Behind the Music

No, you don't stand a chance For a second in my world The same old song, it won't last long If you can't stand behind the music All the fame, all the girls And all the money in this world They don't mean shh, better admit If you can't stand behind the music So stand up, show 'em how we do it Won't back down until I see your hands up Tell 'em what the truth is Stand behind the music You gotta get behind Cross your heart hope to die Splash of hype, dash of pretty That don't mean they'll bite Okay, alright, already They getting money All the frauds, all the phonies All the fakes, slow down It's a fast paced world (breathe, breathe) Look my face in the mirror Say, "Who the heck am I?" Look me in the eye Is this conviction or addiction or a waste of time? Just name a genre, yeah, I've tried it Been doing this from 15 to life, yeah I need a break already, I gotta find it And for the first time in my life, I'm doing my shtick I, I, I, I wanna stand in this pop star frenzy Girls getting praised, look at Nicki, look at Katy Chew it up, make my teeth rot You think I'm talking to you? I'm probably not, not No, you don't stand a chance For a second in my world The same old song, it won't last long If you can't stand behind the music All the fame, all the girls And all the money in this world They don't mean shh, better admit If you can't stand behind the music Re-re-rewind, when I was a little younger Looking for a label and a little clean danger L.A. had a taste for a new adventure We opened every "do not enter" I was trying hard to be somebody Be the cool kid at the party Looking at me laddy, daddy Hottie, hottie, hot tamale Stranger sizing up my body, told me I could be somebody Wait, someone stopped me Went home and I called my mommy I know I'm not that girl I still wanna be the leader of a f-f-free world Yeah, I'm a big dreamer, I'm a believer Just try to tell me "no", I'ma go full steam ahead No, can't slow me down Gonna run this town from the inside out Block by block from the bottom to the top I know just who I am And I know just who I'm not No, you don't stand a chance For a second in my world The same old song, it won't last long If you can't stand behind the music All the fame, all the girls And all the money in this world They don't mean shh, better admit If you can't stand behind the music So stand up, show 'em how we do it Won't back down until I see your hands up Tell 'em what the truth is Stand behind the music Yeah, stand up, come on let me see you Front row up to the nose bleeders Hands up, if you really need it Stand behind the music No, you don't stand a chance For a second in my world The same old song, it won't last long If you can't stand behind the music