I think what really kills me
is to see a guy pour out his guts
about how hard his life is
how committed to the struggle he is
and how much conviction he has
(with his daddy's trust fund)
I could really learn to get behind his success
if I just ignored that he's a rich man's son
I grew up poor, I grew up brown
so I'm Mr "What a big ****** when my thoughts came out
about how I have hopes for a brighter tomorrow
or that life's too short, we're on a track that we borrow
So now I hear succinctly that there's guys who say distinctly
How they're fed up with the system and they hate the gender binary
They're enlightened, in the know, and they're really having fun
Because this **** is easy when you're a rich man's son.
Oh, so I grew up in a small town
A suburban uncultured brown, public school GPA high
That's nice, I like how they let things slide for you guys
getting high, dealing dope, chilling with weirdos
and not the weirdos you know, the kind with emotional, physical, and ****** hangups
and not "wee we're so ******* different"
Because we never got praise, we only worked with a backdrop
Hoping maybe someday we'd get the key to the padlock
But it doesn't matter you say, there ain't a place left to run
Because it's easy not to care when you're a rich man's son
It's always the ones with power, the one's who hold royal flushes
Who say "money can't help you, I feel so out of touch with"
all the nature that I have the money to afford to go visit on a whim
Because the world is an oyster that I have yet to sink in
While I'm hoping for you, you get the point when it's done
That not everyone gets the chance to emote like the rich man's son
I built my kingdom from my grit; I'm not a rich man's son
I learned that no one gives a **** I'm not a rich man's son
I've no promo but my mouth; I'm not a rich man's son
I've got the battle on my back, I'll be a rich man, son
I've formulated my attack, I'll be a rich man, son
I got my loving back on track, I'll be a rich man, son
If I want to stay intact, I'll be a rich man, son.
Your father loves you boy, so you're a rich man's son
Don't care if I can't have the toys, cause I'm a rich man's son
My father loves me to the death, so I'm a rich man's son
"Dad life is pretty hard, don't think I'm having fun"
"Jake, you've got to make yourself, I don't care what the other kids have done"
"If you can only do one thing, and yes I only ask one"
"Be the best at that, there's ever been, will you do that son?"
Jun 3, 2014
Jun 3, 2014 at 4:53 PM UTC
I think what really kills me
is to see a guy pour out his guts
about how hard his life is
how committed to the struggle he is
and how much conviction he has
(with his daddy's trust fund)
I could really learn to get behind his success
if I just ignored that he's a rich man's son
I grew up poor, I grew up brown
so I'm Mr "What a big ****** when my thoughts came out
about how I have hopes for a brighter tomorrow
or that life's too short, we're on a track that we borrow
So now I hear succinctly that there's guys who say distinctly
How they're fed up with the system and they hate the gender binary
They're enlightened, in the know, and they're really having fun
Because this **** is easy when you're a rich man's son.
Oh, so I grew up in a small town
A suburban uncultured brown, public school GPA high
That's nice, I like how they let things slide for you guys
getting high, dealing dope, chilling with weirdos
and not the weirdos you know, the kind with emotional, physical, and ****** hangups
and not "wee we're so ******* different"
Because we never got praise, we only worked with a backdrop
Hoping maybe someday we'd get the key to the padlock
But it doesn't matter you say, there ain't a place left to run
Because it's easy not to care when you're a rich man's son
It's always the ones with power, the one's who hold royal flushes
Who say "money can't help you, I feel so out of touch with"
all the nature that I have the money to afford to go visit on a whim
Because the world is an oyster that I have yet to sink in
While I'm hoping for you, you get the point when it's done
That not everyone gets the chance to emote like the rich man's son
I built my kingdom from my grit; I'm not a rich man's son
I learned that no one gives a **** I'm not a rich man's son
I've no promo but my mouth; I'm not a rich man's son
I've got the battle on my back, I'll be a rich man, son
I've formulated my attack, I'll be a rich man, son
I got my loving back on track, I'll be a rich man, son
If I want to stay intact, I'll be a rich man, son.
Your father loves you boy, so you're a rich man's son
Don't care if I can't have the toys, cause I'm a rich man's son
My father loves me to the death, so I'm a rich man's son
"Dad life is pretty hard, don't think I'm having fun"
"Jake, you've got to make yourself, I don't care what the other kids have done"
"If you can only do one thing, and yes I only ask one"
"Be the best at that, there's ever been, will you do that son?"
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