patronize me

♪

Would you summarize, patronize

Classify insane?

Let's stop waiting around

For someone to patronize us

Let's hammer out a sound

I'm on your side

Don't patronize

You know tonight

Excuses replace guilt

Patronize

The ones we leave behind

Drain the color from my eyes

Patronize me, energize me

Change the world, internalize

Lay down with me, and tell me no lies

Just hold me close, don't patronize

Don't patronize me

It helps if you don't breathe

Patronize and criticize

And welcome to the scene

♪

All my friends patronize me

They say "Yo, hey, boy! Have you found what you're looking for?"

Uuunmh uunmh uumnh uumnh

Will you patronize me – brother

Do you recognize me – brother

While all around's a fucking mess

Don't patronize my fucking ass

Some heads will get cracked

I will be all on that in like three seconds

Flat out patient, no, don't patronize me if I need clarity

I mean unspoken understandings are indeed rarities

♪

I patronize you, victimize you

My false pretenses endear me to you

The darkness that has been

No, don't patronize with sorrow

I don't mean to

yes I know how much you need me

but I just patronize with this affair

cause all my life I've needed to be

I been rocking the boat, we both jock the approach

I won't bother with quotes or patronize you at all

I'm tired of jokes and clichés and the hopes

That's why it's odd to see a pile of imperfections and flaws

Ascend a pedestal to patronize the rest of the cogs

And a mess of obnoxious fantasy, posturing and pageantry

I don't patronize, I realize

I'm losing, and this is my real life

I retreat into self-pity, it's so easy

Where they patronize my misery

La tristesse durera

Empty your pockets

Patronize, sympathize with the poor

♪

Darling, though you're twice my size

I don't mean to patronize

Honey, let me lead you by the hand

Now the lady hypnotize you

And all your friends, well, they just patronize you

Don't got to look for God

tell me I'm beautiful, tell me I'm cool.

Lie to me, patronize me.

Talk to me" like that" you know we like that.

I despise all bleeding hearts

I don't patronize the arts

Give it to me

They tell us what they want us to hear

They patronize our aching ears

It's all too clear the wealths of violence and sexual perversion

Never, never get it right if we can't get out of our own

Never get to patronize and polarize

Will never get it right if we can't get out of our own hands

Will you help me grab ahold

And please don't patronize my soul

When I start to lose control

I'm still sleeping by your side

I give you all I have while you patronize

Every dirty little lie

Break these chains

Don't patronize me

Tell me what you're tryna do, huh

Oh, apathy, don't patronize me

I wasn't staring at nothing for nothing

I was educated by the school of hard knocks

Tell me who's gonna patronize me now?

They've brainwashed the suckers again

Thought you would know

So don't patronize me

Don't you be disrespectful