The Lights, The Life

(Verse 1)

She can’t escape them lights, them lights
They got her mesmerized
She said tonight, tonight
She want her name in that sky
She get her hair did
And her nails done
And them lashes on her eyes
And that little black dress
Short enough to reveal
That tattoo on her thigh
And she goin’ out
Goin’ out
‘Cuz she gotta show this whole wide world
What she about, about
Yeah, little miss Hollywood
Just wants to be famous
‘Cuz she’s nameless
But she know is meant to be
She told her mama
Goodbye
I know this the life’s that’s meant for me
She on that plane
Took her bag
Cleared her account
And she took her last
Then later that night
Hit up that strip
Then hit up them clubs
And she took her glass
Raised it to the sky
Said toast to the good life
And everywhere I’m trying to go
Just chasing her goals, yo
But little did she know
She’s about to lose her soul
She got those…

(Chrous)

Hollywood dreams
Of being out on the scene
‘Cuz she just wants to be seen, and

(She can’t run away from the lights
She can’t run away from the life)

All she wanted was fame
And people to know her name
Now she caught up in the game, and

(Verse 2)

Sweatpants, hair tied
Chillin’ with no Maybeline
Is not how she wants to be seen
‘Cuz she wanna be on them movie screens
Like them beauty queens
In them groupie scenes
The ones you see in magazines
So she hit the scene
And she work it out
Get it bouncing like a trampoline
‘Cuz she trying to bag a baller
Hoping one of ‘em will call her
Telling other girls to fall back
Hoping she get that callback
‘Cuz she ain’t got no fall back
Mama hoped she’d go and get a PHD
Truth is, she ain’t even get a GED
She’d rather be a headline on TMZ
Hook up with a rapper
Go and have a baby by him
So she can get her own show on BET
She left home
Thinking that she was gon’ be
The next big thing
But instead she see
That she
Got swallowed up
And now she’s lost wit no follow up
So with a couple pills here
And a snort snort there
They just go pop bottles
And tell her to swallow up
Driven by those lights
Was out here trying to make that stupid bread
Dream to be a Halle
Just might end up as a super head
So babygurl
Remember, if you ever take the route
You can chase them lights
You chase that life
But just don’t let those take you out

(Chorus)