Stand for Something

[Chorus]

Never been the one to play it cool

I never been a fan of fancy shoes

I only want to stand for something

I don’t care if they approve

They don’t know what I’ve been through

I only want to stand for something

[Verse 1]

What was I thinking when I headed to SoCal?

Everybody gotta order the low-cal or no-cal meal

I don't even enjoy guilt

I think the city turned my semen to soymilk

But I’m a motherfuckin' hypocrite

Acting like I never give a shit

But now I think about it maybe a tad bit

'Cause pretty baby, I be ready to admit

I'm thinking, maybe I will never be Brad Pitt

Want the celebrity? You gotta be bat shit

To want to be a piece of meat, we treat 'em as cold cuts

But go nuts when we see 'em wiping their own butts

And the crowd goes wild

But we don't smile if you got no style

Gotta be kidding me, giving the pretty people the key to the city

I don't even know

[Chorus]

Never been the one to play it cool

I never been a fan of fancy shoes

I only want to stand for something

I don’t care if they approve

They don’t know what I’ve been through

I only want to stand for something

[Verse 2]

We struttin'

Ain't nobody gotta tell us nothing

Because a rose is a rose and I am what I am

And I wear it like a campaign button

I don't want a side eye

I say bye-bye

Roll up another one and hand me a Mai tai

Because the people who be running the show

Are kinda like the season how they come and they go

And we'll be living while they looking for parking

And we'll be digging while they woofing and barking

They kicking in the door and hoping to barge in

But this is what you get, there's nothing to bargain

If it's a hundred to one and we're under the gun

I'm not gonna be groveling for the governor's pardon

Don't gotta suck in your gut if you want to guzzle a Bud

I'm about it, baby, you can party with us

[Outro]

I don’t care if they approve

They don’t know what I’ve been through

I only want to stand for something