Vanity

"I'm aiming for being the best version of myself Not the best version of someone else You dig That's how I think" Being me Focused on the Best version of myself Something I ain't never seen I'm talking from dirty jeans To golden velveteen Or so it seems' Those are my golden themes Never let a thief steal from me My goals hopes and dreams I been sewn to this seen Like a sower sewing seams Or a gardener sowing seeds That's my reap Which means it's my keep That means It's my keys My notes My beat I don't need no validations You can keep your awards Mine comes from Heaven gates' That's what I'm chasing' I do this To vent my frustration I'm fluent In daily irritations I was ruined Looking for others confirmations I buried it beneath the pavement I held my chin up' Through the devastation And kept my back straight' And turned the other way Saying Is the goal to get on MTV Is the goal to get on VH1 Is the goal to get on BET Is the goal to be just chasing vanity (Yeah) Is the goal to get on MTV Is the goal to get on VH1 Is the goal to get on BET On a magazine Fair Vanity (Yeah) I don't respect your pope I don't respect ya politicians Comedians I don't listen to your jokes Cause the media Is the opposition To distort the truth Using our minds as the competition They tried to give me a proposition To put me in a high position' But they don't care about my soul' I wrote that in my composition They wanted me to sign And tell me what I'm missing But before my daddy died He said Ain't no point in kissing' Nobodies hide For some lies and some digits' You can keep your video vixens And all yo sides and fixins Cause I be cooking Uncles bens rice In the kitchen You be throwing knives in the kitchen The industry then took lives Now they missing Is the goal to get on MTV Is the goal to get on VH1 Is the goal to get on BET Is the goal to be just chasing vanity (Yeah) Is the goal to get on MTV Is the goal to get on VH1 Is the goal to get on BET On a magazine Fair Vanity (Yeah) You can keep your fame I just want the dividends Listening to idiots' Will bring me to pestilence I never run around Acting like who I'm better then I grew up poor Hard work was the medicine This is CSI Green is the evidence But even if didn't have it Got blessed me with intelligence Not fighting for relevance You can keep your trophy Got initials on my clothing No video shoots With a bunch of fake homies Actin' like they know me Got my back? Then show me I don't do ghostwriters Fake videos and what not Same celebs in high school Ain't squat Still in the same hood Stuck like a blood clot Listen My competition is 2020 me My vision is 2030 That's the remedy No competing With other people's legacies To justify my self-esteem Is the goal to get on MTV Is the goal to get on VH1 Is the goal to get on BET Is the goal to be just chasing vanity (Yeah) Is the goal to get on MTV Is the goal to get on VH1 Is the goal to get on BET On a magazine Fair Vanity (Yeah)