Emilie Azalea - Vices (ft. Meek Mill) lyrics

Aye, look ima tell you like this
If you in school, stay in school
If you got a job, stay at work
If you a family man, stay with your family
Cus this ain't meant for everybody

Sex, drugs, crime, and liquor
You choose whichever vice gets
The job done quicker
Runnin' from your problems faster
Than Usain Bolt
Think you know how to solve em but
You're in love with the coke so

Your mind is addled
Synthetic substances have traveled
Through a system still developing
Your symptoms have you frazzled
Mix it up, pour a cup
The epicenter of the party
Live it up, only young once
Now you bout to burn some Marley

You do this every night
But you also take medication
Combinations can be deadly, think
Of Michael, Heath, and Amy
Aside from health complications
Think of the social implications
You're impaired, drugs are shared
You aren't prepared to have a baby

But your friends showed you the ways
It gets you praise when you do
As they so it's okay
I mean, as Kurt Cobain would say
Better to burn out like a
Star than to fade away
You're probably skippin' with your crowd
Blowin' down that loud to
Ease your instability
Thinking nothing bad could ever happen to
You: the illusion of invulnerability

So you think you wanna hang
With the cool kids?
You got the intensity in school
They call that grit
Just remember popularity is temporary
And you decide what comes
Next on your itinerary life is a gift
Unless it's given by the court
Perseverance means you keep going even
If you fall short
Get yourself some friendly figures
A system that'll support
Or get lost in the system doin' time
For class F's you can't afford

Boys will play you fast and get you hurt
But females that are worse
We feel too much at times
Our emotions both a blessing and a curse
Highschool sometimes is like the
Jungle don't know
When the big cats are gonna bite
But suspension for 10 days, a
Record that won't go away
Just ain't worth the fight

'Ol girl tried to try me one time
Guess she was salty I was dating her old guy
Seen her gossipin' at her lunch table
Like I'd just committed a crime
I was past the stage
Of wanting peer acceptance
I laughed and turned a blind eye
She approached me, Ms popularity
Always in the light of lime

Had to pull myself together
Cus I almost called her Your Royal Highness
Instead I let her run her mouth like her
Clique and killed her with my kindness
I went back to my unfinished lunch
Think it was some cheddar cheese with ham
That girl grew up like we all do
Now she follows me on Instagram

Keep your head up high bae don't pay
No mind to what the haters say
Who you interact with now
Won't be paying your bills once you graduate
Every day is a clean slate you
Alone are responsible for your fate
The best is yet to come I promise
The future will be worth the wait chorus

We go through times of trials and
Tribulations so we can overcome
All born with different predispositions but
We determine the outcome
Take action now, lay your vices down
Before the damage is irreversible
It's never too late to send your sins to the
Grave and live a life
For you that's purposeful

The keys are in your hands don't leave
Your one life up to chance
Maintain resilience to meet the
Obstacles and the demands
Let your information process you're
Gaining useful adult knowledge
Learning doesn't end with the
High school you
Attend learning is a lifelong progress

Go with your gut and moral code don't
Get caught up with no gangs
You can't do the same things everyday
And expect something to change
I've already been through all
Those phases trust
That I know what I am sayin'
I'm here to raise the bar for women
Like my name was Sarah Palin

I want to help adolescents find their purpose
When I get my BSHM diploma
Don't wanna be 30 years
Old still kickin' it
Rent free livin' on my parents sofa
That ain't adult to me I got some big dreams
Notebooks with some big schemes
Life is a blessing but only if you let it be
Just remember to stay positive
On ya Charlie Sheen