Institutionalized

Lyrics

[Intro - sparse 808s rumbling low, eerie synth pads, whispered ad-libs echoing]

Yeah... institutionalized... walls closin' in...
Keem flow, slow but fast, yeah...

[Verse 1 - slow trap hi-hats ticking fast, deep 808 bass pulses, half-speed auto-tuned vocals with rapid fire delivery]

Woke up in white walls, fluorescent lights buzzin' like killers,
Padded room dreams, they feed me pills, turn me to fillers.
Voices in the vent, whisperin' plots, sayin' I'm the villain,
Strapped down for screamin', now I'm chillin' in the silence.
Nurses with needles, doctors play God with my mind,
Memories glitch like a hard drive fried, rewind.
Outside world's a myth, they say I'm crazy for seein' the truth,
But these chains on my thoughts, yeah, that's the real abuse.
Slow motion fallin', but my words sprint past the gate,
Institutionalized, fate sealed, no escape date.

[Pre-Chorus - tension build with rising synths, pitched-up ad-libs stacking, hi-hats speeding up double-time]

Feel the walls breathin', heartbeat sync with the drip,
Pills hittin' heavy, but my soul won't slip... nah...

[Chorus - massive sidechained 808s thump slow, rapid triplet flows over fast hi-hat rolls, distorted auto-tune hooks with gang vocals]

Institutionalized, lost in the system, mind twisted!
White coats lied, now I'm a ghost in the mist, yeah!
Padded cell king, crown made of restraints,
Slow burn rage, fast lane escape, break these chains!
Institutionalized! (Yeah!) Echoes in my brain!
Pills and the pain, but I rap through the cage!
Institutionalized! Walls can't hold the flame!
Keem style twisted, slow but we flame!

[Verse 2 - glitchy vocal chops layered fast, booming 808s drag slow, trap snares snapping erratic, ad-lib echoes]

They say therapy, but it's brainwash symphony,
Memories erased, now I'm a vacancy.
Friends turned strangers, family ghosts on the line,
Visit through glass, tears mixin' with the grime.
Hallucinations dance, shadows pullin' my strings,
Fightin' invisible kings, hear the asylum sing.
Slow tempo heart, but my bars hit Mach speed,
Prescriptions stack, but my will's the real deed.
No sunlight streaks, just bars and the feed,
Institutionalized beast, break out or bleed.

[Bridge - stripped to minimal piano keys warped slow, vulnerable raw vocals building to fast whispers, subtle 808 creep-in]

One day I'll bust loose... feel the rage boil slow...
Words cut like blades, fast as the wind blow...
They can't hold forever... nah...

[Chorus / Drop - explosive 808 drop thundering slow, hyper-fast triplet rap cascade, heavy reverb ad-libs, full trap production chaos]

Institutionalized, lost in the system, mind twisted!
White coats lied, now I'm a ghost in the mist, yeah!
Padded cell king, crown made of restraints,
Slow burn rage, fast lane escape, break these chains!
Institutionalized! (Break out!) Echoes in my brain!
Pills and the pain, but I rap through the cage!
Institutionalized! Walls can't hold the flame!
Keem style twisted, slow but we flame!

[Outro - fading ethereal synths dissolving slow, echoing vocal chops speeding into infinity, final 808 rumble trails off]

Institutionalized... yeah... walls closin'... free...