Real Thing

Never had what you got
What you are, you're simply not
Aren't you tired of this game
And all the emptiness of your fate
You can't hold tight to what you have
Cause there is nothing there to grab
Now life is a shadow of a thought
You never did have what you thought you got
I'm no real thing
They say I'm the real thing (oh no)
I sound like the real thing (oh no)
Singing real loud like the real thing (oh no)
Making 'em proud like the real thing (oh no)
(la la la) I come from a land of slaves
(la la la) Let's go Redskins; Let's go Braves
(la la la) You want the truth in tones
Dig this dirt and sift out the bones
They said I'm the real thing (oh no)
I sound like the real thing (oh no)
Joke's on you; All askew
Heard my name in Timbuktu
Now I got it all mangled
Cut it out now it's all tangled
Star-spangled
Never had what you got
What you are, you're simply not
Aren't you tired of this game
And all the emptiness of your fate
You can't hold tight to what you have
Cause there is nothing there to grab
Now life is a shadow of a thought
You never did have what you thought you got
Oh, I'm no real thing
Water, if water is wet
Don't have a penny; I look good in debt
Red, white, blue course through my veins
Binge and purge the USA
Why you fret about ten size ten
Hamedan, Ramadan, they're chosen
Girls, while you're worried 'bout dress size six
They're winning the tricks, those tricks, those
Just what is the real thing (oh no)
Don't call me the real thing (oh no)
The search for the real thing (oh no)
The curse of the real thing
I come from the land of shame
Blood and guts are all I claim
Singing
Never had what you got
Aren't you tired of this game
You can't hold tight to what you got
You never did have what you thought you got
Oh my god, I use my lungs
Soft and loud; any way feels good
Oh my heat up in my bones
Perched atop my drumming throne
Ate food that fed me
Seed planted itself in my stomach and bled me
Read some words that led me
Knee ache; skin leathery
Put up a fight and yell and my parts swell
My fist right through a tube
Glory, glory, it's good to be me
Ugly one be you, who you are
Ugly one be you, who you are
Ugly but pretty overrated
It's complicated
I'm a real thing
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