| [00:30.03] | For all that it's worth |
| [00:32.23] | To live in the spotlight |
| [00:35.87] | |
| [00:42.48] | What if life was simple as a hug? |
| [00:44.46] | What if my partner wasn't crippled from a drug? |
| [00:46.93] | What if my other homie never caught a slug? |
| [00:50.39] | What if our parents acutally gave a ****? |
| [00:52.74] | Another black suit, another black suit |
| [00:55.17] | Police happy to see another black shoot |
| [00:57.75] | His mother's make up smearing on my arms |
| [00:59.16] | Crying cause I'm the only son that she's got now that he's gone |
| [01:02.38] | What if the ghetto never heard an instrumental? |
| [01:05.43] | And we didn't have this rap ****t all we had was metal? |
| [01:07.90] | You telling me if we couldn't shooting a ball |
| [01:09.65] | Our lives still got shooting involved? |
| [01:11.86] | And what if I never left out of Denver that winter for new beginnings |
| [01:15.12] | My father started his business and traded family for riches? |
| [01:17.60] | You telling me that my auntie will still have a house to live in |
| [01:20.35] | And JoJo wouldn't be writing me from prison? |
| [01:22.37] | But **** it this is life |
| [01:24.13] | Deal with it or get dealt with |
| [01:26.12] | I'm in my room smoking alone like I'm selfish |
| [01:28.19] | Cause some days the sun's hard to face |
| [01:31.24] | Dad turns his son wears his face |
| [01:34.28] | But look closer see the heart of a lion |
| [01:36.55] | Sticks and stones couiln't damage my bones harder then iron |
| [01:39.18] | 170 pounds with the walk of a giant |
| [01:41.67] | So defiant I pop a Valium, turn up the volume |
| [01:45.46] | |
| [01:45.77] | Turn up the volume |
| [01:48.28] | Turn up the volume |
| [01:50.22] | Turn up the volume |
| [01:52.53] | For all that it's worth |
| [01:55.04] | To live in the spotlight |
| [01:57.81] | All of my demons come to life |
| [02:02.35] | And all that it was |
| [02:05.42] | And all that it could be |
| [02:07.97] | Is lost in the darkness of the night |
| [02:13.33] | Why should I die? |
| [02:15.91] | To live in the spotlight |
| [02:18.53] | Why should I kill myself for you? |
| [02:23.57] | You'd let me die? |
| [02:26.01] | To live in the spotlight |
| [02:28.82] | You'd let me die inside for you... |
| [02:34.88] | Look |
| [02:36.02] | What if money wasn't part of success? |
| [02:38.09] | Whould the people I used to be friends with never left? |
| [02:40.46] | What if making a name didn't come with regrets? |
| [02:42.99] | I think that fame's a pre-cursor to death: |
| [02:45.71] | Death of a friend****p |
| [02:46.67] | Death of a family |
| [02:47.24] | Death of a man |
| [02:48.05] | The misunderstood are always dead before 'they' understand |
| [02:51.38] | Starting at ceiling fans, chop up milligrams, draw a pentagram |
| [02:54.56] | Lucifer's not a rumor he's in the band, damn |
| [02:57.70] | Liquor and vomit on my Converse |
| [02:59.56] | Bright lights and packed concerts |
| [03:02.00] | And right next to the gun |
| [03:03.23] | that's on my dresser are plastic orange bottles of peer pressure |
| [03:06.13] | And I'm ready to cave, I live in a cage |
| [03:08.50] | How can I be a hero when I'm the one needing saved |
| [03:11.11] | 48 days of this fast lane living |
| [03:13.49] | Me and my entourage no Jeremy Piven, listen |
| [03:16.39] | It's better to burn out then fade away is what Kurt said |
| [03:19.01] | I felt the same until I saw his daughter and thought as a father |
| [03:21.76] | What if tomorrow; the only I could spoil her was dying? |
| [03:25.26] | Started crying then popped a valium turned up the volume |
| [03:29.85] | Turn up the volume |
| [03:31.85] | Turn up the volume |
| [03:33.87] | Turn up the volume |
| [03:36.12] | For all that it's worth |
| [03:38.61] | To live in the spotlight |
| [03:41.46] | All of my demons come to life |
| [03:46.27] | And all that it was |
| [03:48.92] | And all thet it could be |
| [03:51.58] | Is lost in the darkness of the night |
| [03:56.76] | Why should I die? |
| [03:59.38] | To live in the spotlight |
| [04:02.26] | Why should I kill myself for you? |
| [04:06.94] | You'd let me die? |
| [04:10.00] | To live in the spotlight |
| [04:12.24] | You 'd let me die inside of you... |
| [04:30.13] | So what you do when the cop lights |
| [04:31.94] | Turn into a stage and a spotlight? |
| [04:33.41] | And everyone around you starts to hate cause you got right |
| [04:36.69] | And feel entitled like I'm supposed to stop living my life? |
| [04:39.22] | Well this ain't 2Pac |
| [04:40.80] | This ain't EM's show |
| [04:41.78] | This ain't Jigga man |
| [04:43.03] | This that Kells flow |
| [04:44.34] | This that C-town 19-double-X rep so |
| [04:47.41] | Welcome to my life here's a ticket to the next show spotlight |
| [04:58.30] | Welcome to my life here's a ticket to the next show |
| [04:59.24] |