Yeah once upon a time not long ago
My grandmother told me
one day I’d change
I felt like she was coming down on me
So I told her no I’d be the same
Not knowing
she was only trying to help
Motivate me to excel and climb
I was thinking
she was the one trapped
While I was stuck
in the cage of my mind
Man if I would’ve known
what I know now
I would have brought
my head down out of that cloud
Told her thank you
and that I loved her
But I was too cool
and too damn proud
What a fool I was in fact
I’ve changed so much
now looking back
I wish somebody I thought was cool
Was cool as she was
when she told me that
I see you the real you
Trying to cover up
what’s inside of you
But everything you do
is make believe
Yeah you’re hot
but you’re too cool
I see you
I see you
I see you
Baby girl don’t know
much about
What it would
take to become a star
Hollywood is so far fetched
Too long of a drive
in an old car
Work every day
but you barely eat
Going over lines
from a script you read
Your boyfriend said
it’s a silly dream
But how can you dream
when you never sleep
You’re looking in the mirror
and you’re picturing a light show
A glimpse in the lens of a camera
Behind the scenes
of life as a tightrope
Yea you walk a thin line
But a thin line is all you need
A thin line in an Indy movie
Just a break
for somebody to see the
Talent inside
the ballad of a diary you write
The by and by is just another day
for a normal girl
But for you it’s another day
that you tried
Aside from the fact
that you ride in the back of a bus
Sometimes cause your car
won’t work
Well maybe you should take
that bus to LA
And put your dreams
first because
I see you the real you
Trying to cover up
what’s inside of you
But everything you do
is make believe
Yeah you’re hot
but you’re too cool
I see you
I see you
I see you
Black and white everything
is black and white
Broke down simple and plain
Most of us lost with a curious brain
Curiosity is looked at as strange
Stuck in a lane
but you can’t complain
While you look
at another passing train
Wondering how where’s it going
Wishing you were
inside packed and rolling
To another place
but your time is chosen
To live low key
‘cause your dream is stolen
They don’t understand
they believe in loathing
Lounging loafing waiting hoping
Homie if the grass is greener
Look the gate is open
You’re waiting for God
to release the ocean
Sitting on the beach
two feet from floating
I see you the real you
Trying to cover up
what’s inside of you
But everything you do
is make believe
Yeah you’re hot
but you’re too cool
I see you
I see you
I see you
I see you
I see you