V-12 - Tell No Lies lyrics
[Verse 1: B.o.B] Looking at the trouble I'm facing Facing the crowd while I'm staying on the stage And the stages I go through in this game are outrageous And the rules ain't fair but still, I play it And at the rate that I'm racing, it's amazing I ain't fading The sun turned me from a grape to a raisin And folks telling me I made it, please, I ain't made sh** The soul still need saving and ever since I got up in this game I've been saying to myself one day I'mma change it ‘Cause the clothes and the hoes got you chasing Ice in the road got you locked up in cages Keep on the American dream, one day, they'll gonna barely be sleeping And it ain't your fault ‘cause you can barely see it Stay tuned and I'mma take you to see it [Hook: Leo] I know someday, I'm gonna find it all But I won't apologize, I won't tell no lies Don't go, someday I'm gonna need you But I won't apologize, oh no, tell no lies, oh no [Verse 2: Emilio Rojas] Say that nothing worth having is easy and nothing that I worked hard for That it'd make me want more, I ain't satisfied, even on the top floor I'm addicted to living a life that I can't afford Working in the store with clothes that I can't fold it in Opening and closing it, hoping to get it over with it And every morning, my shawty waking hung-over which is funny ‘Cause this champagne lifestyle is sobering I know the rent a little late, I'm hyperventilating And waiting for the day that I penetrate like a virgin, working it patiently for a taste When they looking in your wallet, they don't look you in the face I'm broken sh**, the walls have been closing in So much that I ain't notice eviction notices I'm lying to my friends, I told them my phone is dead Trying to hold my head, but knowing I'm gonna win [Hook] [Verse 3: Emilio Rojas] Another phone call to my mother looking for help So she don't even respond, I only think to myself Manager paid my rent, my money been looking stealth But on the outside, it's looking like something else So I can't back track or fall in line And I'm way pa**ed out for too much time And I ain't a cat that can act all fine f** the game, Kat Stacks, I'm cats, all lie Labels wanna monopoly and the rest that is shopping me So they copy me, sold my intellectual property I gotta breathe, I'm worried I'm losing steam I gotta sleep, I'm worried I'll lose the dream So what's the next move? To seek the successful? It's something I'll be taking to grave like my best suit The clothes only make the man if they dress you I'll be copped down if I'd let you [Hook]