[Intro]
Being there, ayy, just wanna be something
And if I’m not, I guess we’re the, we’re the last nothings, ayy

[Chorus]
I know I said, "I’ll be famous"
It doesn’t always happen like that
You were broken, I was anxious
Why does it always happen like that?
I hate this world, got hopes to change it
It doesn’t always happen like that
You were sober, I was faded
Why does it always happen like that?

[Verse]
Sometimes I feel like I should stack my fucking paper to the ceiling, ceiling’s got me feeling low
'Cause they just think that I’m too conscious, n***a, like I ain’t tryna make figures, I’m like "Fuck it all"
Lately, I’ve been turning down real jobs, tryna be a rapper, never told my mother
The feeling that your friends graduating while you still busting tables, not a greater number
I can’t wait to be forty in the strip club, when all my problems in life catch up to me
'Til then, I’m writin' verses, watching Netflix, complaining how they always got the worst movies
Damn, how many times will I watch Beverly Hills Cops until I can look like Axel Foley?
Life must be Eddie Murphy telling jokes, 'cause I always feel alone like a broken photo

[Chorus]
I know I said, "I’ll be famous"
It doesn’t always happen like that
You were broken, I was anxious
Why does it always happen like that?
I hate this world, got hopes to change it
It doesn’t always happen like that
You were sober, I was faded
Why does it always happen like that?
[Outro]
I know I said, "I’ll be famous"
It doesn’t always happen like that
You were broken, I was anxious
Why does it always happen like that?
I hate this world, got hopes to change it
It doesn’t always happen like that
You were sober, I was faded
Why does it always happen like that?