Just a Fan (For the Culture)

[Intro]
Yeah
Gotta be honest with myself
And wit' y'all too

[Verse 1]
Check
I think Future made it cool to be a drug addict
Well there you have it
Can't even trust the children with the Aspirin in your cabinet
It's appealing to the masses with a pill'll make you fathom
I'm a fan though

[Chorus]
I'm just a fan, look
I'm just a fan, really
I'm just a, hey, look
I'm just a fan
I'm just a fan, look

[Verse 2]
I live to lit and give you words, you legit pick Snapple
So you rather stick figures than the Sistine Chapel
95 percent crowd surfing
Why they scream in the mic for the other five? They use it as a disguise
Back then we used to clown niggas for bitin' and shit'll phase
Now bitin' a nigga's style could get you a million plays
No meaning in your pride
Man, seein' this shit is bug like a mosquito in your eye
I'm a fan though
I'm just a fan, look
I'm just a fan, look
Six figures for stick figures by myself and it get ridiculed
That's buying clothes just to wear them in the fitting room
And labels gladly gettin' behind all this drug abuse shit
To label us the users
They love seein' us praise artists that won't enlighten us to essentially care
My race survived slavery, the potential is there
They don't want you to be bright minded, 'cause that's takin' money out of white pockets
We could divide markets, but instead you untokin' your health
Wit' that choker chain on, boy you chokin' yourself
But that bag across your chest make you less of a man
They been wantin' black people less masculine
I'm just a fan
And another thought in discussion, yeah
You disrespectin' women just to become one

[Chorus]
I'm a fan, look
I'm just a fan, look
I'm just a fan, really
I'm just a, hey, look
I'm just a fan, look
I'm just a fan, look

[Interlude]
I can't get jiggy wit' everything these niggas doin', like
As a fan of the culture, I get times change, but that don't mean I gotta accept the change without giving my honest opinion
It can't be turn up 24/7, 365, no way possible
There's more to the culture than just that
And I feel like hip-hop is supposed to connect, but
Lately the connection has been affected and tainted
Tarnished and covered in garden

[Verse 3]
Look, so Lil Uzi idolize Marilyn Manson
I can't be silent to accept what everybody demanding
Pickin' names out a hat and you okay wit' the random?
Kill your dignity for marketing and callin' that branding? Who your companion, huh?
This the industry that we in
I got the balls to speak on to what I'm seeing
'Cause on the real I pictured this differently in my mind and
I'm not beefin', I'm disagreein' wit' y'all
So with all due respect, I'm takin' a knee 'cause it's harder to conversate with these people without 'em gettin' they panties all in a bunch, so it's always gonna make it seem like you hatin'
I'll start makin' the tea, fuck it
Whether you agree or disagree, a response made you agree
Let that settle in petty man
Harder to talk like a speech impediment, oh
This convo up in the room is surely the elephant
God didn't make it for one man to be extraordinary
Y'all keep chasin' extra-ordinary
I want longevity
When I'm gone and buried, aim to be the same type of man that my daughter marry
Yeah, it took my lifetime to make this album
Your opinion formed in 10 minutes can't be valid, yeah
And more duplicates can't be added, so what you lookin' for can't be talent

[Chorus]
I'm just a fan though
I'm just a fan, I'm just a fan
I'm just a fan, really
Like, I'm just a fan, I'm just a fan
I'm just a fan, really
Like, I'm just a fan, I'm just a fan though
I'm just a fan
I'm just a fan though
I'm just a fan, really

[Outro]
That's it, man