SIMPLE - Joe L Barnes

When I was just a kid

I dreamed about the life I’d live

Buy fancy cars and a new crib

And cruise around with all my friends

With all my friends (Where they at, though?)

But I’ve been waking up

And realizing all those things

Look so much different through a screen

And that type of life ain’t what it seems

Isn’t what it seems

The designer bags are not all bad

But I’ll never find my worth in that

I-I-I don’t need

A bunch a money, clothes and diamond rings (Bling-bling)

To be happy

'Cause all the best things in life are free

So give me the simple things

People might say

There’s a game you gotta play (Wait, what?)

Just play along and you’ll get paid (This ain’t freeze tag)

But I refuse to be a slave

To be a slave

I’m just gonna be me (Yeah)

Love all the weird things on my skin (Too pretty, too pretty)

My crooked smile, my lazy grin

I’m throwing caution to the wind

To the wind

'Cause what’s popular don’t always last

I’m okay with being the outcast

I-I-I don’t need

A bunch a money, clothes and diamond rings

To be happy

'Cause all the best things in life are free

So give me the simple-

I-I-I don’t need

A bunch a money, clothes and diamond rings

To be happy

'Cause all the best things in life are free

So give me the simple things