Stuck in the sewer beneath all the maggots
  i ain't foolin' i've been pursuing god damn it man i almost
  had it a way to get out of these dirty old ruins
    I'm checkin' out i'm never comin' back again
  i'm checkin' out I'm listed M.I.A.
    god damn it man i almost had
  it threw me out the door and called me a faggot
  i ain't done i've only yet begun
  West Oakland is the place where i'm comin' from
    god damn it
  man i almost had it
  well i did it again yeah i do it outta habit
  well i'm numb it ain't no fun i'm less than zero
  when you add up the sum
    I'm checkin' out yeah
  it ain't no doubt yeah
  a courtship built from anger is what it amounts
  i almost had it I came so close
  man i almost had it i almost had it