Memphis

"You gon' be a star" they said
They said
"You gon' take us far" they said
They said
"Everywhere you go
They gon' know your name"
Who cares if you get lonely
As long you're famous?
"Don't you want money and the cars?"
They said
"Expensive liquor and cigars?"
They said

I mean
What's better than havin' everything
That you dreamed of?
Long as they need you
You don't need love

Just be great
Put on for your city
For your state
And whatever you do
Just make us proud
Ain't gon' be no cryin'
From the clouds
Yeah, they say
"Just be great
Who cares if there's too much on your plate?
Don't make no mistakes
And hide your pain
No rain
Whatever you do
Just make us proud
And ain't gon' be no cryin'
From the clouds"
(Ain't gon' be no cryin' from the clouds)

"You gon', you gon' be a star," they said
They said
"Don't waste your tomorrow," they said
They said
"You're the one that's
Chosen to make it out
Gotta seize the moment
Don't let us down"
"Just gotta play your part, " they said
"And history, you'll be a part of it"

I mean
What's better than havin' everything
That you dreamed of?
Long as they need you
You don't need love

Just be great
(just be great)
Put on for your city, for your state
(for your state)
And whatever you do
Just make us proud (proud)
Ain't gon' be no cryin' from the clouds (clouds)
Yeah, they say
"Just be great (just be great)
Who cares if there's too much on your plate? (On your plate now)
Don't make no mistakes
And hide your pain, no rain
Whatever you do
Just make us proud
And ain't gon' be no cryin' from the clouds"
Ain't gon' be no cryin' from the clouds
(Ooh)
(ain't gon' be no-)

I was way too far out in the world
But I still put on for my city
I was handin' out too much milk money
Too much kitten, and ti-
I lost my voice like a pastor
Faster than a Harlem shimmy
But I guess that's
What you get for tryin' to make heartbreak pretty
Uh, they say, "Life's a -"
(they say, "Life's a -")
And then you die

So please
If you're pennin' my eulogy
Just say I tried (I tried)
And that's word to Phineas
Jess and Si
And if I don't wake up in Heaven
Then it was one hell of a ride (hell of a ride)
(yeah) (yeah)
If I don't wake up in Heaven
It was one hell of a ride
A hell of a ride

Uh
Momma said money
Can't buy me happiness
So I copped a G5
Tried to fly myself up next to it
I - up some commas
Just to dot-dot-dot
Where's the rest of it?
This what clean look like
When clean took life
And made a mess of it
Had to realize
I'm just blessed to it
You can't take it all with you
But you can remember the best of it
I pray for peace
Within myself and
No more regrets with it
'Cause when I looked
At my soul in the Mississippi
It reflected it
And if you know me
You're right next to it

I'm everything you thought I was
I'm everything I thought I was
It was everything I thought it was
It was everything I thought it was