If we gotta dumb down our style and A-B-C it, then so be it Cause nowadays these kids just don’t give a click 'bout lyrics All they wanna hear is a beat and that's it Long as they can go to the club and get blitzed Pick up some chicks and get some digits And the DJ's playin' them hits "Oh, this my jam, this my hit!" We don't know a word to a verse, all we know is the chorus Cause the chorus repeats the same four words for us And the song's ginormous, the whole formula’s switched Cause we don’t know anymore, what are hits? Is it the beat, is it the rap? Is it a finger snap or the same 808 clap? And how do we adapt and get TRL votes When 13-year-olds control the remotes? And Ashlee's got a brand new nose We gotta put some new em-pha-sis on our sa-lyl-la-bles
It’s like I'm in this dirt, digging up old hurt Tried everything to get my mind off you, it won’t work All it takes is one song on the radio you’re right back on it Reminding me all over again how you fucking just brushed me off And left me so burnt, spent a lot of time trying to soul search Maybe I needed to grow up a little first Well, looks like I hit a growth spurt But I am coming for closure Don’t suppose an explanation I’m owed for The way that you turned your back on me Just when I may have needed you most Oh, you thought it was over You could just close the chapter And go about your life, like it was nothing You ruined mine, but you seem to be doing fine Well, I’ve never recovered but tonight I betcha that whatcha 'bout to go through’s tougher than anything I ever have suffered Can’t think of a better way to define poetic justice Can I hold grudges, mind saying: "let it go, fuck this" Heart's saying: "I will once I bury this bitch alive Hide the shovel and then drive off in the sunset"
They said 30's the new 20 Funny, must mean 40's the new 30 Interesting, cause ever since then it's been in a sense An extension for veteran rappers that are better than half Of the hit coming out right now, it's all trash The torch is gonna burn out before it gets passed Jay said it’s his last and 50 and Em Then what? Detox drops, what do we got then? So now our whole camps is running around Scrambling over what to do Gambling every time we put a record out Just looking for that hook (Wait Dre, look!)