Might (Not) Be

(preverse)

Take you and make you off

Left you and leave you lost

Will you forgive me?

Asked out well oh my God

[Verse 1]

These palm trees and deciduous leaves

Are hardly indigenously rooted

It's important to note that they're uprooted and imported

The water, the mob the evidence -all imported

The nuclear bombs, the residents -all imported

Unless you was battle born

They stain walls to knock them down

These same walls watch us walk around

Joshua Trees they all falling down

They say what happens in Vegas stays

When actually what happens in Vegas remains

Attacking the brains of every native with every wretched vacation

But we keep praying our faith is extracting these Himalayas from

Mcarron to the Cab they partying hard on the boulevard

Back seat but you hardly a star

Still you careen through my dreams

Like Jupiter, Mars

My nightmare is your cares don't care about ours

[Hook]

So tell them everything that glitters might not be gold

And everything that shivers might not be cold

Everyone that's religious might not be told

That everyone that's a critic might not be wrong(x2)

[Verse 2]

Mother Chilean, father was Venezuelan

They emigrated to Vegas in '80 and had a baby

The baby would have a baby at fifteen

Thirty three years later what's crazy this baby's raising a teen

Ager named her Stacey

It may sound stupid but she named her

After her favourite character in the movie Clueless

Now Stacey ain't no honours student she just average

But still was a I'm gon' go to college student askin'

Now Stacey's BFF is really her cousin

She love her to death, she reppin the west

She ain't from summerlin

One of them and they swear it's the other one

Said we about to be eighteen, Look at them, girl we should go clubbing

So they hit the bathroom, drop that E like a tumblers

Standing right in front of them was a man

Who was the dude that even after they danced he didn't try to start touching her -cool

Three months later he never treated her rude

Yo' cousin a hater just 'cos I'm 32

She just made 'cos that red ain't all under her shoe

Grab the towel headed back to the room straight from the pool

Living with this cool dude he was writing some rhythms

He smiled and watched her glisten and said

"Baby you almost shining, I'm a  name you like diamonds, sparkle something that glitters"

She said baby I'm Stacey but baby, baby you trippin'

Flipped her off and then he flipped it explicative

This is pimpin' listen

[Hook]

Everyone if you hear it

Eighty one if you get it

Twenty One if you feel it

Eighty one if you get it

Twenty One if you feel it

Only one if you live it