somebody

i woke this mornin' undecided

my demons takin' over my life

yeah

sooner or later it's a family divided

these patterns gettin' harder to hide

yeah

they say i should be satisfied

they tell me i got the world

but that's a lie

i wished the way i feel could be pacified

sometimes

i wish i was somebody

anybody but myself

oh

i wish i was somebody

anybody but myself

if i told you i'm 'bout to break would you look at me different?

character out of place

would i lose your attention?

let me know your intentions

cause lately i been watchin' everybody

it's apparent that transparency never seen monotony

got off of tour

lookin' for closure

mixin' emotion of bein' grateful and feelin' like some of y'all gettin' over

what's a puppet on stage

singin' and dancin' ablaze?

portrayed in his worth

distorted by the money that's made

a slave with a verse

i feel like prince rogers

i feel liberation is free

i feel i should miss the oscars

are you celebrating me as the artist or just a profit?

a question i have for the ones around me that's turnin' toxic

my lungs been heavy from all the smokescreen boobytraps

reminiscin' on what it was

and knowin' that this ain't that

i vision a rock in a hard place

hope my daughter isn't born with a piece of my heartbreak

you know stress carries on and your kids reap the mistakes that you made

and i admit that i can be dismissive if i can't relate

and i admit that i only commit to start playin' games

and i admit that i'm bad at talkin' myself out of shame

but who's to blame when the crowds stop cheerin' and they passin' dirty looks?

i now understand that i'll never be understood

isolation didn't work for me

socialization didn't work for me

pray the body didn't work for me

you can't cure this disease

the pain too traumatic for relief

pull up the curtains

let the audience see

i wish i was somebody

anybody but myself

oh

i wish i was somebody

anybody but myself