Don’t you want to be a star?
Shining in the dark
So everybody knows who you are
Living out that life
You'll be shining oh so bright
Just like...
I pose for the lenses
If I smile real wide
It could hide what resides in my mental
Only meant to influence these damn instrumentals
It blew outta proportion
Way past the course
Now I’m veering off more
What'd I get into
It's complicated I’m just trying to keep it simple
Single
Rather spend time with a pencil
And paper
Wake up and hum a new jingle
I was on the phone getting mixed signals
No wisdom
Used to be a young dumb one
Forgot about ascension
Dear God
This is my jihad
And I carry no pistol
Only thing I ever shot had a lot of pixels
Violent, never that
Silent, yes I’d rather hold my tongue
Cause I was taught
Half the battle is fought in the heart
Where it starts
But that's a fraction
Look at my reaction
This is practice
Laying down tracks like naps on a mattress
Knock them out cold like a dose of Lunesta does
Put it to rest, nonetheless, because
I’m trying to be the best
You could put it to the test
Weed out the rest
I don’t want nothing less
Obsessed?
Yes
I’m just trying to be the best
No stress, I got the world to impress
Don’t you want to be a star?
Shining in the dark
So everybody knows who you are
Living out that life
You'll be shining oh so bright
Just like a radio star
They say you only live once, so party hard
They living out life like la, di, da
Life is a flash; Mardi Gras
You only get a glimpse, my God
I had to shut the radio off
And when the music stopped
My thought process lost the nonsense
Logic is a problem they’d like abolished
Marked by all the songs that top the charts
It’s probably cause they all so lost in darkness
Music is a business; they want your wallets
They filled with Lil’ Wayne’s and Nicki Minaj’s
Pump up the volume, not your conscience
Already confessed that I want to be the best
Flow so finesse, rhyme in excess
Every line perfected, words are caressed
Ain't no other reason I would do this thing I love
No stress, I've got the whole world to impress
No rest, live from the booth from the east to the west
This is my quest, ain't no other reason I would do this thing I love
Don’t you want to be a star?
Shining in the dark
So everybody knows who you are
Living out the life
You'll be shining oh so bright
Just like a radio star