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[00:00.87](I wanna be a superstar)
[00:04.56]You ever wanted something so bad
[00:08.06]You'd sacrifice your whole life for it?
[00:10.81](I wanna be a superstar)
[00:12.84]Take a walk in my crib
[00:17.82]C's up (here we, here we go)
[00:20.67](I wanna be a superstar)
[00:23.91]Yeah, that's the money, the fame, the paps, the mags
[00:27.35]The cheques, the cash, but I don't want the stress, yes
[00:30.58](I wanna be a superstar)
[00:34.33]To be the best of the best, I'ma work 'til I'm dead
[00:37.09]Wanna be a superstar, nothing more nothing less
[00:40.05]Yeah, ah, dress to impress without trying look
[00:42.76]I got CDs who's buying? (It's in the back)
[00:45.01]At 15, I wasn't paid in full, but I know I had Pradas in school, (I was flashing)
[00:49.38]Yeah, ah, uniform with the fly jacket
[00:52.27]Rack sack to match it, swagger I had it
[00:54.59]Young and easy in front of the camera
[00:56.81]Making all the pretty girls go mad
[00:58.80]See the yearbook said, "I was most likely to be famous"
[01:02.02]Points proved now I can't live my life nameless
[01:04.90]So I hit the studs, started cutting tunes
[01:07.26]Minimal facilities in Ironik's room
[01:09.82]But we made do, still came through
[01:12.23]Haters still talking shit, so fuck you (yeah)
[01:14.55]Good Lord knows when I started writing bars
[01:16.50]Never ever thought I'd hit the charts
[01:18.51]Yeah, yeah, C's up
[01:20.04](I wanna be a superstar)
[01:23.30]Yeah, that's the money, the fame, the paps, the mags
[01:26.64]The cheques, the cash, but I don't want the stress, yes
[01:30.02](I wanna be a superstar)
[01:33.77]To be the best of the best, I'ma work 'til I'm dead
[01:36.51]Wanna be a superstar, nothing more nothing less, yeah
[01:39.83]Age 17, I was spittin raw Chip Diddy Chip
[01:42.52]Went and kicked off a rhythm war
[01:44.43]And one label said I just ain't marketable
[01:46.81]And now look who runs the market fool, me
[01:49.24]I got the hot verse everybody wants (brain)
[01:51.58]Tryna be on everybody's so mother fuck that (fuck)
[01:54.30]Tryna cut back, but so see who's daring
[01:57.18]Sharing ain't always caring
[01:58.88]I got the haters nostrils flaring, smelling success
[02:01.85]Got 'em way stressed (stressed), got 'em way vexed
[02:04.34]Thinking I fell off, you wanna come test?
[02:06.39]You can go fuck yourself, no latex
[02:10.04]I ain't tryna sleep for life (no), I'm tryna bring my dream to life (yeah)
[02:15.01]Feeling like I'm born to fly, don't ask me why
[02:17.89]Yeah, yeah, C's up
[02:19.25](I wanna be a superstar)
[02:22.82]Yeah, that's the money, the fame, the paps, the mags
[02:25.92]The cheques, the cash, but I don't want the stress, yes
[02:29.34](I wanna be a superstar)
[02:33.28]To be the best of the best, I'ma work 'til I'm dead
[02:35.84]Wanna be a superstar, nothing more nothing less
[02:38.78]And I was too fast learning to rhyme
[02:40.84]Now talent got me caught up living two lives (no lie)
[02:43.74]Chart topper, everybody know my name
[02:45.69]But the hood doesn't ever change
[02:47.59]It's worse when you paid, and I'm still the same (I ain't changing)
[02:50.05]In my own zone, from the youth club to a live band, live show (slow down)
[02:53.64]Street dreams of a teen from the high roll
[02:55.81]The pap' lights blind my eyes, bro, show (here we go)
[02:58.83](I wanna be a superstar)
[03:02.96]That's the money, the fame, the paps, the mags
[03:05.55]The cheques, the cash, but I don't want the stress, yes
[03:09.05](I wanna be a superstar)
[03:12.80]To be the best of the best, I'ma work 'til I'm dead
[03:15.36]Wanna be a superstar, nothing more nothing less
[03:18.90](I wanna be a superstar)
[03:22.99]That's the money, the fame, the paps, the mags
[03:25.56]The cheques, the cash, but I don't want the stress
[03:28.98](I wanna be a superstar)
[03:31.87]See to be the best of the best, I'ma work 'til I'm dead
[03:35.32]Wanna be a superstar, nothing more nothing less
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