BE YOURSELF - Taylor Bennett/Bianca Shaw.mp3

[00:15.37]That ain't wrong
[00:18.90]That ain't wrong
[00:20.62]In order to touch, you gotta got
[00:23.81]Don't break you down, no
[00:27.34]These diamonds take pressure
[00:30.53]Diamonds take pressure
[00:33.13]I used to look up at the stars and wonder if he's really there
[00:36.15]If he was, why he give me hand-me-downs every year
[00:38.89]Why my momma hate my dad, and why my daddy never here
[00:41.55]Why I got this IEP, and why I can't just be prepared
[00:44.42]Why these teachers laugh at me when I say I'ma be the mayor
[00:47.19]When I say I'm serious, why they smiles don't disappear
[00:49.80]'Cause I ride that CTA, 4.0 ain't my GPA
[00:52.56]My momma was so proud of me, Lisa Bennett not Lisa Ray
[00:55.40]She was scratching lottery tickets, when we gon' see the place
[00:58.18]And on top of that got my first suspension like yesterday
[01:00.89]They know I'm '07 now why these ****** gon' mess with me
[01:03.68]If I got a problem, still call up see Keegan rescue me
[01:06.40]You say hit up Jay for that recipe, now it's rest in peace
[01:09.25]Chano you can rest in peace, Damo you can rest in peace
[01:11.88]Maurice you can rest in peace, got that shit got the best of me
[01:14.64]Used to leave McDonald's with empty bottles and cold gelato
[01:17.52]When it's hot Chicago we movin' like the clutch up off the throttle
[01:20.14]Now it's less McDonald's like models coming from Colorado
[01:22.66]If I painted my story, my canvases already could follow
[01:25.93]I used stay up late night wanting what I couldn't borrow
[01:28.65]Now it's hello world, hella' yellow girls in my bed and twerk
[01:31.66]So much more, hit my dictionary, clear for
[01:34.15]I just had to write this track, goddamn while my stomach hurt
[01:36.76]'Cus we all independent in this ***** and we can ****in' merch
[01:39.52]Been a while since I've been to church no wonder I'm feellin' cursed
[01:42.36]Wishin' this was '05 back when ain't nobody give a ****
[01:44.98]Before this Acid Rain dance, and that's when we were good enough
[01:47.82]From playpens to stadiums, that's a lot of growing up
[01:50.66]I just thought I'd open up 'cause that means that it's more to us
[01:53.27]No name-dropping, clout-chasing, ain't the way the tour bus
[01:56.18]I been in a lap clockin' the work without no doctor shirt
[01:58.88]This year wasn't easy, if your dreamin' boy you gotta work
[02:01.69]Thinkin' this shit gotta work, everytime I write a verse
[02:04.48]Workin', workin' workin', workin', workin', that's that Bennett curse
[02:07.28]Dream's worth believing in, scheming, planning an' seizin' 'em
[02:09.92]Used to call me retarded, now all them got 'em Vs
[02:12.48]I'm Salty exes is seasonin', slowin' down on my sodium
[02:15.17]Euphoria's not utopia, stop actin' like you know me bruh
[02:18.19]I knew since birth I was certain that I was sent with a purpose
[02:21.27]While you competin' with crabs in a bucket I'm in the ocean
[02:23.90]It's Taylor Bennett, your superhero, the answer's been spoken
[02:26.84]I told 'em be yourself fast, you gotta scream to the masses
[02:29.52]And ****** still call me f****t, but ***** my shit lookin' fabulous
[02:32.42]You can tell by the back I get mommy's names on the addresses
[02:35.12]You portray with the savages, I invade them, enslave them
[02:38.01]My debt is repaid and bless shit , I ain't havin' it carefully
[02:40.83]I'm an outstanding Afro-American ** sexual havin' shit
[02:43.63]Change your dreams if they average
[02:44.93]If your workplace is adamant, how the **** it ain't accurate?
[02:47.79]Okay
[02:48.34]I switch lanes for gang gang, and no shame in my job
[02:50.80]And no angles, just angels, who hate what we love
[02:53.57]And we're ages and pages, it's dangerous trust
[02:56.33]And no favorites, just favors, it's neighborly love
[02:59.00]And my savior done made me and saved all of us
[03:01.79]And your savior done made you and saved all of us
[03:04.67]And my savior done made me and saved all of us
[03:07.38]You know, deep down
[03:09.73]We're all our own kind
[03:12.23]You know, diamonds take pressure
[03:15.95]Diamonds take pressure
[03:18.70]Deep down, we're all our own kind
[03:23.30]You know, diamonds take pressure
[03:26.92]Diamonds take pressure
[03:29.72]Deep down, we're all a gold mine
[03:34.34]You know, diamonds take pressure
[03:37.96]Diamonds take pressure
[03:40.79]Deep down, you're a gold mine
[03:45.68]You know, diamonds take pressure
[03:49.02]Diamonds take pressure
[03:51.77]Deep down, you're a gold mine
[03:56.45]You know, diamonds take pressure
[04:00.03]Diamonds take pressure
[04:02.77]Deep down, you're a gold mine
[04:07.42]You know, diamonds take pressure
[04:11.12]Diamonds take pressure