Substance

You gotta be this, you gotta be that

You got to be happy, and you gotta be bad

You got to be something, but don't you ever be that

You got to be someone who never looks back

But I can see I'm losing substance

I can see I am wearing thin

I can see they're out to get me

I'm just a bag of bones, a bucket of blood, wrapped up in a see through skin

Quit tellin' me what I gotta be

Quit tellin' me

You gotta be cool

Got to be fresh

Don't let em bite you while you're showing your flesh

You gotta be pretty (pretty) oh, but girl, that's never enough

Got to keep smiling while you're calling their bluff

But I can see I'm losing substance

I can see I am wearing thin

I can see they're out to get me

I'm just a bag of bones, a bucket of blood, wrapped up in a see through skin

And I know that war is waging for what little soul I have

Battle will be raging while I'm tied up and I'm gagged

Yeah you may smile when I am looking

When I'm gone, call me a bitch

But when the devil is your drug dealer

You scratch a 10-year itch

Quit tellin' me what I gotta be

Quit tellin' me

You got to take chances but you gotta be safe

Got to be pleasant while they piss in your face

Man, you gotta keep drinking (drinking) from the poisonous cup

Got to replenish while they gobble you up

But I can see I'm losing substance

I can see I'm wearing thin

I can see they're out to get me

Man, I can see I'll never win

I can see, I can see I'm losing substance

I can see I'm wearing thin

I can see they're out to get me

I'm just a bag of bones, a bucket of blood, wrapped up in a see through skin

Quit tellin' me what I gotta be, yeah

Woah, ya quit tellin' me what I got to be

What I gotta be

Quit tellin' me

Quit tellin' me