you came to this city   to make it big time   talented and pretty   hold a sick rhyme   oh, so determined   could see it in your eyes   you would stand strong   never compromise   but it took so long   you didn't realize   when the purest song   became the truest lie   you got a manager   and then you met work   you took the criticism   from all the experts   you doing porn now   stilettos worn down   only fifty bucks to get you to perform now   he got you in the car 'cause he said he liked blonds   and then he got you home   said put this wig on   wearing strap-ons   wasn't in the plans   you wanted money so you listened to the man   what is now corrupted was once beautiful   welcome to the industry   this is what they do and he said      put your face down   and your ass up   tuck your free mind   into these handcuffs   cover up the flaws   in between the sheets   you sold out now   how can you sleep      syntax their abstract statements   idea roles and product placement   don't try to distort your melody   it may get redundant once again   textiles direct the motion   a demanded expiration   they've got you in their bed    with no room for fucking you one said      pretty prom queen pastel face paint   posing for the pictures but the pout won't placate   princess posture attempt to look proper   primp and you preen but real poets never prosper   poseurs get praised pop-art parades   you must pay the pig for your song to get played   a pussy as the price by the end of the night   but some of us work for love til the moment is right   so we spike the punch and mock all the popular   outsiders looking in jovial and jockular    but on the inside we wanna be crowned   you hold your worries up to be beat down   either way you ending up on your knees   suck the spotlight til your gods are appeased   so do you stand up or do stay down   it seems the whole worlds going both ways now      put your face down   and your ass up   tuck your free mind   into these handcuffs   cover up your flaws   in between the sheets   you sold out now   how can you sleep      syntax their abstract statements   idea roles and product placement   don't try to distort your melody   it may get redundant once again   textiles direct the motion   a demanded expiration   they've got you in their bed   with no room for fucking you one said      go replicate in monotone (x5)   you can tell you are the girl tonight   go replicate in monotone   you know they've got no room