American Life

Do I have to change my name?

Will it get me far?

Should I lose some weight?

Am I gonna be a star?

I tried to be a boy

I tried to be a girl

I tried to be a mess

I tried to be the best

I guess I did it wrong

It's why I wrote this song

This type of modern life, is it for me?

This type of modern life, is it for free?

So, I went into a bar

Looking for sympathy

A little company

I tried to find a friend

It's more easily said

It's always been the same

This type of modern life is not for me

This type of modern life is not for free

American life (American life)

I live the American Dream (American Dream)

You are the best thing I've seen

You are not just a dream (American life)

I tried to stay ahead

I tried to stay on top

I tried to play the part

But somehow, I forgot

Just what I did it for

And why I wanted more

This type of modern life, is it for me?

This type of modern life, is it for free?

Do I have to change my name?

Will it get me far?

Should I lose some weight?

Am I gonna be a star?

American life (American life)

I live the American Dream (American Dream)

You are the best thing I've seen

You are not just a dream (American life)

(American life) I tried to be a boy

Tried to be a girl

Tried to be a mess

Tried to be the best

Tried to find a friend

Tried to stay ahead

I tried to stay on top

Fuck it

Do I have to change my name?

Will it get me far?

Should I lose some weight?

Am I gonna be a star?

Ah, fuck it

Ah, fuck it

Ah, fuck it

Ah, fuck it

I'm drinking a soy latte, I get a double shoté

It goes right through my body, and you know I'm satisfied

I drive my Mini Cooper, and I'm feeling super-duper

Yo, they tell I'm a trooper, and you know I'm satisfied

I do yoga and pilates, and the room is full of hotties

So I'm checking out the bodies, and you know I'm satisfied

I'm digging on the isotopes, this metaphysics shit is dope

And if all this can give me hope, you know I'm satisfied

I got a lawyer and a manager, an agent and a chef

Three nannies, an assistant, and a driver and a jet

A trainer, and a butler, and a bodyguard or five

A gardener and a stylist, do you think I'm satisfied?

I'd like to express my extreme point of view

I'm not a Christian and I'm not a Jew

I'm just living out the American dream

And I just realized that nothing is what it seems

Do I have to change my name? (American life)

Am I gonna be a star? (I live the American Dream)

Do I have to change my name? (American life)

Am I gonna be a star? (I live the American Dream)

Do I have to change my name?

American life, I live the American Dream

American life, I live the American Dream

American life, I live the American Dream