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“Pretender” is a single by Steve Aoki featuring AJR & Lil Yachty.
It focuses on social anxiety and insecurity as clearly voiced by the narrators.
[Verse 1: Jack Met]
I'm a good pretender
Won't you come see my show?
Won't you come see my show?
I've got lots of problems
Well, good thing nobody knows
Good thing nobody knows
[Pre-Chorus: Jack Met]
Oh, I'm insecure, I'm insecure
I think I lack what I'm supposed to
Lack what I'm supposed to
I don't even mess with drugs
I do that 'cause you say it's dope to
You say it is dope to
[Chorus: Jack Met]
I'm a good pretender
I'm not really cool
I'm a good pretender
'Cause I'm just like you
I do not belong here
You all clearly do
But I'm a good pretender
So I'm just like
[Break: Jack Met]
I'm a good pretender
I'm a good pretender
[Verse 2: Lil Yachty]
Steve Aoki, Lil Boat
I look happy in every picture
Just so you'd think I am
I never say no to pictures
'Cause that's just the person I am
In high school, I was tryna figure myself out
I was tryna be just like him (Okay)
I'm tryna do things I don't usually do (Why?)
I'm pretending to be too cool (Ha)
I wish my mother had more sons
I wish my friends were my brothers
I wish my ex-girlfriend didn't cheat, she pretended to be my lover
In front of the camera screen
I make it look just like a movie scene (Yah)
Diamonds on my hand, call me Lord of The Rings ('Kay)
Still insecure behind the scenes, though
[Pre-Chorus: Jack Met]
Oh, I'm insecure, I'm insecure
I think I lack what I'm supposed to
Lack what I'm supposed to
I don't even mess with drugs
I do that 'cause you say it's dope to
You say it is dope to
[Chorus: Jack Met, Lil Yachty, & Both]
I'm a good pretender
I'm not really cool (Okay)
I'm a good pretender (Yah)
'Cause I'm just like you (You)
I do not belong here (No)
You all clearly do
But I'm a good pretender
'Cause I'm just like you
[Break: Jack Met]
I'm a good pretender
I'm a good pretender
[Outro: Jack Met]
I'm just like you, do you like me too?
Now I'm just like you
I'm a good pretender
Pretender was written by Steve Aoki & Jack Met & Ryan Met & Lil Yachty.
Pretender was produced by Steve Aoki.
Steve Aoki released Pretender on Fri May 18 2018.
We wrote the song about our own insecurities and our own social anxiety. And as soon as Steve took it, he kinda elevated it to this new level and it became this cool contrast of a song about insecurity but to this huge EDM/Hip-Hop beat. So it felt like a new kind of song.
Ryan Met, via TRL