| RUNAWAYS
(feat. Thailan w/ Kensho Kuma)
You're on the runway
Today is your day
All eyes will stare
What are you going to wear?
I think you should remove your mask
I walk with patience
Kids be analyzing fits, kicks, and mannerisms
Went from spitting in the ciph
Broke, unattractive, to modeling denim
Designer products made in the inhumane
Taiwanese sweatshops
Ads on my torso, biceps, abs and butt
Dissected by them fashion critics
Expanding insecurities of modern-day consumers
Bleaching hair to dark skin
Even black actresses got white features
Ghetto businesses move weights, stack high
Get this profit
Dreams of moving family inside white-picket fences
Certain women receiving operations
Fixing almond-shaped eyes to look less ethnic
Asian kids can't relate to cinema, videotapes
Searching for identity within these media-scapes
Feigning the lavish gifts I'll get
Once my talent is finally acknowledged
You’ll never start to live until you kill your own image
Accepting inner beauty, let go of objects
Which really owns us
Change up your mindset
Leave the rest the way it is
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She's
ugly, he's pretty, depending on the day
They say love is unconditional, but that's just what they say
Looking down at these hands
And touching the softness of my face
Reflections in the mirror disappears into space
Another one, lost in illusion
The fashion fence, image of seclusion
Advertisements brainwashing me on freeways
I'm not a slave but others have gone down
Wasting energy on an image
Bought from the lost and found
Life is real, can you feel, the mask start to peel away
Layers of persona will begin it's quick decay
It's okay, don't be afraid of what we'll learn from the truth
Behind the trench coat
The naked soul starts from the root
Believe it, leave it all behind
The most attractive style is of the natural design
I'm running in the woods through the trees
Do you want to come with me into the light?
Free from the bondage of this global beauty life?
You're on the runway
Today is your day
All eyes will stare
What are you going to wear?
I think you should remove your mask |