[Verse 1: Jharrel Jerome]
To keep it real
Even with these accolades
I don't know how to feel
Even all alone I can't find any time to chill
All these eyes on me
I believe that looks could kill
To keep it real, to keep it real
Can't follow the wave
Can't follow the wave, no
No longer the same
No longer the same, no
Dang—can't think of the fame
Can't think of the pain, no
But all my demons keep me eating
Every evening tell me, tell me—yeah
Just how to keep it real—yeah
Tell me how to keep it real—yeah
Yeah...

[Pre-Chorus: Jharrel Jerome]
Tell me how to be real for real
Tell me how to feel how I feel
Even in a world with money (money, money)
Everybody wanna chill where I chill
Tell me which chain should I cop?
Tell me who’s boo should I grab?
Tell me who’s name should I drop?
I'mma just do what you ask