They say the sky's falling
I'm skywalking over everybody
White chalking your top ten
And not for any money
American dreams are dusty
From millennial memes
To Trump tweets
To techies and brunch beats
Celebrity wannabes
Buying likes
What does it mean?
Lucky if you even get a bite of the Buzzfeed
Cuz you need as many fans as Macklemore
To put ya fuckin feet up on the Phantom dashboard
Got a couple stamps on your passport
Treating the cards in ya hand like a last resort
We get the answers we ask for
Then ask for more
So we're tap dancing on a trapdoor
They say the times are changing
And I gotta change with them
Give 'em brand new bars
That Bang Bang to the same rhythm
It's like you listen through a cocaine prism
Way I lay down lines
Blow minds
And leave your brain twitching
Fame is fiction
You're chasing a lie
Words I wield
Are Valerian steel blades in the fire
Taking it higher
To get a better view
Some people's ears "go pop" from the pressure
But I never do
Stepping in Lennon's shoes
To imagine
Living for today
Instead of for views and captions
It's cool to be Captain America and Hugh Jackman
Or "Larry Legend" when he used to shoot with the backspin
But you can get trapped in
Fall in a black hole
Wake up one day
Broke, bald, fat and old
Call that cold
Say I'm bitter
What if I am?
They'll be living in a van down by the river
They say that almost only counts in horseshoes
And the limits of a little middle class town can torture you
This is something
Swear to God I thought I was born to do
Then all the sudden
The fuckin' course can corkscrew
The doors refuse to open
And corporate suits
Pay your favorite player to endorse their shoes
It's a ruse
We grew up believing in
Interviews with people who blew up
MTV to ESPN
Reading the stories
Seeing the movies
Watching commercials
Nirvana to Nike
I'm talking in circles
Cuz it's tightly embedded in American living
But you might be everything an Eminem isn't
Pissing in the wind
If and when
You make a move
Put your heart in it
Play your position
Then
Watch out for the trapdoor