I.C.U. - A.B. Original, Thelma Plum

I never hesitate to burn a bridge

Sometimes I just remind 'em what a furnace is

And with the burners lit it feels like the perfect gift

I could see the future, figure out what ya purpose is

You’re like a burden on a certain tip

And the iceberg’s lurkin' to pull the curtain on a virgin ship

You ducked out while the work was thick

So now I point out to these clowns where the circus is

I am what, you pretend to Be, that might offend you

But I been through, might end you

With no one, to avenge you

Friends come and friends go, that fucks with your mental

Until its just benzos and endones in ya friendzone

So don’t ever call me lucky

You don’t know what I done, what it was, who I lost, or what it cost me

If our next meetings kind of frosty

Its 'cause you were taking too much time trying to watch me

And you’re too busy watching me

When you need to watch yourself

Choose your words more carefully

But play the hand you’re dealt

'Cause you come around, with your running mouth

Call me stupid… I see you

'Cause you come around, with your running mouth

Call me stupid… I see you

I never hesitate to burn a bridge

I lift a pint glass then watch the Reichstag when the curtains lift

On the right path to end up in that wrong place

With the reaper, in deeper than Dantes

Yes, aching in my chest is what I’m living with

Stress, youth incarceration’s my privilege

Death on the cards since I was a youngling

Paul Kelly with the big belly did them dumb things

I hit 20, they said he might be lucky

Guess that funerals are beautiful and life is ugly

Brothers and my sisters, love 'em and I miss them

Stuck within the system, can I get a witness?

I get the feeling that me breathing is a bonus

But if I’m taking anything I’m doing what they shown us

So when ya call 'ern and you wonder where the cops be

It’s cos they taking too much time trying to watch me

And you’re too busy watching me

When you need to watch yourself

Choose your words more carefully

But play the hand you’re dealt

'Cause you come around, with your running mouth

Call me stupid… I see you

'Cause you come around, with your running mouth

Call me stupid… I see you

My brother — you gotta watch your health

When they come around you better watch yourself

My sister — you gotta watch out for me

I’ll watch for you while you’re watching police

My niece, my cousin, my nephew

Understand that your fam won’t forget you

You gotta get up, breathe — get up, breathe!

Get up, breathe — get up, get up!

And you’re too busy watching me

When you need to watch yourself

Get up

Choose your words more carefully

But play the hand you’re dealt

Get up, breathe!

'Cause you come around, with your running mouth

Call me stupid… I see you

'Cause you come around, with your running mouth

Call me stupid… I see you