[Chorus]
Everybody wants 15
Everybody wants 15
Everybody wants 15 minutes of fame
Repeat 2X
And they'll do anything to get it, what
Everybody wants the 15 minutes
Won't sleep till they get it
Won't eat till they get it
Gon' ride just to get it
Gon' die just to get it
Some believe in taking others lives just to get it
Repeat 2X
[Verse 1]
The other day I was watching 60 minutes and
Saw a familiar headline
There was a kid who could never fit in
And he had been bullied for some time
By these two kids who were relatively popular
To himself so he felt
Like there was no one else to talk to
So he started to act rash and impromptu
When he went into his mothers room
Searchin for the heat
And she kept it there just for protection
Put it in his backpack
Brought that backpack to school
When he thought yeah boi gon' learn his lesson
When he pulled up at the bus stop
He hit him with the (Bang, Bang, Bang)
Before he even got to notice
Then he put it to his head
Pulled the trigger back (Bang)
But at least he got noticed
[Chorus]
Everybody wants 15
Everybody wants 15
Everybody wants 15 minutes of fame
Repeat 2X
And they'll do anything to get it, what
Everybody wants the 15 minutes
Won't sleep till they get it
Won't eat till they get it
Gon' ride just to get it
Gon' die just to get it
Some believe in taking others lives just to get it
Repeat 2X
Look at me 4X
[Verse 2]
There's a girl and I won't say your name
But I used to know her back in the city
She had an issue with self worth see
She ain't really think she was pretty
Around the time it was summertime
She was goin' through her timeline
Checkin' all these groups with pictures
Stressin out cause
She hate the way her hips look
Thats when this guy that she kinda likes
Started test sayin'
"yo girl can i get a nude picture"
She complied didn't even know why
Because she hated the way
That he was rude with her
Woke up early in the morning just to find
That the picture was the talk of the town
Then she fell in love with the attention
Started strippin' for a livin'
Trade a dolla' for her cap and gown
[Chorus]
Everybody wants 15
Everybody wants 15
Everybody wants 15 minutes of fame
Repeat 2X
And they'll do anything to get it, what
Everybody wants the 15 minutes
Won't sleep till they get it
Won't eat till they get it
Gon' ride just to get it
Gon' die just to get it
Some believe in taking others lives just to get it
Repeat 2X
[Verse 3]
Uh, all the kids wanna be like Bieber
Everybody wanna be Lebron James
Tell me who is gonna be our teachers
If these kids stay drunk on fame
And the fake attention
Poured out in the form of a status like
This online parasite
Stay stuck in the stroud
Of real life, real people like you and I
So I think its time to just readdress
So we can break about it this cycle
These kids out there will do anything
To make a Youtube video viral
And its spiralin' outta control
Killin' our brains
Killin' our souls
At those times when you're feelin the pressure
Think of God and let him take hold
No need for insecurity
When you're hearin' me
Everything will be alright
Love me hate me man
Either way I'll make it through the night
Cause my identity don't rest on
What you say or how you play it
It's rooted in the one who
Loved me before he made it