Newside Beauty For Ashes
[Intro: Blair Calaway]
(Ay...)
(Ah...)
[Verse 1: NewSide]
(Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha)
(So is this sellin' out?)
Heh, my mind's drifting, why try and fight friction?
Your life's fiction if you make the fame your life's mission
Straight with nice liquor and fine bitches
But nights is lonely when the only thing to fall back on is if I'm trending
(Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha)
Rehearsin' conversations that never happened in the mirror
You had the soul of a soldier but you sold your soul
So no one hears your prayers and no one cares unless it's handouts and you happen to pass 'em
Monotony puts me to sleep like a Macklemore album
(Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha)
Beauty for Ashes
Burn it all to the ground, every rhyme's a crisis
I've refused to sign a f..cking thing like I'm deaf with arthritis
And f..ck what the time is, I'll leave when I'm ready
Vibe with your highness
'cause this song here ain't for you
Nah, this one here is for just...
[Hook: Blair Calaway]
It's just me and my money
Sick of being driven 'round town, paparazzi all around
I'm wearin' my shades at night to block the flashin' lights
When it's just me and my money
It gets awfully lonely
Which is why I need that one and only
Shawty that'll fully complete me...
[Verse 2: NewSide]
(So is this sellin' out?)
To walk in the house and feel out of place
I'm out of patience, thousands take this shit I've written out of angst online debatin' how to rate it
I'm out here bravin' crowds of kids convinced it's out of date if it ain't got some poundin' bass and...
(I-I don't know how to save 'em)
Runnin' out of shit to say when asked what drives me
But look in my eyes and call me fake
I'll break your pride one f..ckin' take!
Last thing I need's a break
Grew up with nothin', get productive
Just so someone takes your place?
(Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha)
Too many years involved with crooked peers, now looky here
I've seen the worst and brushed it off, ain't nothin' crush my spirit
I worked for this, the worst thing is is that I earned these tears
And it's gettin' harder to be a leader when you follow fear!
I swore I'd kill it a deal with the devil's no better than none at all
I wanted the world or nothin'
Not a f..ckin' thing could stop me
All them lights flashin' and nights graspin' the mic rappin' drives my passion
So if I happen to fly past you on my path, then fly faster!
[Hook: Blair Calaway]
It's just me and my money
Sick of being driven 'round town, paparazzi all around
I'm wearin' my shades at night to block the flashin' lights
When it's just me and my money
It gets awfully lonely
Which is why I need that one and only
Shawty that'll fully complete me...
[Verse 3: NewSide]
Nah, this ain't sellin' out
This is American dreamin' beached at Ellis Isle
Spellin' out the blueprint how to do this music, sell a style
Never get used to stupid
Never get better with your head in the clouds 'till your tether gets severed and you fell a mile, it's gone well past you failing now!
(Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha)
I never did imagine half of this crap could happen with a pen and pad but the captain better batten hatches and passengers fasten every seatbelt latch within grasp
Passion? Why the f..ck you think I'm rappin'?
How the f..ck you think I happened to jot this down, come in here and spit fire?
How the f..ck'd I train this dragon?
(Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha)
Plant a seed, hope it'll blossom
That's why I never did a pop one
Plenty ways to make a profit but livin' off the system's not one
Should've been stuck in a Datsun
Should've never been this awesome!
Never did this shit to prosper
Just never quit 'cause kids are watchin'...
[Hook: Blair Calaway]
It's just me and my money
Sick of being driven 'round town, paparazzi all around
I'm wearin' my shades at night to block the flashin' lights
When it's just me and my money
It gets awfully lonely
Which is why I need that one and only
Shawty that'll fully complete me...
