Behind The Music
No you don't stand a chanceFor a second in my worldThe same old song, it won't last longIf you can't stand behind the music
All the fame, all the girlsAnd all the money in this worldThey don't mean sh-t, better admitIf you can't stand behind the music
So stand upShow 'em how we do itWon't back down until I see your, hands upTell 'em what the truth isStand behind the music
You gotta get behindCross your heart, hope to dieSplash a hype, dash a pretty that don't mean I'll buyOkay alright already, they getting moneyAll the frauds, all the phonies, all the fakes, slow downIt's a fast pace world, breatheLook my face in the mirrorSay, "Who the hell am I? "Look me in the eyeIs this conviction or addiction or a waste of time?
Just name a genreYeah I've tried itBeen doin' this from 15 to life, yeahI need a break alreadyI gotta find itAnd for the first time in my life, I'm doing my sh-t
I, I, I, I wanna stand up in this block stop burningGirls getting crazed, looking naked, looking spadedChew it up, make my teeth rotYou think I'm talkin' to ya?I'm probably not, nah
No you don't stand a chanceFor a second in my worldThe same old song, it won't last longIf you can't stand behind the music
All the fame, all the girlsAnd all the money in this worldThey don't mean sh-t, better admitIf you can't stand behind the music
When I was a little youngerLookin' for a label and a little clean dangerEllie had a taste for a new adventureOpen every 'do not enter'Yeah I was tryin' hard to be somebodyBe the cool kid at the partyLookin' at me laddy daddy, hottie hottie, hot tamaleStranger sizing up my bodyTold me I could be somebodyWait, someone stopped me, went home and I called my mommyI'm not, I'm not that girlI still wanna be the leader of a free worldYeah I'm a big dreamerI'm a believerJust try to tell me no, I'm a go full steamerNo, can't slow me downI built this house from the inside outBlock by block from the bottom to the topI know just who I amAnd I know just who I'm not
No you don't stand a chanceFor a second in my worldThe same old song, it won't last longIf you can't stand behind the music
All the fame, all the girlsAnd all the money in this worldThey don't mean sh-t, better admitIf you can't stand behind the music
So stand up, show em how we do itWon't back down until I see your hands upTell 'em what the truth isStand behind the musicYeah, stand up, come on let me see yourFront row to the nose bleedersHands up, if you really need itStand behind the music
No you don't stand a chanceFor a second in my worldThe same old song, it won't last longIf you can't stand behind the music