THIS IS NOT A GAME -- new!
_Be About It_
So you think this is a game.
I'm just playing, just some hobby I've found.
This is my life don't you realize
Got a story to tell
I'ma scream until I get through.
I walk for every boy who's been called weak,
queenie or fey. Too sweet. Scared to be a man.
Each strut is a declaration of my strength.
I speak for all the black people told
that we're only beautiful as stupid niggas
who play ball, sling rap verses or fill jail cells.
when i see white boys pimp our culture in 2005,
I'm sick to my stomach.
I want to snatch the faux bamboo necklaces and fashion bulletproof vest off of the wall.
Walk in my size 11 purple, diamond studded stilettos,
See what you could do,
Spit my language back at me, bro
Let me hear how it sounds.
THOUGHT SO
(HOOK) Cuz you are just talking baby,
I don't need you talking at me.
What you're saying ain't true,
no it really ain't you, baby.
If you're gonna be about it
Be about it.
Don't just sit and talk about it.
Be about it.
I run with people who are true
Is it really in you, baby?
You said that you were my friend,
my homegirl, my #1 fan.
Yet you can't stay by my side.
What am I gon' do with you?
You see me out, pretend to be as close as kin, "how've you been",
"let's hang out," bullshit.
But you're too busy to follow through.
What am I gon' do without you?
I might just cut you off
Watch you fade and blur
as I float higher and higher above you
Getting mine WITHOUT YOU
Holding me down like weight
But I am too nice.
I dance for my girls who can't
Afraid to be critizied and ostricized
Into corners pitch black.
My hips swing free keeping me healthy.
ALIVE IN THE MEANTIME.
I shine for the queens who can't
forced to pantomime, stoop low for singles.
I am bound to follow my own trend, my heart.
Watch me.
(Hook) Are you just talking, baby?
Don't need you talking at me.
What you saying ain't true
No, it really ain't you.
If you're gonna be about it,
BE ABOUT IT
Don't just sit and talk about it,
BE ABOUT IT
I need someone who's true
Is it really in you, baby?
BRIDGE: I don't need your sweet lines no more
I wanted your sweet lines , yes
But I am worth so much more.
If you want to be in my life anymore
You need to stand behind your words.
I am worth that much more.
(HOOK x5times)
So you think this is a game.
I'm just playing, just some hobby I've found.
This is my life don't you realize
Got a story to tell
I'ma scream until I get through.
I walk for every boy who's been called weak,
queenie or fey. Too sweet. Scared to be a man.
Each strut is a declaration of my strength.
I speak for all the black people told
that we're only beautiful as stupid niggas
who play ball, sling rap verses or fill jail cells.
when i see white boys pimp our culture in 2005,
I'm sick to my stomach.
I want to snatch the faux bamboo necklaces and fashion bulletproof vest off of the wall.
Walk in my size 11 purple, diamond studded stilettos,
See what you could do,
Spit my language back at me, bro
Let me hear how it sounds.
THOUGHT SO
(HOOK) Cuz you are just talking baby,
I don't need you talking at me.
What you're saying ain't true,
no it really ain't you, baby.
If you're gonna be about it
Be about it.
Don't just sit and talk about it.
Be about it.
I run with people who are true
Is it really in you, baby?
You said that you were my friend,
my homegirl, my #1 fan.
Yet you can't stay by my side.
What am I gon' do with you?
You see me out, pretend to be as close as kin, "how've you been",
"let's hang out," bullshit.
But you're too busy to follow through.
What am I gon' do without you?
I might just cut you off
Watch you fade and blur
as I float higher and higher above you
Getting mine WITHOUT YOU
Holding me down like weight
But I am too nice.
I dance for my girls who can't
Afraid to be critizied and ostricized
Into corners pitch black.
My hips swing free keeping me healthy.
ALIVE IN THE MEANTIME.
I shine for the queens who can't
forced to pantomime, stoop low for singles.
I am bound to follow my own trend, my heart.
Watch me.
(Hook) Are you just talking, baby?
Don't need you talking at me.
What you saying ain't true
No, it really ain't you.
If you're gonna be about it,
BE ABOUT IT
Don't just sit and talk about it,
BE ABOUT IT
I need someone who's true
Is it really in you, baby?
BRIDGE: I don't need your sweet lines no more
I wanted your sweet lines , yes
But I am worth so much more.
If you want to be in my life anymore
You need to stand behind your words.
I am worth that much more.
(HOOK x5times)