Machine Gun Kelly, Lzzy Hale - Spotlight lyrics

Feel this for all that it's worth
To live in the spotlight

What if life was simple as a hug?
What if my partner wasn't
Crippled from a drug?
What if my other homie never caught a slug?
What if our parents actually gave a fuck?
Another black suit, another black suit
Police happy to see another black shoot
His mother's make up smearing on my arms
Crying cause' I'm the only son that
She's got now that he's gone
What if the ghetto never
Heard an instrumental?
And we didn't have this rap shit
All we had was metal?
You telling me if we couldn't shoot a ball
Our lives still got shooting involved?
And what if I never left out of
Denver that winter for new beginnings
My father started his business and
Traded family for riches?
You telling me that my auntie will still
Have a house to live in
And JoJo wouldn't be writing me from prison?
But fuck it this is life
Deal with it or get dealt with
I'm in my room smoking alone like I'm selfish
Cause' some days the sun's hard to face
Dad turns his son wears his face
But look closer see the heart of a lion
Sticks and stones couldn't damage my
Bones harder then iron
170 pounds with the walk of a giant
So defiant I pop a Valium, turn up the volume
Turn up the volume turn up the volume
Turn up the volume turn up the volume

For all that it's worth
To live in the spotlight
All of my demons come to life
And all that it was and all that it could be
Is lost in the darkness of the night
Why should I die? (to live in the spotlight)
Why should I kill myself for you?
You'd let me die? (to live in the spotlight)
You'd let me die inside for you

Look what if money wasn't part of success?
Would the people I used to
Be friends with never left?
What if making a name
Didn't come with regrets?
I think that fame's a pre-cursor to death:
Death of a friendship death of a family
Death of a man
The misunderstood are always dead
Before 'they' understand
Staring at ceiling fans, chop up milligrams
Draw a pentagram
Lucifer's not a rumor he's in the band (damn)
Liquor and vomit on my Converse
Bright lights and packed concerts
And right next to the gun that's on my
Dresser are plastic orange bottles
Of peer pressure
And I'm ready to cave, I live in a cage
How can I be a hero when
I'm the one needing saved
48 hour days of this fast lane living
Me and my entourage no Jeremy Piven, listen
It's better to burn out than fade
Away is what Kurt said
I felt the same until I saw his
Daughter and thought as a father
What if tomorrow the only I
Could spoil her was dying?
Started crying then popped a valium
Turned up the volume turn up the volume
Turn up the volume turn up the volume
Turn up the volume

For all that it's worth
To live in the spotlight
All of my demons come to life
And all that it was and all that it could be
Is lost in the darkness of the night
Why should I die? (to live in the spotlight)
Why should I kill myself for you?
You'd let me die? (to live in the spotlight)
You'd let me die inside for you

So what you do when the cop lights
Turn into a stage and a spotlight?
And everyone around you starts to
Hate cause you got right
And feel entitled like I'm supposed
To stop living my life? Well this ain't 2Pac
This ain't Em's show this ain't Jigga man
This that Kells flow
This that C-town 19 double-X rep so
Welcome to my life here's a
Ticket to the next show, spotlight
Welcome to my life here's a
Ticket to the next show