Hollywood (feat. Rozie Turner)

Remember when we were kids/saying things that were did/

By me and you but too ashamed to admit that th-th-they were fibs/

Sippin' on Mr. Pibb/playing with neighbors kids/

And I front to fall asleep/so I could chill at your crib/

House parties like play and kid/listening to Gangster Nip/

Tripping off Ghetto Boys/how they mind kept playing tricks/

Hide and seek with my sisters friends/Tonight like DJ Quick/

Natural born sinners slowly loosing our innocence/

This was all just the start of it/like working with a starter kit/

I went from bad to worse when I saw Cube put on that Starter fit/

Pressure started marching in/cause all my friends were part it/

It seduced me even more/like a girl who plays hard to get/

"Cool" gave my heart a kiss/told me, give my all to this/

Did it all/so I felt obligated to be part of this/

Anything to garner this/stardom that was hard to miss/

Fartherless, so Hollywood guided, through the dark abyss/

Stepped in the cineplex/just passed the Cinnabon fin to see what's playing next

(yes)

HOLLYWOOD

(HEY) I got my butter and my popcorn

My crew is with me and we feeling like it's not wrong

HOLLYWOOD

Like it's so cool to watch upcoming attractions, blinded by the distractions

Don't be so complacent

with cheap imitations

Need godly inspiration so we can't replace it, with HOLLYWOOD

Remember when we were kids

Saying things that were did

By me and you but too ashamed to admit that th-th-they were fibs

Hooping up at the gym

Lust had us chasing Kim

Acting hard but riding clean bumping that BoysIIMen

Watching the latest films

Quote it and take it in

Lustful flesh

Had us actin gangsta like Doughboy did

Lived like them

Boys in the hood but stayed trill

Out the Tre, so you can say I'm Furious Styles kid

My Love Jones was shai

But my Justice was Poetic

All I needed was the Juice

Ad then my Blues would be Mo' Better

I would listen to the Preacher's Wife

But I'd go back like Boomerang

My set would Set It Off and we'd be right back in that New Jack swang

Pride of Life had me like O-Dog and Higher Learning guided me

Momma said Lean On Me

But I'm a Menace to Society

All that "drama" mixed with sinning, the women with them in linen

Seem to spark a cycle unrivaled and never ending (ending)

Stepped in the cineplex

Just passed the Cinnabon fin to see what's playing next

(yes)

HOLLYWOOD

(HEY) I got my butter and my popcorn

My crew is with me and we feeling like it's not wrong

HOLLYWOOD

Like it's so cool to watch upcoming attractions, blinded by the distractions

Don't be so complacent

with cheap imitations

Need godly inspiration so we can't replace it, with HOLLYWOOD

I been learning from this teacher, since

I was in the nursery

A victim of its preaching cause she said she'd give the world to me

At least that's what I thought I heard

Hollywood was celebrated

She could easily mess up the lines of real and imitation

And like Adam, we ate the fruit of prideful racketeering

Just so we could all see Eve without the leaves

And bangled earrings

It's the lies that they tell you, you start to believe

And if truth is what you make it

Then you're ready to receive

A slave to the trade/sinful ways cause of this artistry

Until I met the One, who was knocking at my hearts entry

Some say He's unattractive when compared to the glitz and glam

But, I was glad to look behind the bush to see a ram

Who set me free from sin, along with false identity

Because until we know the Savior, God is our enemy

So don't let the world and its devices, advise you

Instead trust the truth of the Father found in the bible