Famous (2014 Version)

By Lil Wayne

On Tha Carter V (2014 Version)

Released on 2019

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[Chorus: Sam Bruno]

Welcome to your name in lights

All the lighters in the sky

Yeah, you must be famous

This is how you live your life

Different city every night

Yeah, you must be famous, famous


[Verse 1: Lil Wayne]

I'ma get on the TV, mama, Pac voice, people point at me, say, "Oh my God"

They got a point, I take security everywhere, I be so paranoid

And gold diggers dig until they find oil

And I'm sittin' here reading what was written 'bout what I do, what I didn't

I ruined relationships before my image, but

All I ever wanted was everybody's attention

'Cause most people are nobody 'til somebody kill 'em

Lord knows that's the truth, so with that said

Rest in peace to every dead, military troops

Shootouts versus photoshoots

I've been through both, I'm photogenic

I'm bulletproof, almost saw the finish line

Plenty times, rock and roll, live or die

Gettin' high as hell, they say time will tell

Well, I tell time to hush, I tell 'em to kiss my ass

They say, "Can you look this way? Can you look this way?"

Pictures flash, I must be famous

[Chorus: Sam Bruno & Lil Wayne]

Welcome to your name in lights (Woo)

All the lighters in the sky (I must be famous)

Yeah, you must be famous (Yeah, I'ma get on the TV momma)

This is how you live your life (Yeah)

Different city every night (I must be famous)

Yeah, you must be famous, famous, uh


[Verse 2: Lil Wayne]

Rich and famous, it's better to be rich and famous

It's you and your lawyer, everybody else is a plaintiff

You know entertainment, sex, drugs and entertainment

You know miscellaneous, sex, drugs simultaneous

Party long and hard, and pray death is quick and painless

Livin' in the spotlight, twist the light bulb if it's blinking

You're never alone and I don't motherfuckin' blame you

Can't talk to yourself, 'cause mama said don't talk to strangers

Relatives ain't seen you since the grass been greener

And your friends say you changed and they can't hear you jingle

You want Tina and Nancy, you get Nancy and Tina

Never question yourself, unless you ask, "Am I dreamin'?"

Fan mail and subpoenas, shake ya hand they don't clean 'em

Never forget they seen you, you gas 'em up with that premium

And they say, "Look this way, look this way"

Pictures flash when they see you to put 'em in magazines

Then after that, the museum, you must be famous

[Chorus: Sam Bruno & Lil Wayne]

Welcome to your name in lights (Yeah)

All the lighters in the sky (You must be famous)

Yeah, you must be famous (I'ma get on the TV, mama)

This is how you live your life

Different city every night (I must be famous)

Yeah, you must be famous (Huh), famous


[Verse 3: Lil Wayne]

They gon' pray that your career, be short and sweet

But they wish they were in your shoes, take them off, walk on a beach

Superstars don't twinkle and we don't sleep

And you can't spell fame, without me

May your Hall of Fame speech be short and sweet

"Thank God, fuck fame, fuck the police"

'Cause superstars don't twinkle, superstars beam

I was your main man, 'til I went mainstream

Oh my God, I must be famous

[Chorus: Sam Bruno & Lil Wayne]

Welcome to your name in lights

All the lighters in the sky

Yeah, you must be famous (Oh my God, I must be famous, yeah)

This is how you live your life (Yeah)

Different city every night (Oh my God, I must be famous)

You must be famous (Yeah, I'ma get on the TV, mama), famous


[Outro: Lil Wayne]

Kiss my motherfuckin' ass