Outside looking in is maybe what you'd say
but in my shoes, it describes me in every way
take the controls and you'll see that every day
I'm hated and frustrated by the rules that I don't play

I ain't from the ghetto, but I ain't a marshmallow
though my experience has made me a tough fellow
I build myself from myself and here I am
the world has the nerve to tell me I don't understand

-Hungry Lights
Uhm,
here I go, and I'm not saying you ain't jealous
but a part of me knows I can't trust you
I'm holding back y'all, I'm a ticking time bomb
I tocked so hard only to stop cuz I can't even
blink without you here, think about how unfair
were the words you speak from the tip of your tounge
I'm strung wild like a sheet to the wind
sinking in a sea of mistreat as you suck me down
-

-chorus
I hear you taunt,
I'm not dead
I said it all so you can
hate me all you want
I'm far ahead,
I'm standing tall while you hide
-

-Hungry Lights
You can hate me all you want, dog
but I won't give it back, come on
if you knew better, you would do better
flashing up in your mind like a newsletter

and I'm a trendsetter, hold a straight line
keep your head up, walk the street like a soldier
if you knew better, you would do better
flashing up in your mind like a newsletter
-

I'm frustrated, it's complicated
pushed me to a point where my pupils are beyond dilated
day after day I feel violated
I guess I'll never understand why my presence is so hated
Let me be the first to say you're overrated
you just stand back and hate with a tone jaded
well it's a good thing my spirit's diamond plated
so keep it coming; The truth has been stated
[Yeah son]

-chorus
I hear you taunt,
I'm not dead
I said it all so you can
hate me all you want
I'm far ahead,
I'm standing tall while you hide
-

So, now
let's go slow
nobody knows how we go so slow
everybody wonders why we go so slow
so let's go slow so nobody ever knows
ay, yo, yo
we're gonna go slow
nobody knows why we go so slow
so we're gonna go slow so nobody ever knows
let's go slow cuz nobody ever goes slow

-chorus
I hear you taunt,
I'm not dead
I said it all so you can
hate me all you want
I'm far ahead,
I'm standing tall while you hide
-

..
My spirit's diamond plated
my spirit's diamond plated.