(You just gotta know) You ever feel like life just comin' at ya a million miles an hour? (You just gotta know) You just gotta know Somebody's holdin' it all together
Life is like an elevator, a lot of ups and downs People pushin' your buttons and gettin' jerked around I used to lurk around town tryin' to work around Workin' so that I could hit the ground with the perfect sound Even perfect sound sounds like work When you spend your time flirtin' with the crown in the perp I was bound for Berzerk with a layover in Crazy, Got lazy Jay-Z hopin' rocker fellas paid me Or rockin' ladies were caught me a Mercedes But that whole dream was in ‘80's baby Missed that shot like the cop that's crooked TV goes off, third eye still lookin' Mom still cookin', I can always go home Even though I'm five years past grown (five years past grown) Here I go again, I'm still chasin' the wind, I can't win When it gets hot, it boils down to sin If Heaven ain't a gift, then I ain't getting' in (man)
I can't even find the words for the way I feel So I paint a picture, I paint a picture I've been goin' down this road, seen some crazy things So I paint a picture, you gots to see it
You just gotta know You just gotta know You just gotta know You just gotta know
(Yeah) I sit and hear the guitars play, Wonder if they could, what would stars say or Venus and Mars say Or say that we want it our way, Stars so desperate to shine that they go on livin' the hard way The intellect to travel to Mars but so blind, We worship Venus but she don't even know who we are And she never cared why cuz she wasn't there When I was tryin' to drown my sorrows in a pool of despair I ain't perfect, sometimes I feel worthless, Worth less than that is the image that I'da purchased Man, from the shades to the shirt to the shoes, Just another fool tryin' to cover he's confused, that ain't cool Sometimes I hate the man in the mirror Cuz I know he's a liar and a cheater and a killer People say they love him but they love what he can give 'em, But deep inside he knows that there's a reason for him livin'
I can't even find the words for the way I feel So I paint a picture, I paint a picture I've been goin' down this road, seen some crazy things So I paint a picture, you gots to see it
You just gotta know You just gotta know You just gotta know You just gotta know
(Uh) You know I need you like aqua, Day without ya got me so nauseous, If I ain't cautious, I'm gonna self-inflict my sickness You know it's true, you as my witness At how you witness my inconsistence Yes, the ovation when I need your assistance And I just gotta know that even though I'm a misfit I'm still worth more than calamity's French kiss Yes I'm loved, and I'm pursued And though I can't feel it, still I know that it's true Somebody woke me up, and yeah, I know it was you And yet I keep tryin' to steer clear of your view Cuz if you get me, I know that you got me But I'm so insecure I can't believe that you want me But then I heard you went on your way to adopt me Well you can have my all if you swear you won't drop me Cuz I gotta know (yeah)
You just gotta know (gotta know, gotta know) You just gotta know (gotta know, gotta know that it's real) You just gotta know (gotta know, gotta know that it's real) You just gotta know (hey, hey, gotta know that it's real)
You just gotta know (gotta know, gotta know) You just gotta know (gotta know, gotta know that it's real) You just gotta know (gotta know, gotta know that it's real) You just gotta know (hey, hey, gotta know that it's real)