Stand for Something

Never been the one to play it cool

I never been a fan of fancy shoes

I only want to stand for something

I don't care if they approve

They don't know what I've been through

I only want to stand for something

What was I thinking when I headed to SoCal?

Everybody gotta order the low-cal or no-cal meal

I don't even enjoy guilt

I think the city turned my semen to soymilk

But I'm a motherfuckin hypocrite

Acting like I never give a shit

But now I think about it maybe a tad bit

'Cause pretty baby I be ready to admit

I'm thinking maybe I will never be Brad Pitt

Want the celebrity? You gotta be bat shit

To want to be a piece of meat, we treat em as cold cuts

But go nuts when we see em wiping their own butts

And the crowd goes wild

But we don't smile if you got no style

Gotta be kidding me, giving the pretty people the key to the city

I don't even know

Never been the one to play it cool

I never been a fan of fancy shoes

I only want to stand for something

I don't care if they approve

They don't know what I've been through

I only want to stand for something

We struttin'

Ain't nobody gotta tell us nothing

Because a rose is a rose and I am what I am

And I wear it like campaign button

I don't want a side eye

I say bye bye

Roll up another one and hand me a Mai tai

Because the people who be running the show

Are kinda like the season how they come and they go

And we'll be living while they looking for parking

And we'll be digging while they woofing and barking

They kicking in the door and hoping to barge in

But this is what you get there's nothing to bargain

If it's a hundred to one and we're under the gun

I'm not gonna be groveling for the governor's pardon

Don't gotta suck in your gut if you want to guzzle a Bud

I'm about it baby, you can party with us