VERSE: 1 I KNOW WHAT U THINKING THEY FOLLOWIN ME YEAH GIRL THEY FOLLOWING ME I GUESS I SHOULD BEND MY WRIST UP CAUSE A ni**a BALLING SLIGHTLY YEAH IM BALLING SLIGHTLY BUT WHAT THE fu*k DOES IT MEAN IF U AINT WITH ME NAH U AINT WHIT ME I BEEN WEARING THESE SHADES CAUSE I BEEN DRUNK LATELY SO DRUNK AS OF LATELY THEY WONDERING IF IM LOOSING IT YEAH I GUESS I BEEN GOING INSANE LATELY U IN MY PICTURE SETS THINKING LIKE DAMN IT WAS JUST LAST WEEK WE MET HAD A HELLA NIGHT IM TALKING GOOD AS SEX NOW WE NEVER TALK IM TALKING FROM THE THOUGHTS OF A MAN SO VEXED YEAH IM FEELING SO VEXED CHORUS WHAT GLITTER AINT ALWAYS GOLD IT DON'T MEAN IT'S PEARLS JUST CAUSE IT COME OUT LIKE SNOW THE THINGS WE FOLLOW IN THIS WORLD JUST DRAG US BELOW BUT WHAT WOULD U RATHER HAVE DIAMONDS OR PEARLS I NEED TO KNOW VERSE: 2 IM JUST A MAN CHASING AFTER THE CHEDDAR FETA LUCRATIVE BUT I LOVE A WOMAN WITH A MIND THATS CLEVER BUT PLZ EXCUSE ME I RARELY BACK DOWN EVER NEVER LET THESE GREEDY BRAUDS WALK OVER ME IM THINK TAKE OFF LIFT THE GEARS UP BABY IM OVER THE SCENE OVER THE DRAMA U CAN'T HANDLE TRUTH UR PAST GOT U STUCK IN FUTURE TRAUMA AND IT'S TIME TO CHANGE THE REGIME CAUSE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A DIAMOND EXPIRES AND FALLS TO EARTH DURING SUCH A COLD HEARTED CLIMATE THE LOVE TURNS TO ASH THE JOYS BECOME A THING OF THE PAST AS I SEE YOUR SHADOW IN THE SCENT OF THAT CHICK WHO JUST WALKED PAST I PUSH THE SHADES UP AND SLIDE OFF LIKE WATER PADS CHORUS WHAT GLITTER AINT ALWAYS GOLD IT DON'T MEAN IT'S PEARLS JUST CAUSE IT COME OUT LIKE SNOW THE THINGS WE FOLLOW IN THIS WORLD JUST DRAG US BELOW BUT WHAT WOULD U RATHER HAVE DIAMONDS OR PEARLS I NEED TO KNOW VERSE: 3 WHATS UR ADDICTION U BE THE SHINE OF MY LIFE BUT THRU THE CONVICTION I TAKE THOSE WOMBS U INFLICTED TO KICK IT JUST TO BE DISSED U STARTED OFF A RUBY IN MY EYE SIGHTS BECAME A DIAMOND OVER NIGHT NOW IM STUCK IN UR BS AND ITS OBVIOUS WE CAN'T COEXIST BUT LIKE MY ni**a N THE BX NEVER TRUST IN HOES CAUSE A SMILE IS A FALSE TRUTH WITH LOWS MOTIVES BUT DOORS CLOSED AS I RIDE THE SINGLE WAVE NEVER CARING OR SOLD JUST AMAZED AT THE DIFFERENT BODIES I CROSS ON A NIGHTLY BASIS THOUGH SOMETIMES THE UNTOUCHABLE LIFE GROWS OLD CHORUS WHAT GLITTER AINT ALWAYS GOLD IT DON'T MEAN IT'S PEARLS JUST CAUSE IT COME OUT LIKE SNOW THE THINGS WE FOLLOW IN THIS WORLD JUST DRAG US BELOW BUT WHAT WOULD U RATHER HAVE DIAMONDS OR PEARLS I NEED TO KNOW