vanity
J.J Lyrics

I'm aiming for being the best version of myself
Being me, focused on the best version of myself

Not the best version of someone else
Something I ain't never seen

You dig
That's how I think

Those are my golden themes
From dirty jeans to golden velveteen or so it seems

Never let a thief steal from me
My goals, hopes, and dreams, I been sewn to this scene, like a sower sewing seams or a gardener sowing seeds. That's my reap, which means it's my keep. That means it's my keys, my notes, my beat

I don't need no validations, you can keep your awards
Mine comes from heaven's gates, that's what I'm chasing. I do this to vent my frustration

I'm fluent, in daily irritations
I'm fluent in handling daily irritations

I was ruined, looking for others confirmations
I was ruined once, looking for others' confirmations

I buried it beneath the pavement
But I buried my misery beneath the pavement

I held my chin up, through the devastation
I held my chin up through the devastation and kept my back straight and turned the other way

Is the goal to get on MTV?
Is the goal to get on MTV, VH1, or BET? Is the goal to just be chasing vanity?

I don't respect your pope, I don't respect ya politicians, comedians I don't listen to your jokes
I don't respect your pope, politicians, or comedians who tell jokes, as the media is the opposition to distort the truth using our minds as the competition

Cause the media is the opposition, to distort the truth
The media is the opposition in distorting the truth

They wanted me to sign and tell me what I'm missing
They brought me a proposition to sign and tried to tell me what I'm missing. But before my daddy died, he said, 'Ain't no point in kissing nobody's hide for some lies and some digits'

You can keep your video vixens, and all yo sides and fixins' Cause I be cooking uncles bens rice in the kitchen, you be throwing knives in the kitchen
You can keep your video vixens, sides and fixings because I cook Uncle Ben's rice in the kitchen while you're busy throwing knives in the kitchen. The industry then took lives, now they're missing

You can keep your fame, I just want the dividends
You can keep your fame, I just want the dividends. Listening to idiots will bring me to pestilence

I never run around acting like who I'm better than
I never run around acting like I'm better than anyone else. I grew up poor, and hard work was the medicine

This is CSI, green is the evidence
This is CSI, and green is the evidence. But even if I didn't have it, God blessed me with intelligence

Not fighting for relevance, you can keep your trophy
I'm not fighting for relevance. You can keep your trophy. I have my initials on my clothing

No video shoots with a bunch of fake homies, actin' like they know me
I don't do video shoots with a bunch of fake homies acting like they know me

Got my back? Then show me
If you got my back, then show me

I don't do ghostwriters, fake videos and what not
I don't do ghostwriters and fake videos

Same celebs in high school ain't squat
The same celebrities in high school aren't squat. They're still stuck in the same hood like a blood clot

Listen, my competition is 2020 me
Listen, my competition is me in 2020. My vision is 2030. That's the remedy.

No competing with other people's legacies, to justify my self-esteem
I'm not going to compete with other people's legacies to justify my self-esteem

Is the goal to get on MTV?
Is the goal to get on MTV, VH1, or BET? Is the goal to just be chasing vanity?