Jermaine Dupri
Opting Out
My self esteem's short, just like my temper
I'm open and exposed like the holes in my sweater
It's been years now and I'm still not getting better
Take me back home and I'll never leave ever, whether-

No or not, ain't shit that I got
I still walk the streets with the same ripped up socks
I still wander 'round with the same old locks
Wondering what noise is made from a fox

Not written by the law, oh, fuck the dictators
I move kinda sly with the traits of a traitor
Wanna laugh now, we'll see who laughs later
Man, fuck this world, I'm moving onto something greater

Ayyy, it's all just the same thing
We can see that your system is failing
Ayyy, so when does this stop?
After working a pitch I was born until I drop

No thank you, no thank you
I'm opting out
No thank you, no thank you
I'm opting out
(Opting out, ooh, opting out)
Don't care what you think, my generation is "rude"
We don't care about your perception or views
Don't invite us to your party or just riot
Text loud on the words so we'll never be quiet

Don't wanna be cool, fuck being fashionable
Leave me alone, you don't understand at all
Cage me in the room with 30 of us like an animal
I put a guy in front of us to talk it, it's laughable

Ayyy, it's all just the same thing
We can see that your system is failing
Ayyy, so when does this stop?
After working a pitch I was born until I drop

No thank you, no thank you
I'm opting out
No thank you, no thank you
I'm opting out
(Opting out, ooh, opting out)

Wait, let me process what you said
You mean to tell me I need money just to buy my bread?
I think of self-elimination, hanging by a thread
I'd rather work to live and then I'll be back till I'm dead like–
Wait, let me process what you said
You mean to tell me I need money just to buy my bread?
I think of self-elimination, hanging by a thread
I'd rather work to live and then I'll be back till I'm dead like–

No thank you, guess what?
I'm opting out
(Opting out, oh, opting out)

No thank you, no thank you
I'm opting out
No thank you, no thank you
I'm opting out
(Opting out, ooh, opting out)