Yea, hehe   Eh uh uh, here we go   Yea yea   Uh uh, classic shit   Yea y'all   I'm a rock star baby      Fuckin' with these niggaz   Yea yea yea uhh      I'm a rock star baby   (If they could only read my mind)   I'm a rock star baby   (If they could only hear my cries)   I'm a rock star baby   (If they would only realize)   I'm a rock star baby, hey hey   (Only if they could live my life)      Said a nigga was raised up in the streets   (Yea mama, I'm a thug)   And nothin' is stoppin for me   (Except for myself)   Is the Lord in me?   (You and everyone else)   God please shine down on me   (Shine down on me)      I'm not the only nigga that prays every day for forgiveness   This life is makin' me substance abusive   The media always wants the exclusive   Well here it is, fuck 'em all baby, 'cause they're useless   Sometimes I feel all I need is my music   It fuckin' sets me free,d let me breathe   'Cause my niggaz ain't leavin they blood on the streets   For they kids not to eat and they kids not to eat   Revolution, pick a side and draw heats   And may the best man hold his head on these here streets   'Cause in life and in music, I'm poised and I'm focused   And the world should take notice      I'm a rock star baby   (If they could only read my mind)   I'm a rock star baby   (If they could only hear my cries)   I'm a rock star baby   (If they would only realize)   I'm a rock star baybay, hey hey   (Only if they could live my life)      Underworld ties is where my heart lies   They do the drama, makin' songs like ol' blue eyes   That make the whole world sing.   It's alright if you don't understand me, it wasn't meant to be   'Cause it's hard enough for me to fight for what I believe in   Than have to look in the mirror and see demons   Now everybody's talkin' rhyme over reason   My only reason for rhymin' is 'cause I bleed it   Here come the leeches, they gettin' paid   Off my talent, my love, my pain, am I a slave?   Bein' cursed in my own brain   For this life I embrace and I praise   A nigga stuck in his ways   As the remix plays   Rule and J.Blige, rainy days   I think about life and music and how to stay focused   And the world should take notice      I'm a rock star baby   (If they could only read my mind)   I'm a rock star baby   (If they could only hear my cries)   I'm a rock star baby   (If they would only realize)   I'm a rock star baby, hey hey   (Only if they could live my life)      Hey, this is a message to mankind   I bust clearly you shoot blind, not in my right mind   Lord if you love me please throw up a sign   And take a nigga off the path of destroyin' his life and   This life we're livin' the sign of the times   Where buildings take on planes, babies born with AIDS   Yea we all need change   So I became a rock star baby   (Rock on)   Now they all gon' hate me   (Hate on)   But from the bottom of my heart I pray   That in life and in music the world stays focused   And I hope you all notice      I'm a rock star baby   (If they could only read my mind)   I'm a rock star baby   (If they could only hear my cries)   I'm a rock star baby   (If they would only realize)   I'm a rock star baby, hey hey   (Only if they could live my life)      I'm a rock star baby   (If they could only read my mind)   I'm a rock star baby   (If they could only hear my cries)   I'm a rock star baby   (If they would only realize)   I'm a rock star baby, hey hey   (Only if they could live my life)      {We plan history right here you fuckers   Ya ain't gonna hear this no more   Y' an' a dick, its the last time that   You hear a gangster like this}