[Verse 1]

Yeah, headed for the top

Yeah, I see the signs, but they never saying stop

Ain't in it for the ride, little homie, you can walk

They say it's my time, hands clappin' on my watch

Yeah, wait for the applause

We ain't never changing, yo, we happy how we are

We here, got us here, so I know we gettin' far

A no-one yesterday, star by tomorrow

Life gave me lemons, but I'm waiting for the limelight

Haters gettin' mad when I tell 'em what my life's like (my life's like)

Every day I got some new fans

Reaching every goal, every day I got some new plans

And I knew it would happen

Somethin' so good came from something so tragic

And yeah, I'm done with this, it ain't the smell of burnt plastic

But when it come to real shit

Baby, you the last chick

[Chorus]

Guess the kid too real for them (real for them)

Dreams turned real, world turned pretend

Let 'em all get they strings pulled (strings pulled)

Thank God I'm a real boy

Whoa, whoa, whoa

Real shit, I ain't never been a decoy

Whoa, whoa, whoa

Thank God I'm a real boy

[Verse 2]

Yeah, I coulda quit when you told me to

But then we never see the part where you tell me "I'm proud of you"

They used to order me around, now they order me the rounds

Y'all just more paperweight; me, I really hold it down

'Cause I've been runnin' from the start

That's the way it goes when you runnin' from the heart

But I guess that I was runnin' from what tore that shit apart

Turn the pieces to mosaic, mean I turned that shit to art

They meant that I'm better than

Did that shit like Emerson

Took a shot and heard around the world, it was Ferdinand

Change in my pockets, still feelin' like a hundred grand

Used to be just be a boy with a plan, now up in the man

And what the hell? All of y'all scared to be yourselves

They say do this, do that, put your dreams up on a shelf

We ain't gonna listen, my ass—you can kiss it

These kids stop dreaming and it's up to me to fix it

[Chorus]

Guess the kid too real for them (real for them)

Dreams turned real, world turned pretend

Let 'em all get they strings pulled (strings pulled)

Thank God I'm a real boy

Whoa, whoa, whoa

Real shit, I ain't never been a decoy

Whoa, whoa, whoa

Thank God I'm a real boy

[Verse 3]

These kids skipped work, fuck marryin' next

Told their dreams they must forget

And that's not right, but it's so true

That you are best at being you

So don't ever let them change you

When the world is tryna break you down

They gonna try to replace you

Get up and go another round

'Cause we all too real for them

Let our dreams turn real, let 'em turn pretend

Let 'em all get they strings pulled

Thank God that we're all too real

[Chorus]

Guess the kid too real for them (real for them)

Dreams turned real, world turned pretend

Let 'em all get they strings pulled (strings pulled)

Thank God I'm a real boy

Whoa, whoa, whoa

Real shit, I ain't never been a decoy

Whoa, whoa, whoa

Thank God I'm a real boy