[Hook: Rock City] They said I been wrong for way too long, I wish they would leave me alone They said I ain't strong and I can't hold on, I wish they would leave me alone He said, she said, that I'm wanted by the law, I wish they would leave me alone And ain't no (something) gonna get too far, I wish they would leave me alone
[Verse 1: Machine Gun Kelly] I never would've thought as a kid dreaming to record That I would've went through more ups and downs that a seesaw But this a grown man's world so you need balls Million and one problems, the fuck you bitching at me for? Bruh, but what you eat doesn't make me shit So no matter what I'mma make these hits Cause hating on you couldn't make me rich So I gotta, gotta go get that dollar and the fifteen cents For the profit don't equal the rent Shit, I'm a father, I gotta feed my kids And I wish that I could say I had 15 friends Who happy to see my success and don't want a piece of my ends Cause what they don't understand is I'm struggling just like them I just pray that my story is gon' be happy in the end
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[Verse 2: Machine Gun Kelly] And I pray for happiness in these sad times Hope someday my life will bubble like it's bath time What else? Maybe somewhere countin' numbers like it's math time So I gotta grind, no breaks, fuck halftime I've had a job since fourteen Pushing carts, fast food, scrubbing floors, yeah I done the whole thing But I was fed up, couldn't just work for anybody And I guess it's true what they say, school's not for everybody I'm just a dropout, nineteen with no hope But my notebook front to back is full of big dreams of SoHo And I don't know, how to answer my girl when she ask When you gonna work and leave this music in the past?
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[Verse 3: Machine Gun Kelly] If it is what I ask for, a little money in my pocket and a passport But I never knew that it would come at the price Of a hundred people hatin on me, now I gotta wear a mask or Just fast forward, cause the internet thug in this city wanna see you fail But if you rewind, know I've been through hell So no matter what I will prevail So my father or my daughter or myself and all my team And these labels couldn't change me either, not one thing See the streets want me to thug, and corporate America thinks I'm priceless If I remove the curse and live my life like Miley Cyrus But I'm none of that, fuck that, the money couldn't change me Still the underdog, still the kid, it's the same me Came from the bottom on my own And I did it as MGK, fuck off and leave me alone