Mýa - Real Compared To What

Try to make it real compared to what
Real, real, yeah
Let's make it really real
Real real, yeah
Let's make it really real, yeah

If it's real to you, is it real to me?
How can one judge what I feel in me?
Makin' moves, y'all, but it's still in me
We all move in search of stability
Streets dreams, karma, it's reality
Calm, I stand out like a balcony
In a material world full of fallacies (come on)
The truest place I found in me
That's what's up

Try to make it real compared to what
Compared to this, y'all
Ain't nothin' real, y'all
Try to make it real compared to what

Sock it to me now

The real can't be brought or sold, taught or told
The boy tried to keep it but he lost his soul
On the road to the riches, he lost control
'Bout the eye of a needle, I was often told
If you stand for nothing, you'll fall for gold
In your actions all is told

In the game you gotta have more control
But, babe, it's all a role
You better recognize what's real
Or you might just lose your soul

Cue lights, actions, carpets and cameras snappin'
Pop life, is it a demand for passion?
Are we really real or are we actin'?
When do the fake smiles and masks end?
Rationalize, the real recognize
Real, it's all in the eyes (you better recognize it's real)
At times, I feel it's all a disguise
Truth is revealed then I realize
That's what's up

Try to make it real compared to what
Real, real, yeah (real)
Let's make it really real (do it)
Try to make it real compared to what
Keep doin' it, ah, feelin' it, ah
Doin' it, ah, feelin' it, ah (yeah, come on)

You know the preacher's doin' evil
Tryna teach us right from wrong
False prophets diggin' in our pockets
Situation tight, don't fall for the hype
And everywhere you turn
They're criticizing what's goin' on
In this time and space, tryna find a place
Where I can get free and just be me
All this judgin' by the cover
Divided by no reason
Open ya mind, seek the divine
That lives in all mankind
And ever since the wind blowed
It don't make no sense
Oh, what have we done?
We losin', abusing life
Tryin' hard to be real when real is right, uh

Everybody (c'mon), got to make it real
Everybody, you got to know the deal (you know the deal)
Everybody, got to make it real
Everybody, you got to know the deal

They say money make a man strange
Is it money or he don't understand change?
Funny, to be real, we campaign
If it's you then just do ya thing, thing
Maintain who we are as the game change (real)
Everybody wanna star, it's the same game(real)
I ain't travel this far to do the same thing
It's a trip how the real now is mainstream
That's what's up

Try to make it real compared to what
Compared to this, y'all
Ain't nothin' real, y'all (real)
Try to make it real compared to what

Real, real, yeah
Let's make it really real (yeah)
Try to make it real compared to what
Gotta make it real so you know it's real (yeah)
Try to make it real (do it)

Yeah
Sock it to me now

To my people keep rockin' on
To my people keep rockin' on (rockin' on)
To my people keep rockin' on
To my people keep rockin' on
To my people keep rockin' on
To my people keep rockin' on
To my people keep rockin' on
To my people keep rockin' on (keep rockin' on)
Rockin on, keep rockin' on (real)
Rockin on

Written by:
Eugene McDaniels

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Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing

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