[Verse 1]

Yeah, once upon a time not long ago,

My grandmother told me one day I'd change

I felt like she was coming down on me

So I told her no, I'd be the same

Not knowing she was only trying to help

Motivate me to excel and climb

I was thinking she was the one trapped

While I was stuck in the cage of my mind

Man if I would've known what I know now

I would have brought my head down out of that cloud

Told her thank you and that I loved her

But I was too cool and too damn proud

What a fool I was in fact

I've changed so much, now looking back

I wish somebody I thought was cool

Was cool as she was when she told me that.

[Hook]

I see you, the real you

Trying to cover up what's inside of you

But everything you do, is make believe

Yeah you're hot, but you're too cool

I see you!

I see you!

I see you!

[Verse 2]

Baby girl don't know much about

What it would take to become a star

Hollywood is so far fetched

Too long of a drive in an old car

Work every day but you barely eat

Going over lines from a script you read

Your boyfriend said it's a silly dream

But how can you dream when you never sleep

You're looking in the mirror and you're picturing a light show

A glimpse in the lens of a camera

Behind the scenes of life as a tightrope

Yea you walk a thin line

But a thin line is all you need

A thin line in an indy movie

Just a break for somebody to see the

Talent inside, the ballad of a diary you write

The by and by is just another day for a normal girl

But for you it's another day that you tried

Aside from the fact that you ride in the back of a bus

Sometimes cause your car won't work

Well maybe you should take that bus to l.a.

And put your dreams first because...

[Hook]

I see you, the real you

Trying to cover up what's inside of you

But everything you do, is make believe

Yeah you're hot, but you're too cool

I see you!

I see you!

I see you!

[Verse 3]

Black and white, everything is black and white

Broke down, simple and plain

Most of us lost with a curious brain

Curiosity is looked at as strange

Stuck in a lane, but you can't complain

While you look at another passing train

Wondering how, where's it going?

Wishing you were inside, packed and rolling

To another place, but your time is chosen

To live low key, 'cause your dream is stolen

They don't understand, they believe in loathing

Lounging, loafing, waiting, hoping

Homie if the grass is greener

Look, the gate is open

You're waiting for god to release the ocean

Sitting on the beach two feet from floating

But I see you...

[Hook]

I see you, the real you

Trying to cover up what's inside of you

But everything you do, is make believe

Yeah you're hot, but you're too cool

I see you!

I see you!

I see you!