Anti-Hero

[Intro] "You chose the way of the hero And they found you amusing for a while The people of this city? But the one thing they love more than a hero Is to see a hero fail, fall, die trying In spite of everything you've done for them Eventually they will hate you [Verse 1] Don't see me as a cookie cutter do-gooder you’re used to I’m rough around the edges break the rules only to speak the truth And it’s never in the format that’s designed to make you comfortable For those that's criticizing my methods I've heard enough of you I’m rocking no capes, no catch phrases, or smiley faces No tolerance for your ignorant statements and zero patience For that bullshit that ya’ll stay with, so I attack it frequently With no cut cards cause you frauds be lacking decency In fact don’t even speak to me, I’m busy on my mission to make things The way they need to be, a vigilante secretly Moving unseen and uninhibited, unrestrained so I’m not limited In the ways that justice is distributed I watched the way you picketed, and stood outside marching with your little signs Wasting time but nothing changed or ended it Desperate times call for desperate measures if you not about it They gonna shrug their shoulders no matter how loud you go and shout it [Chorus] They can make a pretty speech (And it’d be all lies) But when I speak the truth (These people want me tongue tied) Sometimes the rules are weak (Because it helps the wrong side) So fuck the good guys, I’d rather be an anti-hero I’d rather be an anti-hero I’d rather be an anti-hero (I’d rather be an anti-hero) I’d rather be an anti-hero I’d rather be an anti-hero [Verse 2] See this is how the problem starts, the evil villains are at large But get away with everything because the villains are in charge And you get mad at me cause my language you feel is subpar But somehow can’t get angry at people that kept you down, huh? It’s crazy cause the lazy ones will use this language every day But do it to a beat and watch them curse you for the things you say Censor all of your thoughts and even if they feel the same way Or book you for a show but then get scared and say you can't play My music is my anger manifested flowing constantly And just because you’re not enraged it don’t mean something's wrong with me It means that something’s wrong with you, or maybe everything is cool And you don’t mind the things that’s going on cause you’re a fucking fool I think you’re too accepting of the fuckery, shenanigans So when I overturn the applecart you start the panicking Imagine if men not scared of conflict starting vanishing You wouldn’t fight to save your life you'd stand there like a manikin [Chorus] They can make a pretty speech (And it’d be all lies) But when I speak the truth (These people want me tongue tied) Sometimes the rules are weak (Because it helps the wrong side) So fuck the good guys, I’d rather be an anti-hero I’d rather be an anti-hero I’d rather be an anti-hero (I’d rather be an anti-hero) I’d rather be an anti-hero I’d rather be an anti-hero [Verse 3] Now there's a time for conversation, but there's a time for getting gritty And shooting arrows to their face yelling "you failed this city" You can dance around these issues diplomatic if you want to But the villains not respecting that shit and they will stunt on you Spit a crazy monologue about how they’re above the law Because the world just needs to die and they’re the ones to do it all While everything around you falls and you’re succumbing to your fear The last thing that you hear is his laughter that’s ringing in your ears Fuck that I’m coming through blazing two gun gripping Clip em put the bad guy in the ground all while he was ego tripping Then go out the fire escape and dash down the alleyway While dodging the police helicopters that want to make me pay Ignoring all discussions bout tactics and repercussions Fuck em this the only justice I know because the system bluffing And if you really knew what I knew, you’d do the same thing To every preaching, fake politician that tried to play king [Chorus] They can make a pretty speech (And it’d be all lies) But when I speak the truth (These people want me tongue tied) Sometimes the rules are weak (Because it helps the wrong side) So fuck the good guys, I’d rather be an anti-hero I’d rather be an anti-hero I’d rather be an anti-hero (I’d rather be an anti-hero) I’d rather be an anti-hero I’d rather be an anti-hero