Need's got headlights and I'm in the middle of the road
And it's hard to have a swagger when you're carrying the load
But two shoulders they bode well
And two arrows are well bowed
But I'm sorry if I ever made you cry
Certainty's a sprinter and I'm just now catching up
Now my legs creak and I'm thirsty. Still, you always fill my cup
Well I thought you were a mountain until I saw you erupt
And I'm sorry if I ever made you cry
When I made you cry; that's when I knew
When I made you cry; that's when I knew
A mist of red amidst the treads along the yellow dotted line
And the corpse of non-commitment now for scavengers to dine
And the bulb above your head is like a bachelor's exit sign
That's why I'm sorry if I ever made you cry
Though a crystal tells the future it's a diamond makes it so
Sea is rough but you can't mute her so just let your lumber go
And I've labored all this paper as a way to let you know
That I'm sorry if I ever made you cry
When I made you cry; that's when I knew
[Intro: Lupe Fiasco]
Now what if I told you my city was the best
And my city was a threat to the rest
And my city was a threat to the rest
[Hook: Patrick Stump]
This city is my city
And I love it, yeah I love it
I was born and raised here
I got it made here
And if I have my way, I'm gonna stay
[Verse 1: Patrick Stump]
From every corner
To every block yeah
Whether it's warm or storming or downright stupid hot, hot
From the problems all the way to the solutions yeah
Forget all the drugs and gangs, corruption and pollution no
[Hook: Patrick Stump]
Cause this city is my city
And I love it, yeah I love it
I was born and raised here
I got it made here
And if I have my way, I'm gonna stay here
For life, ah ah
For life, ah ah
For life, ah ah
For life, ah ah
For life, ah ah
For life, ah ah
For life, ah ah
For life, ah ah
[Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco]
Now what if I told you my city was the best
And my city was a threat to the rest
But you can't rest inside my city
My city's so cold if you ain't dressed
And what they accept, I had the right address
Parts of my city, certain colors can't step
And sadly I'm talking about the color of your skin
Sorry my brother can't let you in
Cause the property value might go down to a level that's
Economically unacceptable and socially tabu for us to live around you
Uh, uh, is this what it's down to?
Root for the same team, we have the same dream
Not the same reality,
Actually, mines is a bad education and gentrification
Despite all the above I love...
[Hook: Patrick Stump]
This city is my city
And I love it, yeah I love it
I was born and raised here
I got it made here
And if I have my way, I'm gonna stay here
For life, ah ah
For life, ah ah
For life, ah ah
For life, ah ah
For life, ah ah
For life, ah ah
For life, ah ah
For life, ah ah
[Bridge: Patrick Stump]
And you can take my picture
You can take my name
But you're never gonna take my city away
Cause you can burn it to the ground
Oh oh let it flood, but it's in my blood
[Hook: Patrick Stump]
Cause this city is my city
And I love it, yeah I love it
I was born and raised here
I got it made here
And if I have my way, I'm gonna stay here
For life, ah ah
For life, ah ah
For life, ah ah
For life, ah ah
For life, ah ah
For life, ah ah
For life, ah ah
For life, ah ah
Is she worth it, whatever this is?
It doesn’t feel right.
Better think about your kids.
I’m not putting up a fight.
Cause we could make love tonight,
But you’re gonna hate yourself in the morning light,
So just stop, breathe, count to three,
Get your head right, right.
I put the “I” in lie
Cause I’m a cheat, cheat, cheat
I’m a cheat, cheat, cheat.
And baby, bang bang, kiss kiss
You and I got to put an end to this
So we cheat, cheat, cheat
I’m a cheat, cheat, cheat.
If you’re unfaithful, put your hands in the air,
Hands in the air, hands in the air,
Like you’re under arrest with a guilty conscience
Stick ‘em up if you’ve got a guilty conscience, yeah
Yeah, yeah
She married young, it was a mistake.
She had a son; reluctant father, he upped and walked away.
She meets a man who craves her company like she's craving his.
But honey, if it seems too good to be true…
Well guess what? It probably is.
Whatever this is, it doesn’t feel right.
So just stop, breathe, count to three,
Every word's a new regret if you say it right, right
Every wound can be forgotten in the right light
Oh nostalgia, I don't need you anymore
Cause the Saturdays are over and the beat is at my door
Cause they might try to tell you how you can live your life
But don't, don't forget it's your right, to do whatever you like, you like
Cause you could be your own spotlight, e-o, e-o
You could be your own spotlight, e-o, e-o
You could be your own spotlight, you could be the star, you can shine so bright, e-o, e-o,
You could be your own, cause they're gonna tell you all the rules to break
To take away that light, somebody, somebody now
You could be your own spotlight, e-o, e-o
You could be your own spotlight.
Depression is a little bit like happy hour, right
It's always gotta be happening somewhere on any given night
Oh nostalgia I don't need you anymore
I just hope my perfect stranger that my kids look more like yours
Cause they might, they might, try to tell you how you can live your life
But don't, don't forget it's your right to do whatever you like, you like
Cause you could be your own spot light, e-o, e-o
You could be your own spotlight, e-o, e-o
You could be your own spotlight, you could be the star, you can shine so bright, e-o, e-o,
You could be your own, cause they're gonna tell you all the rules to break
To take away that light, somebody, somebody now
You could be your own spotlight, e-o, e-o
You could be your own spotlight, e-o, e-o
You could be your own, cause I had a little bit of bad luck
Oh, when will this crumbling world stop
Little sweetness keeps just out of reach
Cause compassion is something that they just don't, just don't teach, teach
Cause you could be your own spot light, e-o, e-o
You could be your own spotlight, e-o, e-o
You could be your own spotlight, you could be the star, you can shine so bright, e-o, e-o,
You could be your own, cause they're gonna tell you all the rules to break
To take away that light, somebody, somebody now
You could be your own spotlight, e-o, e-o
It’s Saturday night again
It showed up without any shame
All the dogs are missing masters
And the cats are on the town
There ain’t heaven here to rain on this parade
Now do you want dignity
Or do you want love?
Go ahead and want both but you only get one
You embarrass as fast as a bullet from a gun
Staring down the barrel of a name brand tongue
It’s Saturday night again
It started over
Ignoring Sunday morning’s advice
If I’ve got anything to say,
You’ve got to be coming home with me tonight
Alright, alright
Let’s make the same mistakes in a brand new place tonight
Because it’s Saturday night
Let’s make the same mistakes in a brand new place tonight
Because it’s Saturday night
Tonight it’s just wolves dressed as wolves
The kind that get mistaken for sheep
They’re all whispering their rumors
They sing just like secrets
Just not the kind you’d ever want to keep
Did anyone say that this was a game?
No? Then why do I need to take sides?
So bartender, fill me up
Cause I’m so sick of being la la la la loved
It’s Saturday night again
It started over
Ignoring Sunday morning’s advice
If I’ve got anything to say,
You’ve got to be coming home with me tonight
Alright, alright
Let's make the same mistakes in a brand new place tonight
Because it’s Saturday night
Let’s make the same mistakes in a brand new place tonight
Because it’s Saturday night
She’s got your number
And you’ve got her scent
She left it on your collar
But you don’t know where she went
It’s the ghost of a good time
You carry around
A little artificial like the confidence you found
When it was Saturday night again
It started over
Ignoring Sunday morning’s advice
If I’ve got anything to say
You’ve got to be coming home with me tonight
Alright, alright
Let's make the same mistakes in a brand new place tonight
Because it’s Saturday night
Let’s make the same mistakes in a brand new place tonight
One more shot, then I'm quitting forever
Cross my heart, cross my fingers
Woke up this morning
The room was spinning
And I don't remember what I did last night
Beg the ceiling for forgiveness
And I don't want to remember what I did last night
When I was drunk I might have said some things I didn't mean
It's nothing wrong with you, it's something wrong with me
I'm running dry from now on
How come no one believes me?
Believe me
Step one: drink
Step two: make mistakes
Step three: pretend you don't remember
Step four: drink a little more
Step five: I need to run dry
I need to run dry
My liver's killing me
But willingly I'm going to tell whoever asks that I feel all right
I beg the ceiling for forgiveness
And I don't want to remember what I did last night
When I was drunk I might have said some things I didn't mean
It's nothing wrong with you, it's something wrong with me
Step one: drink
Step two: make mistakes
Step three: pretend you don't remember
Step four: drink a little more
Step five: I need to run dry
I need to run dry
I'm gonna take one more shot
Then I'm quitting forever
Cross my heart
Cross my fingers
I'm gonna take one more shot
Then I'm quitting forever
Cross my heart
Cross my fingers
I get drunk a little too much
For it to be healthy
No one wants to tell me...
Whisky
I'm trying to cut back
Wine
I'm trying to cut back
They say everything in moderation
But I'll drink you under the table
I'm not just drunk
I really think I'm in love with you
(Okay, I really am just drunk)
Step one: drink
Step two: make mistakes
Step three: pretend you don't remember
Step four: drink a little more
Step five: I need to run dry
I need to run dry
I'm gonna take one more shot
Then I'm quitting forever
Cross my heart
Cross my fingers
I'm gonna take one more shot
Then I'm quitting forever
Cross my heart
I don't ever want to meet you
'Coz you're like porcelain
And I think it would crack
If I found you were a brat
Stay perfect
Stay perfect
I don't ever want to meet you
'Coz you're like porcelain
And I think it would crack
If I found you were a brat
Stay perfect
Stay perfect
Nothing as disappointing
And I don't want to be disappointed
I'm just some kid you'll think about maybe in passing
But you're like my passion for real
But distance is a lot less stress
How you do what you do's still an uneducated guess
And I bet you'll think I'm crazy
But I think you're just a little bit amazing
Maybe, maybe I want to be you baby
No, I simply can't resist my imagination
Now I'm amount of patience
Validates my preoccupation
Let me say this
You look better famous, yeah
I don't ever want to meet you
Because you're like porcelain
And I think it would crack
If I found you were a brat
Stay perfect
Stay perfect
Ahem
Dear superhero, whom I look up to from afar
Cause you're of a whole other galaxy
I know you might find this shit so bizarre
I rather we never had to meet, had to speak
I think I know who you are in my imagination
But not too sure about reality
You're a superstar, with that glow one has to be
But you come across brighter in a magazine
Shine much more on a plasma screen
If that don't wake me like a bad dream, bad dream
Sad scene like Mufasa in that stampede
Exactly why this calls for my evacuation
Before this conversation paints the picture
That my mind has painted
Faded
'Coz it can get complicated to recognize your idol's
tainted
Damn, is that a face lift?
'Coz you look better famous
I don't ever want to meet you
Because you're like porcelain
And I think it would crack
If I found you were a brat
Stay perfect
Stay perfect
I don't ever want to meet you
Because you're like porcelain
And I think it would crack
If I found you were a brat
Stay perfect
Stay perfect
Have you ever met somebody who was perfect 'til you met
them
Woah, oh oh
Have you ever met somebody who was perfect 'til you met
them
I have
I don't ever want to meet you
Because you're like porcelain
And I think it would crack
If I found you were a brat
Stay perfect
Stay perfect
I don't ever want to meet you
Because you're like porcelain
And I think it would crack
If I found you were a brat
Stay perfect
Stay perfect
I don't ever want to meet you
Because you're like porcelain
And I think it would crack
If I found you were a brat
Stay perfect
Stay perfect
I don't ever want to meet you
Because you're like porcelain
And I think it would crack
If I found you were a brat
Stay perfect
Stay perfect
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
They lie, they steal
They blog, they feel
Entitled to too much
They want, they drill
They drive, they kill
The wildlife and such
They laugh at pain
They cheat, they're vain
Above all other things
They're doctors
Lawyers, wives and warriors
Misfits, pawns and kings
A person is all right
A person is all right
A person is all right;
But people never done a good thing
They grudge, they sue
They guilt, they do
As little as they can
They drink, they gloat
They'd sink the boat
They're in before they think to plan
They're addicted to convenience
"In case of stairway, use elevator."
Someone take our toys away
We've been bad and we've been shameful
A person is all right
A person is all right
A person is all right;
But people never done a good thing
You're only free when you're asleep, baby
When you're asleep, baby
We choose to be misled
We're instructions that want to be misread
"Politician" is a fancy word for crook
Most journalists cook the books and fail up
And most of us do as little as we can
A person is all right
A person is all right
A person is all right
A person is all right
A person is all right
A person is all right
When you're feeling petty
And overwrought
I'll be there to be your target
You can throw me what you got
I will take it with a smile
You can dole it without shame
But I will never be your problem
I will never be to blame
Cause you are mad at nothing
You're just wasting time
I'm not bluffing:
You should've been a friend of mine
When you're feeling guilty
And out of steam
When you're looking for forgiveness
You can take it out on me
When your hands are overflowing
With stones you wish to throw
And your eyes drip with excuse, and someone lit your fuse,
This is something you should know
You are mad at nothing
You're just wasting time
I'm not bluffing:
You should've been a friend of mine
Right now you're just sour
But that can sweeten with time
But I'm not bluffing:
hear you've got your troubles, or so I've been told
Maybe just a couple but I'm not quite sold
I'm indifferent to the difference between tomorrow and
today
Less an indiscretion than a lesson I've been paid
And the stages of recovery can signify your age
Like rings around a stump
Oh, that's something I know a little bit about, child
Lately, it's been getting a little bit crazy
I don't wanna be complaining, complaining, oh
All my friends go to bed
Dreaming up a reason they should weep, weep
And all my friends go to the ends of the earth
For secrets they don't wanna keep
Well this is my confession
Yes, yes
This is me confessing
God bless
The sad and selfish
Stay helpless
Cause I've always been stronger than that
Hold the weight of the world on my back
It's just love, selfish love
Love, selfish love
I've got nothing to confess, yes
I've got nothing to confess, yes
I've got nothing to confess, yes
I've got nothing to confess, yes
It's too easy to be scared sometimes
I'm not gonna lie like I don't understand
But it's like the whole world is jumping off the bridge
And you don't want to be the one standing on dry land
All my friends go to the ends of the earth
For secrets they don't wanna keep
Well this is my confession
Yes, yes
This is me confessing
God bless
The sad and selfish
Stay helpless
Cause I've always been stronger than that
Hold the weight of the world on my back
It's just love, selfish love
Love, selfish love
I've got nothing to confess, yes
I've got nothing to confess, yes
I've got nothing to confess, yes
I've got nothing to confess, yes
Yes, yes
This is me confessing
God bless
The sad and selfish
Stay helpless
Cause I've always been stronger than that
Hold the weight of the world on my back
It's just love, selfish love
Love, selfish love
I've got nothing to confess, yes
I've got nothing to confess, yes
I've got nothing to confess, yes
Consumption is consuming me,
The laissez hasn't been fair to me,
A party for the sea is like a funeral for the beach,
And there's a crooked line I don't want to take the time to straighten,
Cause when you do you realise it's the whole damn world that's bent,
Here's the mission: To go omniscient,
To run with scissors and skip the incision,
The truth? It's got vision but it's got no heart,
Keep shrugging on Atlas, while the market goes dark,
Everything goes in waves,
Grasshoppers are gonna party while the ants are going to save,
Some teams only want to play,
If they get to rig the game,
Shame,
Greed; One of the seven deadly sins,
Many gonna enter, few gonna win,
Always try to notify the next of kin,
Cause many gonna enter, few gonna win
Greed; One of the seven deadly sins,
Many gonna enter, few gonna win,
Always try to notify the next of kin,
Cause many gonna enter, few gonna win,
Good news is everybody gets to have an outlet,
But bad news is everybody gets to have an outlet,
I've been poor and I've been rich,
The first one stung but the second one itched,
The cash is just the rash,
Without the pleasure of the scratch,
You know? Until you've had yourself a hurricane,
You're gonna fret, you're gonna fret, you're gonna fret, every raindrop,
Greed; One of the seven deadly sins,
Many gonna enter, few gonna win,
Always try to notify the next of kin,
Cause many gonna enter, few gonna win
Greed; One of the seven deadly sins,
Many gonna enter, few gonna win,
Always try to notify the next of kin,
Cause many gonna enter, few gonna win,
(Greed, Greed, Greed, Greed, Greed)
All my Gordon Gekkos and my Bernie Madoffs, I want to see you,
(Pop your white collars up! Pop your white collars up!)
Offshore accounts, tax havens, swimming pools, movie stars,
(Pop your white collars up! Pop your white collars up!)
Everybody! I want to see you,
(Pop your white collars up! Pop your white collars up!)
You know, very rarely is good art born in the board room,
(Pop your white collars up! Pop your white collars up!)
You remember that.
Greed; One of the seven deadly sins,
Many gonna enter, few gonna win,
Always try to notify the next of kin,
Cause many gonna enter, few gonna win
Greed; One of the seven deadly sins,
Many gonna enter, few gonna win,
Always try to notify the next of kin,
Clap if ya gotta ticket to the end of the world, oh oh woah oh oh
Clap if ya gotta ticket to the end of the world, oh oh woah oh oh
If you got a ticket to the end of the world, world world-ooh
It was his last day on the force, he was going through divorce
He was a living, breathing action screen-play, cliche'.
He said that they found it in the basement
Enough to just blow that roof to the pavement
And he was the man for the job, a one-man bomb squad
A middle aged mess thinking:
Having a feeling like I'm gonna explode any moment I'm ready to blow. I can't stand it, I get so worried and I get so low. and if I'm never your hero I can never let you down -no- and the sirens go
Oh ah oh oh oh ah oh oh
Just clap if you got a ticket to the end of the world -woah woah woah- no
Their last hopes, on him they'd hung and they weighed him like a ton.
But perhaps for him, he'd none much left to lose.
Tony don't sweat it, keep your hands steady you born on a dare, but you were born ready.
Cut the red wire, or was that the green wire, your a fire like
Yeah I feel like I'm gonna explode any moment I'm ready to load. I can't stand it, I get so worried and I get so low. and if I'm never your hero I can never let you down and the sirens go.
-woah woah woah-
Clap if ya got a ticket to the end of the world -woah woah woah oh oh oh-
Clap if you got a ticket to the end of the road-ohohoooh
-woah woah woah-
And this is it, I wanna go out with a bang. but I don't claim to know anything.
I feel like I'm gonna explode any moment I'm ready to blow. I can't stand it, I get so worried and I get so low. and if I'm never your hero I can never let you down and the sirens go.
I, tonight, I feel like being alone
If you don't mind, if you don't mind
Would you please be so kind
To close the door behind you
It's been a long, long time
Since I've had this line of doubt
Out loud
So I deny I feel like
I feel like, I feel, baby now
Everybody wants somebody
Who doesn't want them,
Or wants somebody else, baby
You want somebody?
Oh, you want someone?
Somebody else, somebody else
Listen up
Don't get hurt, don't you get hurt
Don't get hurt, don't you get
Don't get hurt, don't you get hurt
Don't get hurt, don't you get
A young man is a pull pin
Looking for a grenade, yeah
A young woman will drive you places
You never meant to go
But epiphany is such a cliche
Well, there's plenty of fish in the wrong sea
Like there's a premium on mystery again
Hold me, distract me
Dress me up in bubbles, baby
Save me from the troubles
Of my own skin, yeah
Everybody wants somebody
Who doesn't want them
Or wants somebody else, baby
You want somebody?
Oh, you want someone?
Somebody else, somebody else
Listen up
Don't get hurt, don't you get hurt
Don't get hurt, don't you get
Don't get hurt, don't you get hurt
Don't get hurt, don't you get
So I, tonight, I feel like
I feel like, I feel
Everybody wants somebody
Who doesn't want them
Or wants somebody else, baby
You want somebody?
Oh, you want someone?
Somebody else, somebody else
(Somebody, somebody)
Don't get hurt, don't you get hurt
Don't get hurt, don't you get
Don't get hurt, don't you get hurt
Don't get hurt, don't you get
Everybody
Everybody wants somebody
Who doesn't want them
Or wants somebody else, baby
You want somebody?
Oh, you want someone?
Somebody else, somebody else
Don't get hurt, don't you get hurt
Don't get hurt, don't you get
Don't get hurt, don't you get hurt
The right side's in the wrong
And what's left's just holding on
And the public has been privatized
But I believe in something here on earth
When did the punks stop being mad?
They penned love songs while we got had
The hippies sold out traded pot for coke
Moved to the 'burbs found god in a vote
But I believe in something here on earth
Just dance like you're disappointed in the world
Just dance miserable
Sorry Hank, there's room in here
Had squares in the oval for about 8 years
It's as bad as I remember and it's only getting worse
It only gets better when it hurts
But I believe in something here on earth
Just dance like you're disappointed in the world
Just dance miserable
Unemployed?
Dance
Foreclosed?
Dance
Uninsured?
Dance
Climate change?
Depressed?
Depressed?
The decline of western civilization?
Just dance like you're disappointed in the world
Wretched things
Fresh out of their teens
Not ready for the world
In a world of bad dreams
Well, is it self esteem
'Coz you're almost on your knees
I'm looking for a good time
But time's not on their side
Tonight, hip tight
Sick a little loop
Getting woozy
Not a floozy
But the booze makes her less choosy
giving me the blues, yeah yeah yeah, oh
But it's a friend and not caught between her(?) idea
So I should bite my tongue before(?)
feel, yeah
(Just watch out for the)
Cute girls
Cute girls
Cute girls
Cute girls
Girl, I'm just impressed with your face
not your dress
Girl, I'm just impressed with your face
not your dress
(?)with the same old song blasting out a car window
Passing down your boulevard tonight
A dove, a dove, an unforgiven (?)
But it's a friend and not caught between her(?) idea
So I should bite my tongue before I tell her how I
feel, yeah
(Just watch out for the)
Cute girls
Cute girls
Cute girls
Cute girls
(Let me hear you say)
Girl, I'm just impressed with your face
not your dress
Girl, I'm just impressed with your face
not your dress
Drink, crazy girl
Tip my crown to the world
A new big chick and her jeans are tight
Knew that she was black and white
Ain't no time like a (?) livin' that
Walking the town with (?)
Oh yeah, your face is so
You better watch it for the cute
Cute girls
Cute girls, cute girls
Cute girls
It’s gonna get better, it’s gonna work out
Give it a minute, it’s gonna turn around
‘Cause it’s gonna get better, better
It’s gonna get better, better
So just coast with me
So just coast, coast
So just coast, coast with me
So just coast, coast
So just coast, coast
Maybe I’m too young to be so hopeless
Maybe I’m too young to be so bitter
But I swallowed life lessons by the joke-full[?]
And came away looking like a quitter
I’m singing,
I keep making mistakes
But it takes some time to get anything right
You know that I keep making mistakes
But it takes some time to get anything right
‘Cause it’s gonna get better, it’s gonna work out
Give it a minute, it’s gonna turn around
‘Cause it’s gonna get better, better
It’s gonna get better, better
We’re gonna keep living
We’re gonna get by
We never have to lay down and die
‘Cause it’s gonna get better, better
It’s gonna get better, better
So just coast with me
So just coast, coast
So just coast, coast with me
So just coast, coast
So just coast
It’s funny how triviality[?] nearly broke me
But tragedy seemed to put me back together, yeah
I keep making mistakes
But it takes some time to get anything right
You know that I keep making mistakes
But it takes some time to get anything right
‘Cause it’s gonna get better, it’s gonna work out
Give it a minute, it’s gonna turn around
‘Cause it’s gonna get better, better
It’s gonna get better, better
We’re gonna keep living
We’re gonna get by
We never have to lay down and die
‘Cause it’s gonna get better, better
It’s gonna get better, better
So just coast with me
Life’s already been hard enough
Without you giving up on yourself
When you’re down at the bottom
You know it only gets better
It’s gonna get better before it gets worse
We never have to come back to Earth
‘Cause it’s gonna get better, better
It’s gonna get better, better
We’re gonna keep living
We’re gonna get by
We never have to lay down and die
‘Cause it’s gonna get better, better
It’s gonna get better, better
‘Cause it’s gonna get better, it’s gonna work out
Give it a minute, it’s gonna turn around
‘Cause it’s gonna get better, better
It’s gonna get better, better
We’re gonna keep living
We’re gonna get by
We never have to lay down and die
‘Cause it’s gonna get better, better
It’s gonna get better, better
Big hype
Big letdown
Though it's easy to forget if they keep you on the
ground
Don't count on your good fortune
Just make your fortune count on you
Yeah, make your fortune count on you
I have tried, I have failed
Every cent, you scared the sailor
I am sane
But the only souvenir I return with is never, never,
never trust big hype
No, never, oh
I have love, I have lost
I have made my way but also paid the cost
Though I wouldn't trade a lesson
The impression I wish to leave is never, never, never
trust big hype
Big letdown
Though it's easy to forget if they keep you on the
ground
Don't count on your good fortune, baby
You make your, make your fortune count on
You make your fortune count on you
You make your fortune count on you, oh
I have love, I have lost
I have made my way but all so paid the cost
Though I wouldn't trade a lesson
The impression I wish to leave is never, never, never
trust big hype
Big letdown
Though it's easy to forget if they keep you on the
ground
Don't, don't count on your good fortune, yeah yeah
You make your, make make make your fortune
Make your fortune count, oh
Big hype
Big hype
Big hype
Big hype
Big, big, big, big, big, big, big
Feel big
Feel big
Feel big
Feel big
Oh, oh, no
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Big hype
Baby, baby
Make your fortune
You wake to grab your shovel
See your breath it's made of tar
It's a subzero archaeological dig to find that artifact of a car
It's a 1992 Corolla with a busted left tail light
But you're always reminded the oil one works right
And all the good old boys are playing bad new songs
On the country station while the city moves on
All the hot young things they don't age like wine
I'm on the bad side of 25
I'm on the bad side of 25
So you swivel out the driveway
Of this tundra you call home
And bumper car your way on back to work
It's a place you hate to know so well
And yet feel so unknown
So you hula the snow off your parka all alone
What I've seen might air supply your hard rock spine
I've lived long enough to see some good friends die
It's a dangerous time to be a friend of mine
I'm on the bad side of 25
I'm on the bad side of 25
Some people fade like evening
Some just never go away
But there's simply no place safer than the bank the day after the robbery
So you wake to grab the paper
Sip your coffee too much grind
You don't so much mind the aging
You just mind the getting wise
Mix two parts jack with two bloodshot eyes
And you still feel cheated when your buzz subsides
Put your poor old parents through some sleepless nights
Still on the good side...
Still on the good side...
How old will I be when I try to freeze time
And my age degrades into a well worn lie
She looks 18 between you and I?
I'm on the bad side of 25
My line til I slide by 35
Make that the bad side of 45
If you remember the Berlin wall sing it
I'm on the bad side of 25
If you remember before Chernobyl sing it
I'm on the bad side of 25
If you remember before Mike Tyson was the champ
I'm on the bad side of 25
If you remember the Super Bowl shuffle don't sing it
I believe whatever you say
As long as I know I'm getting paid
I swear the problem my mother's grave
I swear at heaven safely pray
I put my hand to look and pray
as long as I know I am getting paid
That's the way I want to be saved
As long as I know I'm getting paid
Whatever my word is worth in trade
As long as I know I'm getting paid
Money, money
I'm here to fill me with some money
Money, money
I'm here to fill me with some money
I beg to rest
The penny is made
As long as I know I'm getting paid
In this life that matters that matters more than death
I follow to my dying breath
And whatever crap you may decree
As long as I know you're paying me
That's the way I want to be saved
As long as I know I'm getting paid
Whatever my word is worth in trade
As long as I know I'm getting paid
As long as I know I'm getting paid
When the devil's seers off the doves
A welcome (?)
I shake the hand the law for me
As long as I know Im getting paid
Money, money
I'm here to fill me with some money
Money, money
I'm here to fill me with some money
Money, money
I'm here to fill me with some money
Money, money
I'm here to fill me with some money
Money, money
I'm here to fill me with some money
Money, money
I'm here to fill me with some money
Money, money
I'm here to fill me with some money
Money, money
I'm here to fill me with some money
Money, money
I'm here to fill me with some money
Money, money
I'm here to fill me with some money
Money, money
I'm here to fill me with some money
Money, money
I'm here to fill me with some money
And that's the way I want to be saved
As long as I know I'm getting paid
Whatever my word is worth in trade
As long as I know I'm getting paid
That's the way I want to be saved
As long as I know I'm getting paid
Whatever my word is worth in trade
[Verse 1]
Wherever you found it,
It's none of my business
Now, wherever you go, go, go
It's not my concern
But for a second, your attention
Just belonged to me
And it passed so fast
Which is scratchin' off my cool
I'm not broken-hearted,
I'm just kind of pissed off
[Chorus]
'Cause, Allie I was so good back then
But I wonder if I'd be so good if I saw you again
Listen, miss, you've got me
You shoulda taught me such naughty things
(You shoulda taught me such naughty things)
You coulda taught me such naughty things
[Verse 2]
You sang to me (in a whisper, a capella)
Cross-legged on Andrew's bed
And I, drunk beyond my fifteen years,
Wished to be anywhere else instead
'Cause I was still terrified of you
And, oh, I was too scared to dare to do
So I slid, ---?, off the mattress
And crumpled to the floor, and the sad fact is
You said you were protected.
I thought you meant you had a gun.
[Chorus]
'Cause, Allie I was so good back then
But I wonder if I'd be so good if I saw you again
Listen, miss, you've got me
You shoulda taught me such naughty things
(You shoulda taught me such naughty things)
You coulda taught me such naughty things
[Guitar Solo]
(Huh! )
Allie I was so good-
But I wonder, but I wonder, but I wonder
But I wonder, if I'd be so good-
(You shoulda taught me such naughty things)
Oh, you coulda taught me such naughty things
[Chorus]
Allie I was so good back then
But I wonder if I'd be so good if I saw you again
Listen, miss, you've got me
You shoulda taught me such naughty things
(Tonight we're going to do naughty things)
[Intro: Lupe Fiasco]Now what if I told you my city was the best
And my city was a threat to the rest
And my city was a threat to the rest
[Hook: Patrick Stump]This city is my city
And I love it, yeah I love it
I was born and raised here
I got it made here
And if I have my way, I'm gonna stay
[Verse 1: Patrick Stump]From every corner
To every block yeah
And whether it's warm or storming it down or right stupid hot, hot
From the colors all the way to the solutions yeah
Forget all the drugs and gangs, corruption and pollution no
[Hook: Patrick Stump]Cause this city is my city
And I love it, yeah I love it
I was born and raised here
I got it made here
And if I have my way, I'm gonna stay here
For life, uh huh
For life, uh huh
For life, uh huh
For life, uh huh
For life, uh huh
For life, uh huh
For life, uh huh
For life, uh huh
[Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco]Now what if I told you my city was the best
And my city was a threat to the rest
But you can't rest inside my city
My city's so cold if you ain't dressed
And what they accept, better had a right address
Come to my city, certain colors can't step
And sadly I'm talking about the color of your skin
Sorry my brother can't let you in
Cause the property value might go down to a level that's
Economically unacceptable and socially tabu fast to live around you
Uh, uh, is this what it's down to?
Roof for the same team, n*gga had the same dream
Not the same reality,
Actually, mines is a bad education and gentrification
Despite all the above I love...
[Hook: Patrick Stump]This city is my city
And I love it, yeah I love it
I was born and raised here
I got it made here
And if I have my way, I'm gonna stay here
For life, uh huh
For life, uh huh
For life, uh huh
For life, uh huh
For life, uh huh
For life, uh huh
For life, uh huh
For life, uh huh
[Bridge: Patrick Stump]And you can take it back
Picture, you can take it back
But you're never gonna take my city away
Cause you can burn it to the ground
Oh or let it flood, but it's in my blood
[Hook: Patrick Stump]Cause this city is my city
And I love it, yeah I love it
I was born and raised here
I got it made here
And if I have my way, I'm gonna stay here
For life, uh huh
For life, uh huh
For life, uh huh
For life, uh huh
For life, uh huh
For life, uh huh
For life, uh huh
For life, uh huh
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