[Intro] Ight. You know what? That glitter is not gold so watch where you, where you go, ight? Yeah, try and keep your soul, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, uh [Verse 1] Slow time goes past in no time You're dead before you know it so take this Kodak moment And keep it you own it, just look back on it Don't take it for granted, this photo is your life optic Your memory, you can't photo-shop it So don't try to crop it Adjust the colors and background swap it This is YOU, one body, unique person But you keep searching to find a different version You'd give your looks to the hand of a surgeon Stuck under the weather rain drops Cuz today society got you brain washed Feed you this visual drug till your brain rots Has your soul burning inside like plain scotch This is Hollywood, you gotta look good Fake tits, fix your nose, now lift up your bu*t Gotta lose that fat, now tuck in your gut There you go, there you go [Hook] You need to change your face, your name This is Hollywood, nobody's good Sell your soul for Hollywood You need to change your face, your name This is Hollywood, nobody's good Sell your soul for Hollywood [Verse 2] Yeah, he wants to be a rapper, slash actor, entertainment There's a lit up flame inside him, engraved in His dreams to make it, no matter the road he'll take it He looks up to the greatest and prays that One day he'll be famous Bigger then big, gigantic, enormous, amazing Nobody wants it as bad he does Walked miles in his Adidas to get a bee buzz Thinks he's ahead of the game, nobody can keep up He believes it, he breathes it
He's so conceited but doesn't show it, he's knows that He's got sk**, he lives for the moment, he signs a deal To be in the light, he'll do anything And they tell him: you gotta change everything [Hook] You need to change your face, your name This is Hollywood, nobody's good Sell your soul for Hollywood You need to change your face, your name This is Hollywood, nobody's good Sell your soul for Hollywood [Verse 3] A girl from from a small town with big dreams Tells her fam she's gonna be on the big screen She wants to grow up quick, she's only sixteen She wrote a letter tonight saying she's gone for good She took the next train all the way to Hollywood And she's a step closer to being a super star In the newest car driving down the boulevard She don't know what's ahead, there's no clear view Lights flash, paparazzi on her rear view Her movie coming to a theater near you She wakes up from a dream of stardom In a trashed one bedroom apartment She gets up to go to work, she works at a strip-club And she'll make extra money if you want your freaking dick s**ed Yeah, she's 29 now, she's in Nip/Tuck And I don't mean the show, she gotta lift up And she still hasn't been picked up, sh** s**s, its tough Gotta look up and pray, cuz today You just sold your soul, you sold your soul You sold your soul [Hook] You need to change your face, your name This is Hollywood, nobody's good Sell your soul for Hollywood You need to change your face, your name This is Hollywood, nobody's good Sell your soul for Hollywood