[00:30.03]For all that it's worth
[00:32.23]To live in the spotlight
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[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
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[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
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