[Prelude]

Man, my life man. Catch it whether I don't, catch it whether I do

So it really don't matter.  Know what I'm sayin'?



[Chorus]

Catch twenty

Catch twenty, catch twenty-two

Twenty-two, twenty, twenty-two

[x4]



[Verse 1]

I'm comin' out slippery as a trout

Here is my handle here is my spout

Fresh brand new born baby on the planet

Almost aborted taken for granted

Sticky from the womb

And I feel doom

After the scrub

I can't feel no love

Doctor says get the fix 'cause my body's throwin' fits

Even thought I don't know what it is I need a hit

Every thing's shakin'.  Why can't I stop?

Don't warm me up no bottle, spark me up a rock

Almost evicted, blood vessels constricted

I just got here and I'm addicted

Live or die what should I do?

Lord help me I'm in a catch 22



[Chorus]

[x3]



[Verse 2]

Yeah, I survived

And at the age of five

My mommy's off crack

Said she ain't goin' back

And from the looks of it you would think I got it made

Ever since mommy married Reverend Kinkade

But even at this age I feel the sickest kind of gloom

'Cause each and every night he keeps sneakin' in my room

Touchin' me and feelin' me I wanna ring the bell

But he says if I tell then I'ma go to hell

And Lord I don't wanna go to hell I wanna be with you

I'm in a catch 22



[Chorus]



[Verse 3]

No, I never told, and now I'm 18 years old

Sometimes chill sometimes bold

Girls say “Uh, check him out he kinda fly”

And I can't relate no matter how hard I try

I'm afraid ever since Reverend Kinkade

I don't understand how I'm made

Something's gone wrong in my head - I wish I was dead

The cuts on my wrist bled

I guess that stuff about God ain't true

'Cause why would he leave me in a catch 22



[Chorus]



[Verse 4]

Yo kid ya gotta live to get fed up



You got's to come head up

And just don't let up

I know life's been bangin', boomin', hittin'

You can't catch a break so your thinkin' 'bout quittin'

But listen, the life lesson is in launchin' out into the deep

Yo you gotta keep fishin'.  Theres one who controls who you are and be

Which is a slight definition of the Almighty

But don't get it twisted, He's faithful and cares

And won't allow you to go through more than you can bear

But with all your temptation, He'll give you an escape

So whether you've been molested or whether you've been raped

Or born in the ghetto in a cold water flat

Blind, or deaf, handi- or capped

Hold on deliverance is nigh

'Cause you can get you piece of the pie

In the 'twinkling of an eye'

And God can't lie, it's a test, a plan

So will you still hold on when you can't understand?

Will you hold on so that God can get the glory?

You'll get the reward - He'll tell the story

About a person that had a hard life

The stress and the strife

And nothin' went right

And so much pain, didn't know what to do...

But still serve God despite the catch 22



[Chorus]



[Tonic Extended Chorus:]

Indeed for real

We tryin'a say, catch 22, catch, catch 22

You catch it if you don't, you catch it if you do

Catch 22, catch, catch 22, but the catch 22 ain't true.  Ya!

Catch 22, catch, catch 22, you catch it if you don't, you catch it if you do

Catch 22, catch, catch 22, but the catch 22 ain't true - for real.  Word life

To my man Tubb, thanks for the phat track

We be The Gift.  With my man Earthquake, ya, and I be the Tonic