J-Metric - Vanity

"I'm aiming for being the best version of myself
Not the best version of someone else
You dig
That's how I think"

Being me
Focused on the
Best version of myself
Something I ain't never seen
I'm talking from dirty jeans
To golden velveteen
Or so it seems'
Those are my golden themes
Never let a thief steal from me
My goals hopes and dreams
I been sewn to this seen
Like a sower sewing seams
Or a gardener sowing seeds
That's my reap
Which means it's my keep
That means
It's my keys
My notes
My beat
I don't need no validations
You can keep your awards
Mine comes from
Heaven gates'
That's what I'm chasing'
I do this
To vent my frustration
I'm fluent
In daily irritations
I was ruined
Looking for others confirmations
I buried it beneath the pavement
I held my chin up'
Through the devastation
And kept my back straight'
And turned the other way
Saying

Is the goal to get on MTV
Is the goal to get on VH1
Is the goal to get on BET
Is the goal to be just chasing vanity
(Yeah)
Is the goal to get on MTV
Is the goal to get on VH1
Is the goal to get on BET
On a magazine
Fair Vanity
(Yeah)

I don't respect your pope
I don't respect ya politicians
Comedians I don't listen to your jokes
Cause the media
Is the opposition
To distort the truth
Using our minds as the competition
They tried to give me a proposition
To put me in a high position'

But they don't care about my soul'
I wrote that in my composition
They wanted me to sign
And tell me what I'm missing
But before my daddy died
He said
Ain't no point in kissing'
Nobodies hide
For some lies and some digits'
You can keep your video vixens
And all yo sides and fixins
Cause I be cooking
Uncles bens rice
In the kitchen
You be throwing knives in the kitchen
The industry then took lives
Now they missing

Is the goal to get on MTV
Is the goal to get on VH1
Is the goal to get on BET
Is the goal to be just chasing vanity
(Yeah)
Is the goal to get on MTV
Is the goal to get on VH1
Is the goal to get on BET
On a magazine
Fair Vanity
(Yeah)

You can keep your fame
I just want the dividends
Listening to idiots'
Will bring me to pestilence
I never run around
Acting like who I'm better then
I grew up poor
Hard work was the medicine
This is CSI
Green is the evidence
But even if didn't have it
Got blessed me with intelligence
Not fighting for relevance
You can keep your trophy
Got initials on my clothing
No video shoots
With a bunch of fake homies
Actin' like they know me
Got my back?
Then show me
I don't do ghostwriters
Fake videos and what not
Same celebs in high school
Ain't squat
Still in the same hood
Stuck like a blood clot
Listen
My competition is 2020 me
My vision is 2030
That's the remedy
No competing
With other people's legacies
To justify my self-esteem

Is the goal to get on MTV
Is the goal to get on VH1
Is the goal to get on BET
Is the goal to be just chasing vanity
(Yeah)
Is the goal to get on MTV
Is the goal to get on VH1
Is the goal to get on BET
On a magazine
Fair Vanity
(Yeah)

Written by:
Jeremiah Oaks

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