I often see, the media's very keen
On people who tell you lies that
That really feel very sweet
Like baby why can't you see?
It's easier than it seems
I'm really very happy
Cuz strangers are proud of me
They walk down red carpets
While smiling from ear to ear
Then later you find their carcass
This happens year after year
The industry doesn't care
The streams really go up
Then they shed a single tear, pour a
New artist a cup
I feel the need to prove who I am to you
I'm tryna be like who I used to look up to
Now I compete with dudes on my playlist
Add me not them give me all your plays and
Wait, I really think that this is not a competition
We all just tryna share the art with anyone who'll really listen
But it's hard when there's so much of it that hinges on opinion
But they say that they can judge
Because there's no such thing as an
Individual who's got so much sauce
That he somehow hides it
I won't say I'm great, that's for you to be deciding
I'm tryna touch the public like I'm ha
Joe Biden
I'm tryna put a hyphen in my
Future wife's name
Cuz she'll dwarf my fame
Or maybe she'll be lowkey genius
All the same
I'm just tryna find a lady
Maybe when I'm 20
Maybe when I'm 80
I really don't care 'bout a mercedes
My vice, if I'm honest, is getting you to like me
So I'll write for many hours on the nightly
I forget that praise on this Earth don't matter
So I'll judge my worth off of internet chatter
I dream of
Comments saying he's so creative
In the third person that's key
I want reaction vids about me
I want to not care and be free
But I smile every time they say cheese
Cheese!