Check Yourself

Composed by Melanie Bradley

(Verse 1)
Woke up this morning, checked my damn phone screen,
Another pile of garbage, just plain fucking mean.
Someone’s losing their mind over nothing, small and dumb,
Acting like the world revolves around where they’re coming from.
Yeah, the patience is gone, the common sense is dead,
Just spitting out insults, right out of their fucking head.
You cut me off in traffic, then you flip me off with glee,
What the hell happened to basic fucking decency?

(Chorus)
‘Cause I’m so fucking tired of the attitude and sneer,
Just shut your damn mouth, and let me make this clear!
I’m so fucking tired of the rudeness and the shade,
The casual disrespect, and the messes that you’ve made!
Yeah, show some fucking manners, act like a human being,
Stop being so damn rude, what the hell are you seeing?

(Verse 2)
Standing in the line, you’re breathing down my neck,
Like my personal space is something you just gotta wreck.
You talk right over people, like their words don’t even count,
Got your headphones blasting, a disrespectful fucking fount.
The world’s a damn playground, for your ego and your rage,
Treating every stranger like they’re just an empty page.
You spill your bitter feelings, without a single care,
As if the air you’re breathing is the only air to share.

(Bridge)
(Music slows, a heavy, grinding guitar riff)
Is it too much to ask? A simple please and thanks?
Or are we all just animals, stuck in these fucking ranks?
The civility’s eroding, like sand beneath the tide,
And all the kindness we once knew has nowhere left to hide.

(Chorus)
‘Cause I’m so fucking tired of the attitude and sneer,
Just shut your goddamn mouth, and let me make this clear!
I’m so fucking tired of the rudeness and the shade,
The casual disrespect, and the messes that you’ve made!
Yeah, show some fucking manners, act like a human being,
Stop being so damn rude, what the hell are you seeing?

(Outro)
So stop the fucking rudeness!
Just show some respect!
It’s not that hard, you sick human!
Just check yourself!
Yeah, check yourself!
You hear me? Check yourself!