Tom MacDonald - Exposure lyrics

Yeah

Let me break it down for every single doubter
You're afraid of what I'm doin'
You're a coward
All your favourite rappers doin' Downers and
You make 'em feel empowered
'Til they're fertilizin' soil
Pushin' flowers, yeah
What do Lil Wayne
Rick Ross and 2 Chainz all have in common?
They make a livin' off gangster rap
But they all went to college
It's all just marketin' strategy so
You empty your wallet
Endorsin' Vodka to make a buck
And make you alcoholics
They make you stupid with Xanax
They make you broke with designers
They use the music to confuse
The youth and influence minors


Isn't it funny how these rappers
Went from fightin' the power
To buy a gun and sell some drugs
In just a matter of hours?
They'll turn the students to felons that
Just get fed to the system
'Cause there are people makin' fortunes
Off of privatized prisons
They objectify women 'til they are
All that you crave
So you don't realize there's more to
Life than just gettin' laid

You think you're happy
But you're really just so caught in the game
That you don't realize you're wastin'
All your money to play
They give you rappers with rainbow hair
Who wear clothes like your girlfriend
To emasculate the men that emulate
All the urban trends
Got you wearin' pretty dresses and heels
And poppin' pills like you really
Know how depression can feel
Y'all some posers
Dyin' for acceptance and exposure
Tryna be the rappers on the posters

All I hear is, "New chain
Big house, fast car, " it's so boring
And all of that is lies, man, it's so corny
Death threats comin' every other day for me
But I don't believe a word
That shit is ghost stories
Hi, my name is Tom MacDonald
Welcome to the show
If you are easily offended
Then you probably should go
My resolution to losers who my
New music has triggered
And just a million views on YouTube
Is two big middle fingers
I don't apologize or compromise
I quantify the figures
'Cause I'm optimized for makin' a
Killin' and gettin' bigger
Had the fire all along
I needed fuel and a flicker
To light the fuse to the mixture
Of the rumours and liquor
They got nothin' else to do but
Try to cut me with scissors
But what's a blade to a building
Made out of iron and pillars?
Go 'head and cry me a river 'cause
I've been dyin' to go swimmin'
And I'm designed to find it funny
When they whine 'cause I'm winnin'

I just tell the truth
It's up to you to love or dismiss it
I'm just pointin' out what I feel
That the game has been missin'
And every time I open my mouth up
You get offended you say that talk is cheap
But then you act like it's expensive
You can't afford to speak your mind
Afraid you'll get rejected
By some strangers on the internet
Whose lives are all pathetic
I was surrounded by people who
Just pretend to be down
And then I blew up off of record
No one's friends with me now

I've realized that my potential's
So intensely profound
That there was bound to be some
Haters gettin' caught in the crowd
I won't apologize for anything I
Said or I'll say
If you're allergic to opinions
You should just walk away
Don't give a shit about your
Arguments and fuck your complaints
I'd love to have you in my audience
Just know it isn't safe
White people are the biggest fuckin'
Assholes on the planet
But even still I swear I'm sick
To death of hearin' it
You're not a model, you're a waitress
And the man takin' your picture
Is a pervert with a camera
And no photography experience
You cry about gorillas gettin'
Shot inside a zoo
And then take photos on your phone
When someone's dyin' next to you
Y'all only care about each other if
It means you'll get some views
And you can say that I'm a dick
But what I say is just the truth
There's a disconnect between the things
You feel and what's said
'Cause you're afraid of what they'll think
So you don't say what you meant

If bein' true to myself means
That I'll lose their respect
Then I'll stand my ground like both
My feet are stuck in cement
I was raised to keep my feelin's, thoughts
And words all consistent
If you're censorin' your heart
Then what's the reason for livin'?
I don't need their approval
To validate my position
And I don't need to be accepted
Never asked for permission
They attacked me from behind and
Tried to silence the vision
Tried to kill me with fire
And from the ashes, i've risen
My motivation won't expire, I
Don't get tired, i get driven
If they don't like it
Then they're not required to
Comment and listen
They just hide behind their keyboards
Tryna find the ambition
To go make somethin' of their life
While they die for attention