Vanity

There we go, there we go I think we're live again Yeah Check it [Verse 1: Blu] All alone, unplug my phone Back in the zone, been home but been gone Prioritizing life in case I do not live long And finally found some time to sit down and pen this song Might as well try to tell you how I feel when I feel And not just when it's time to pay some bills, life is real You can miss it everyday, trying to get a little pay Fill the page with some change Try to feel a little change on my mind I be thinking about the rain but Sunshine shines everyday but hey What can I say? This is sunny California where the phoneys run up on you Cause they want you to be just like them I'm on the corner 'bout to get a swisher from the liquor store Twist the dro, sit at home, pen a song Call a chick, get some dome Play my shit, when I roll Cause nobody knows my mental like me Open my window let you people get a peep, peep My life is simple, yo they think the shit is deep. Sheep Be sleeping on me cause I finally got some sheets. Please That's for wifey not just hoes that want to ride me Cause they like me when I'm riding the beat "To each his own", niggas say. They gripping chromes Splitting domes in they song, when I just feel I'm pennin' a poem Peace [Chorus] I can't believe they think it's (Vanity) Even my peeps say it's (Vanity) (They call it Vanity) Just because I'd rather eat in peace My life's been a bitch like this chick named(Vanity) (They call it Vanity) Sitting alone on my own dick is (Vanity) And when I'm gone, "home sick" is just (Vanity) [Verse 2: Blu] Yeah All alone Back in the zone. No, wifey at home Been home but ain't boned though Threw a few dollars to her Told her get her comb out my hair Turn a square to a spliff and lift my dome in the air Above clouds where the rain falls all inside my home Like, pain colored paint balls Call it what you want Niggas laugh cause my faith strong All I know is no one knows the places that I've gone Or faces that I've seen cry, seen laugh, seen die Seen eyes with my life in all of them Seen signs of falling but I caught hope Will in my wings, halo, I'll haul hope To faith like a new black pope Fuck a debate I am dope when I want to be And flow when I'm on the beat I stroke when I want to; need to skeet Fuck the streets They will fuck you if you don't "Keep your enemies and homies on the ropes When they supposed to be close" Poppa told me. And the few that know showed me the ropes Hanging on dreams to be happy, whether lavish or lean I've seen enough to make a boy die nappy Now a man on a search for the God that I am But actually I'd rather be me Is that (Vanity)? My poppa told me it was (Vanity) My old lady said it's (Vanity) [Outro] Because I'd rather be all by myself Instead of laughing with the crowd If I don't care to be part of their gaiety They'll often say to me, "Don't be so proud." But how are they to know? I'm looking high and low For love that used to be my own...