Roots (Explicit)

Welcome to the fashion show

F**k what you did to earn it tell me who you know

Sign the contract so you can't leave us when you grow

We own you now make no mistake

Better look them in the eye do what they say for your careers sake

Who do you think you are

Would you change everything about yourself just to be a star

Pucker up just to get an audition

Now here's a mint for all that a*s you'll be kissin'

We're going back to our old ways everything was gold days

Where have they gone where are they

Now we see that you're leading us along

To a place we don't belong

Put smiles on all the wrong faces

End up in all the wrong places

Now we see that you're leading us along

We're going back to our old ways

Let me remind you not to forget who we writin' these songs for

You're just a pawn on the industry the chess board

Navigatin' conversations leave the truth under your hat

If you say whats on your mind boy they gon' remember that

We made you we gave you a shot we're the only friends you got

Now give us what we want whether you like it or not

Write something to make me look good for the suits

F**k music politics I'm going back to my roots

We're going back to our old ways everything was gold days

Where have they gone where are they

Now we see that you're leading us along

To a place we don't belong

Put smiles on all the wrong faces

End up in all the wrong places

Now we see that you're leading us along

We're going back to our old ways

Freedom is a feeling that I can't recall

Might as well be writing all my songs on a prison wall

Now I see past all the mirrors and smoke

I gave my whole life away with a pen stroke

Lining your pockets on the backs of the artists

Thrown away because my song never charted

You promised

Glory and fame remember my name

But when it didn't work out I'm left with the shame

Of being another washed up has been never was

Still the label got its cut like it always does

Lived a lifetime with your foot on my neck

F**k a contract I'm taking back what life I have left

We're going back to our old ways everything was gold days

Where have they gone where are they

Now we see that you're leading us along

To a place we don't belong

Put smiles on all the wrong faces

End up in all the wrong places

Now we see that you're leading us along

We're going back to our old ways

We're going back to our old ways everything was gold days

Where have they gone where are they

Now we see that you're leading us along

We're going back to our old ways