BE YOURSELF - Taylor Bennett, Bianca Shaw

That ain’t wrong

That ain’t wrong

In order to touch, you gotta fly

Don’t break you down, no

These diamonds take pressure

Diamonds take pressure

I used to look up at the stars and wonder if he’s really there

If he was, why he give me hand-me-downs every year

Why my momma hate my dad, and why my daddy never here

Why I got this IEP, and why can’t I just be prepared

Why these teachers laugh at me when I say I’ma be the mayor

When I say I’m serious, why they smiles don’t disappear

'Cause I ride that CTA, 4.0 ain’t my GPA

My momma was so proud of me, Lisa Bennett not Lisa Ray

She was scratching lottery tickets, when we gon' see the place

And on top of that got my first suspension like yesterday

They know I’m '07 now why these niggas gon' mess with me

If I got a problem, still call up Zeke, he gone rescue me

You say hit up Jay for that recipe, now it’s rest in peace

Chano you can rest in peace, Damo you can rest in peace

Maurice you can rest in peace, damn that shit got the best of me

Used to leave McDonald’s with empty bottles and cold gelato

When it’s hot Chicago we movin' like the clutch off the throttle

Now it’s less McDonald’s like models coming from Colorado

If I painted my story, my canvases aura couldn’t follow

I used stay up late nights wanting what I couldn’t borrow

Now it’s hello world, hella' yellow girls in my bed on tour

So much more than my dictionary could infer

I just had to write this track, goddamn while my stomach hurt

'Cus we all independent in this bitch and we can fuckin' merge

Been a while since I’ve been to church no wonder I’m feellin' cursed

Wishin' this was '05 back when ain’t nobody give a fuck

Before this Acid Rain dance, and that’s when we were good enough

From playpens to stadiums, that’s a lot of growing up

I just thought I’d open up 'cause that means that it’s more to us

No name-dropping, clout-chasing, ain’t the way the tour bus

I been in a lab clockin' work without no doctor shirt

This year wasn’t easy, if your dreamin' boy you gotta work

Thinkin' this shit gotta work, everytime I write a verse

Workin', workin' workin', workin', workin', that’s that Bennett curse

Dream’s worth believing in, scheming, planning an' seizin' 'em

Used to call me retarded, now all my F’s got them V’s in 'em

Salty exes is seasonin', slowin' down on my sodium

Euphoria’s not utopia, stop actin' like you know me bruh

I knew since birth it was certain that I was sent with a purpose

While you competin' with crabs in a bucket I’m in the ocean

It’s Taylor Bennett, your superhero, the answer’s been spoken

I told 'em be yourself fast, you gotta scream to the masses

And niggas still call me faggot, but bitch my shit lookin' fabulous

You can tell by the bag I get, momma’s names on the addresses

You portray with the savages, I invade them, enslave them

My debt is repaid and then blast that shit, I ain’t cappin' or Catholic

I’m an outstanding Afro-American bisexual havin' shit

Change your dreams if they average

If your workplace is adamant, how the fuck it ain’t accurate?

Okay

I switch lanes for gang gang, and no shame in my job

And no angles, just angels, who hate what we love

And we’re ages and pages, it’s dangerous trust

And no favorites, just favors, it’s neighborly love

And my savior done made me and saved all of us

And your savior done made you and saved all of us

And my savior done made me and saved all of us

You know, deep down

We’re all our own kind

You know, diamonds take pressure

Diamonds take pressure

Deep down, we’re all our own kind

You know, diamonds take pressure

Diamonds take pressure

Deep down, we’re all a gold mine

You know, diamonds take pressure

Diamonds take pressure

Deep down, you’re a gold mine

You know, diamonds take pressure

Diamonds take pressure

Deep down, you’re a gold mine

You know, diamonds take pressure

Diamonds take pressure

Deep down, you’re a gold mine

You know, diamonds take pressure

Diamonds take pressure