Verse 1
Once upon a time not long ago my grandmother told me I'd change
I felt like she was coming down on me so I told her no I'd be the same

Not knowing she was only trying to help motivate me to excel and climb
I was thinking she was the one trapped while I was stuck in a cage of my mind
Man if I would've known what I know now

I would've brought my head down under the cloud
Told her thank you and that I loved her but I was too cool and too damn proud
What a fool I was in fact I've changed so much now looking back

I wish somebody I thought was cool was as cool as she was when she told me that

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I see you the real you
Trying to cover up whats inside of you
But everything you do was make believe

Yeah you're hot but you're too cool
I see you
I see you

I see you

Verse 2

Baby girl don't know much about what it would take to become a star
Hollywood is so far-fetched too long of a drive in an old car
Work everyday but you barely eat going over lines from a script you read

Your boyfriend says it's a silly dream but how can you dream when you never sleep
You looking the mirror and you picturing a light show
A glimpse in the lens of a camera behind the scenes of life is a type role

Yeah you walk a thin line, but a thin line is all you need
A thin line and an indy movie, just to break for somebody to see the
Talent inside, the ballad of the diary you write

The by and by is just another day for a normal girl but for you it's another day that you try
Aside from the fact that you ride on the back of a bus sometimes cause your car won't work
But maybe you should take that bus to L.A. and put your dreams first because


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Verse 3
Black and white, everything is black and white broke down simple and plain