I couldn't tell you why my expectations were so high
After failing one million and one times
I thought you could be mine easy like the rhyme
Boy was I wrong now I'm singing this song
Where on this third rock from the sun do I belong
Could have swore the last marathon I finished strong
But I've never been a runner maybe next summer
Trying to escape from another undercover
Then I got caught like I always do 
Stuck playing life when I'm searching for a clue
So I had to part ways with the board games
Lost in an alley in the valley striking ten frames
Nowadays my daily news is the from the jukebox
Cops shooting black folks Yankees beating Red Sox
And for some strange reason
People still listening to Donald Trump talk

I tried to help myself then I tried once again
Let's not pretend you and I reached the end
I tried to help myself then I tried once again
Let's not pretend you and I reached the end
I tried to help myself then I tried once again
Let's not pretend you and I reached the end
I tried to help myself then I tried once again
Let's not pretend you and I reached the end

A friendly face behind the bar knows my real name
She doesn't have to ask I always drink the same thing
Frozen in the state that is north of South Dakota
Jameson and water 'cause I quit drink soda
Or maybe the IPA that is on tap today
Bitter with the hops as I jump and fly away
Like Vince Carter mixed with Zach LaVine
Distracted by the articles in a Playboy magazine
You know I be lying but you know I be trying
I'm a keep you smiling because my name is Ryan
But here I am once again talking to you
Sitting in my throne in this dim lit room
I tell her my frustrations and my future destinations
At the same time at the very same location
And then one day her boyfriend breaks up with her
Has a drink with me her shift just got over

I tried to help myself then I tried once again
Let's not pretend you and I reached the end
I tried to help myself then I tried once again
Let's not pretend you and I reached the end
I tried to help myself then I tried once again
Let's not pretend you and I reached the end
I tried to help myself then I tried once again
Let's not pretend you and I reached the end

You always get up when you fall down
She is just another face in the crowd
I'm not a fisherman I'll probably never be
But planet Earth is two thirds a sea

I tried to help myself then I tried once again
Let's not pretend you and I reached the end
I tried to help myself then I tried once again
Let's not pretend you and I reached the end
I tried to help myself then I tried once again
Let's not pretend you and I reached the end
I tried to help myself then I tried once again
Let's not pretend you and I reached the end

I can't I can't help you
I can't I can't help you
I can't I can't help you
Until you help yourself
I can't I can't help you
I can't I can't help you
I can't I can't help you
Until you help yourself

Help Yourself

Missing all my free throws lost in the weed smoke
Sorry kids Cold Sweat aint your hero
Yo Joe Olindo let me tell you something
I’m a cross the pond come and rock this shit in London
Bridge is falling quick is there something that I missed
Friends since ’76 but only came for the fish and chips
Whiskey sips out the glass an hour pass and I can barely stand
Goddamn Jameson got me once again
Nickelodeon because we all that
Six foot tall raps no vocals on the track
Quarterback sacks those will get you paid
But brain damage doesn’t go away
Say what you want say what you will
Soda is pop and there goes the weasel
Everyday people get arrested in development
Smile for the body cam national embarrassment

Nowadays everybody drinks the Kool-Aid
Wash it down with some peppermint toothpaste
Fresh breath in the mouth of a two-face
Man in the mirror telling me it's too late
Nowadays everybody drinks the Kool-Aid
Wash it down with some peppermint toothpaste
Fresh breath in the mouth of a two-face
Man in the mirror telling me it's too late

Almost twenty-six so my health benefits about to quit
Blitzkrieg bop until I bust a hip
Hypocrites of the older population
Constantly stating what is wrong with this generation
Frustrating I know open up your eyes closed
Glued to the screens of your iPhone
Oh no what is it that you telling me
Low battery millennial travesty
Free is the land but not on Snapchat
Laugh at that but they know your every step
Check yourself before you really need some help
But weed and heroin will get you in the same cell
Fell from a tree an apple hit his head
Sir Isaac Newton and this is what he said
A body in motion tends to stay in motion
We know raindrops but we don’t know the ocean

Nowadays everybody drinks the Kool-Aid
Wash it down with some peppermint toothpaste
Fresh breath in the mouth of a two-face
Man in the mirror telling me it's too late
Nowadays everybody drinks the Kool-Aid
Wash it down with some peppermint toothpaste
Fresh breath in the mouth of a two-face
Man in the mirror telling me it's too late
Nowadays everybody drinks the Kool-Aid
Wash it down with some peppermint toothpaste
Fresh breath in the mouth of a two-face
Man in the mirror telling me it's too late
Nowadays everybody drinks the Kool-Aid
Wash it down with some peppermint toothpaste
Fresh breath in the mouth of a two-face
Man in the mirror telling me it's too late

Toothpaste

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Vocals + Lyrics - Ryan Tetzloff
Bass - Jason Boynton
Guitar - Matt Johnson
Drums - Bhairav Gupta
Turntables - Anthony Price
Engineer - Steve Wallevand
Producers - Steve Wallevand & Jason Boynton

Deep Blue

Hiahli is a live hip-hop band that plays rock n roll instruments. The high-octane MC, Cold Sweat, delivers his Golden-Age Hip-Hop style over a variety of musical stylings. In addition to the usual fatback rhythms, you may hear some undercurrents of outlaw country, disco, and funk. The group weaves a tapestry of sound taking the listener through grungy, boom bap beats that inspire good times. And, always, a trip to the moon.

Say it with me now
[high - uh - lie]

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