Might (Not) Be

[Verse 1] These palm trees and deciduous leaves Are hardly indigenously rooted It's important to note that their uprooted and imported The water, the mob the evidence -all imported The nuclear bombs, the residents -all imported Unless you was battle born They stain walls to knock them down These same walls watch us walk around Joshua Trees they all falling down They say what happens in Vegas stays When actually what happens in Vegas remains Attacking the brains of every native with every wretched vacation But we keep praying our faith is extracting these Himalayas from Mcarron to the Cab they partying hard on the boulevard Back seat but you hardly a star Still you careen through my dreams Like Jupiter, Mars My nightmare is your cares don't care about ours [Hook] So tell them everything that glitters might not be gold And everything that shivers might not be cold Everyone that's religious might not be told That everyone that's a critic might not be wrong [Verse 2] My mother Chilean, father was Venezuelan They emigrated to Vegas in '80 and had a baby The baby would have a baby at fifteen Thirty three years later what's crazy this baby's raising a teen Ager named her Stacey It may sound stupid but she named her After her favourite character in the movie Clueless Now Stacey ain't no honours student she just average But still was a I'm gon' go to college student askin' Now Stacey's BFF is really her cousin She love her to death, she reppin the west She ain't from somerlin? One of them and they swear it's the other one Said we about to be eighteen, ? girl we should go clubbing So they hit the bathroom, drop that E like a tumblers Standing right in front of them was a man Who was the dude that even after they danced he didn't try to start touching her -cool Three months later he never treated her rude Yo' cousin a hater just 'cos I'm 32 She just made 'cos that red ain't all under her shoe Grab the towel headed back to the room straight from the pool Living with this cool dude he was writing some rhythms He smiled and watched her glisten and said "Baby you almost shining, I'm a name you like diamonds, sparkle something that glitters" She said baby I'm Stacey but baby, baby you trippin' Flipped her off and then he flipped it explicative This is pimpin' listen [Hook] Everyone if you hear it Eighty one if you get it Twenty One if you feel it Eighty one if you get it Twenty One if you feel it Only one if you live it