Cooler Than Me (feat. Big Sean) - Mike Posner

Do or die Look, all I wanna do is make the city proud, yeah Wishing all the OGs could see me now, no, yeah And when you feel something you can't see But you know it's meant to be You gonna realize that this is bigger than me yeah Bigger than me, bigger than me When the whole family depend on you to eat That night you can't sleep You gonna realize that this is bigger than me Get it, get it, get it I pray that you get it even if I can't get it with cha I pray to God you never let the little things in life distract you from the bigger picture Everybody in the city to me like a distant cousin, brother, little sister I see myself in the young ones When I look in their eyes it feel like a mirror Corleone all on my own (Don) Cartier all on my arm All I hear is sirens and car alarms Niggas going to war with no armor on First time I seen a dead body I was 14 And I felt the pressure Like if I don't get it, might end up next to him I'ma take the dice and I'ma roll a 7 Seven, seven, seven, 7-11 it's 911 getting called around The hood America's lost and found Where niggas get lost and never found All I ever wanted was to turn these Gs into Ms and Mercedes keys Got it and still felt incomplete That's when I realized this shit was bigger than me Bigger than me When the whole town on their feet And they all waiting on you to speak That's when you realize that this is bigger than me All I wanna do is make the city proud, yeah Wishing all the OGs could see me now, now, now, yeah Ohhh ya ya yeah Ohhh ya ya yeah You gon' realize that this was bigger than me Used to want that foreign Got that foreign, now it's boring Started touring Swear to God that's when I realized this shit was bigger than me Flash on niggas with the Rollie Got that Rollie with the shine But lost my time That's when I realized this shit was bigger than me I seen people in the same place 10 years later Man that shit pathetic God talking to me telepathic like it only happen if you let it I can't spend my whole life looking at the same ceiling fan When I feel like I ain't got no ceilings man If I ain't special I'll feel it then I gotta get on the road I gotta be the one chose I gotta come back and tell the greatest story they never told This must be the feeling that you get when you know you close And you know it's a way in even when the doors are closed And realize this shit is bigger than me yeah Bigger than me When the whole town on their feet And they all waiting on you to speak That's when you realize that this is bigger than me All I wanna do is make the city proud, yeah Wishing all the OGs could see me now, now, now, yeah Ohhh ya ya yeah Ohhh ya ya yeah Ohhh ya ya yeah Ohhh ya ya ya ya ya ya ya yeah Ohhh ya ya ya ya ya ya ya yeah Ohhh ya ya ya ya ya ya ya yeah Well no matter what, I'm proud of you. Even when you do stupid things that I have warned you about. You must get that from your daddy. I'm just kidding, you know I love you. You listening? Yeah yeah, I'm listening. I love you too In a way I feel like I'm living through you Sometimes it feels like I got another chance at everything That's deep to feel like that I kinda feel the same way though sometimes Yeah With all the work that's goin' on I feel like This is like my second time doin' it So I know that sound crazy but, You know I just I don't know why I always imagine myself as like someone who failed at everything he ever did at life You know and I got to the end of life and just regretted it all and Somehow, this is my chance to go back and get it all right And when I wake up With that in mind, you know, it completely changes my hunger How I approach the whole day I mean you decide to live your life like that then pshh Man I guarantee we'll live life to our best potential It's that simple! It's all about living in the moment Period

Hey Hey Cooler than a bitch (Cool) Let her think twice, my shooter in the VIP (Yeah) Tenth grade, bought a Frank Mueller off of licks (Yeah) Percocet, feelin' like I'm cruisin' on a ship (Woah) It's your birthday, put some icin' on your wrist (Ice) I reached every goal, had to write another list (Yeah) I'm strokin' on a toe while she bitin' on her lip (Stroke) I fly across the globe and I call another hit (Fly) They watchin' 'cause they know how slimey it can get (Slime) I'm ridin' to the top from the bottom of ditch (Bottom off the ditch) Your favorite rapper burnt And he runnin' out of hits (Runnin' out of hits) Say the wrong word, and I'ma shoot him in his shit (Yeah) We some big dogs, you a poodle, I'm a pit (Shoot him) I don't trust these hoes at all Just as far as I can spit (Far as I can spit) We fuckin' up the mall If you like it, then you get it (Like it, then you get it) We stack the money tall, if you broke, then we'll fix it (Tall) I feel like a rocket, I'm goin' outer space (Outer space) Got pretty vibes with me, I make sure all of 'em straight I dress a bitch, I put her in some Prada and BAPE Young Wunna international in all 50 states (Woah) Listen, I might buss a nigga, war ready Chop a nigga crew with a machete Smokin' gasoline, 93, unleaded Card never D'd, I can spend without a limit (Yeah) Three Rolls watches and they all got baguette'd (Woah) I got ten bad bitches, I keep all of 'em happy (Yeah) You ain't did nothin' for my bitch, bought an all-gold Patek She can suck a good dick, get the Benz four 'matic (Benz) This a rich nigga, come and feel my fabric Young GunWunna, I got hundreds in my pants and my jacket Chandelier all in the ceilin', think we fuckin' in the palace When you really gettin' millions, it gon' up a nigga status Up a nigga status Cooler than a bitch (Cool) Let her think twice, my shooter in the VIP (Yeah) Tenth grade, bought a Frank Mueller off of licks (Yeah) Percocet, feelin' like I'm cruisin' on a ship (Woah) It's your birthday, put some icin' on your wrist (Ice) I reached every goal, had to write another list (Yeah) I'm strokin' on a toe while she bitin' on her lip (Stroke) I fly across the globe and I call another hit (Fly) They watchin' 'cause they know how slimey it can get (Slime) I'm ridin' to the top from the bottom of ditch (Bottom off the ditch) Your favorite rapper burnt And he runnin' out of hits (Runnin' out of hits) Say the wrong word, and I'ma shoot him in his shit (Yeah) We some big dogs, you a poodle, I'm a pit (Shoot him) I don't trust these hoes at all Just as far as I can spit (Far as I can spit) We fuckin' up the mall If you like it, then you get it (Like it, then you get it) We stack the money tall, if you broke, then we'll fix it (Tall) Pull up to the Maybach in the driveway, hmm Traphouse, had bitches countin' hundreds in the room How you claimin' you a street nigga havin' loose lips? Got a lot of new shit, Eliantte chain like the bottom of a ship Got my niggas in the feds, gettin' loads when they get out Keefa had to bring the Bentayga with the kit out Got five bitches rollin' off the dope at the penthouse She ain't tryna give me no neck, she had to get out Send my young shooters, go wet some shit Big brother taught me how to sip Actavis When I pull up Mulsanne, she get crackin' on the dick Lil' shawty gave me brain, I almost crashed the whip Get her Saint Laurent, what's your shoe size? Fucked her, I done came 'bout two times, yeah I got top on top the rooftop, yeah Big Cullinan, suicide, yeah Cooler than a bitch (Cool) Let her think twice, my shooter in the VIP (Yeah) Tenth grade, bought a Frank Mueller off of licks (Yeah) Percocet, feelin' like I'm cruisin' on a ship (Woah) It's your birthday, put some icin' on your wrist (Ice) I reached every goal, had to write another list (Yeah) I'm strokin' on a toe while she bitin' on her lip (Stroke) I fly across the globe and I call another hit (Fly) They watchin' 'cause they know how slimey it can get (Slime) I'm ridin' to the top from the bottom of ditch (Bottom off the ditch) Your favorite rapper burnt And he runnin' out of hits (Runnin' out of hits) Say the wrong word, and I'ma shoot him in his shit (Yeah) We some big dogs, you a poodle, I'm a pit (Shoot him) I don't trust these hoes at all Just as far as I can spit (Far as I can spit) We fuckin' up the mall If you like it, then you get it (Like it, then you get it) We stack the money tall, if you broke, then we'll fix it (Tall) Ice Yeah Slime Runnin' out of hits Yeah

People want to know (If you, if you, if you, if you, if you) People want to know (If you, if you, if you, if you, if you) People want to know (If you, if you, if you, if you, if you) People want to know (If you, if you, if you, if you, if you) If you ever get tired being perfect Do you ever get tired being perfect? I got on a flight, the plane's brand new We can make it to New York in an hour or two Look down on the city from heights high as these Everything's perfect And my friend tells me that I'm too nice Her voice trails off, but she wants advice I recycle some quote, I heard Dylan write It said everything's perfect (Perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect) (Perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect) When I wake up before you and watch you sleep (Perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect) And you tell me later that you're dreaming of me (Perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect) When I walk down the street and the trees know my name (Perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect) People I don't know around an open flame (Perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect) A grandmother's fingers around a granddaughter's hand (Perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect) People speaking languages that I don't understand (Perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect) When you stare into my eyes and I'm thinking you're the one that's (Perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect) When my mama tells me that she's proud of what I've done (Perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect) When the winter ends in the city that I'm from (Perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect) When I open up and get hurt by someone (That's) (Perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect) When you trust somebody and they don't let you down (That's) (Perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect) When somebody you love dies, but you still feel them around Oh, yeah Oh, yeah Ever get tired (Oh, yeah) Being perfect? (Feel it? Can you feel it? Can you feel it? Yeah) Do you ever get tired (Oh, yeah) Being perfect?

No one could tell me That you were right for me, girl You could have told me To run a lap around the world All that time I was hypnotized While you f--- behind my back Now my mind keeps me up all night Why'd you have to say bye like that? I should have cheated on you Awooh I was everything you wanted and more I should have cheated on you Awooh Nobody told me I was dating a whore I should have cheated, cheated, cheated I should have cheated, cheated, cheated I should have cheated, cheated, cheated I should have cheated, cheated, cheated My friends should have told me You weren't the one for me, girl 'Cause you almost sold me I bought a rock for you girl, I bought a rock All that time I was hypnotized While you f--- behind my back Now my mind keeps me up all night Why'd you have to say bye like that? I should have cheated on you Awooh I was everything you wanted and more I should have cheated on you Awooh Nobody told me I was dating a whore I should have cheated, cheated, cheated I should have cheated, cheated, cheated I should have cheated, cheated, cheated I should have cheated, cheated, cheated I should have cheated Liar, liar, hey girl You gon' tell all your friends That I'm talking about you I'm talking about you You gon' tell, you gon' tell all your friends That I'm talking about you I'm talking about you, I'm talking about you Caroline Stephens, this song is for you I should have cheated on you Awooh I was everything you wanted and more I should have cheated on you Awooh Nobody told me I was dating a whore I should have cheated, cheated, cheated I should have cheated, cheated, cheated I should have cheated, cheated, cheated I should have cheated, cheated, cheated I should have cheated on you

Met a girl, her name was Jade Cuts her nails with a razor blade Says she lives by no one's law Ran my pride through a big chainsaw Have you heard of D.B. Cooper? I got pulled over by an old state trooper I met a girl, her name was Jade She cut my face with a razor blade Yeah, I screamed out in fury Yeah, but my cries were not heard Yeah, the judge and the jury Yeah, they could offer no cure I met a girl, her name was Jade She got a brand new man and they got engaged The wedding's gon' be on a big green hill They hope it won't rain but it probably will The man, he was a football star He broke his knee, now he sells cars Only so much that words can do Love was blind, but they cured that, too You know, Gandhi has a son our age He said the freedom thing's just one big cage I met a girl, her name was Jade Her husband died, but she kept his name Yeah, she screamed out in fury Yeah, but her cries were not heard Yeah, her mom was so worried Yeah, but she could offer no cure Boss man calls for a meeting at noon Big cigar in an oak board room We got an idea and we think it's great Said it was too much so we're gonna try eight Who made love to Scarlet Jo? And where the hell did Josh Hartnett go? I met a girl, her name was Jade Lived her whole damn life in a mascaraed Yeah, I screamed out in fury Yeah, but my cries were not heard Yeah, they said I'll never see 30 Yeah, they could offer no cure I met a girl, her name was Jade She cuts her nails with a razor blade

Where do I turn to? Girl if it ain't you Why you be playing these games? And all of my friends say That you are sus, but Girl I still fuck with you either way You act like I don't know When you say you're all alone I know that you're with him Girl I can't fuck with you anymore Girl I can't fuck with you Let's just state the obvious Let's just state the truth Let's just state the obvious You're done with me and I'm done with you You're done with me and I'm done with you Done with me and I'm done with you Alright, cigarettes and a sip of wine You don't have a happy life so you shit on mine You wanna cut me up, baby you should get in line I know it burns right now, but you'll forget in time That I used to be your man, remember? That I used to hold your hand, remember? You told me you would stay down for whatever Keep it real any weather from November to November Then came the life of the on-call barber Where we walk around in all our armor And if I'm bein' honest, I'm caught up in this contest Of which L.A. male can ball out harder Shit, probably me We were doomed from the start, baby how did we meet? I slipped you a smile I was fakin' You was servin' bottles to me half naked That was uncalled for, ego's out of control So I had to let you go cause I'm stubborn I wait a little bit of time Now I'm readin' online you're fuckin' Jared Leto's brother No offense to him if I see him at the Beverly I'm 28 now, tryna figure my identity The worst memories are the good memories It's obvi' you were never meant for me Let's just state the obvious Let's just state the truth Let's just state the truth Let's just state the obvious You're done with me and I'm done with you Done with me and I'm done with you You're done with me and I'm done with you You're done with me and I'm done with you You're done with me and I'm done with you You're done with me and I'm done with you You're done with me and I'm done with you You're done with me and I'm done with you