Adrenaline starts to flow You're thrashing all around Acting like a maniac Late at night all systems go You have come to see the show We do our best you're the rest You make it real you know There is a feeling deep inside

Brad Pitt, that's my cousin When you see me in the club Angelina show me love You got me fucked up Like you don't know what's up All my Angelinas if you got it let me see it Brad, Brad, Pitt Slick shit man that's all we do hoe That little homie let me

For once in my life I have someone who needs me For once I can say this is mine, you can't take it Someone I've needed so long For once, unafraid I can go where life leads me And somehow I know I'll be strong For once I can touch what my heart used to

What you gonna do when I'm nothing? You're crazy about my styyyyyyyyyle Uhh, uhh, uhh, c'mon! Woo! Uh-huh Yeah, more real life (grrrrrrrrrr) That's how it is baby, you know it's real More real life, you know it's real (grrrrrrrrrr)

Nobody said it was easy Come up to meet you Tell you I'm sorry You don't know how lovely you are I had to find you Tell you I need you Tell you I set you apart Tell me your secrets And ask me your questions

Yeah you cooked his dinners You raised his children Still he's not satisfied He says "I'd rather switch with you You don't know how hard it is To work from 9 to 5" But he speaks with his eyes closed And even though you're not all alone He's never there

La-da-da-da-da-da La-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da So here we go again I know how this one ends It's a phone call from someplace far away You say you've found yourself Oh, in someone else And she makes you forget about the rain Her eyes are a golden hue

You made it You played it Your shit is overrated Worn out and faded The weakness starts to show They've created the generation That we know Washed up and hated The system moves so slow

We're safe and sound (Safe and sound) You could be my luck I know that we'll be safe and sound I could lift you up I could show you what you want to see And take you where you want to be Even if the sky is falling down Safe and sound

(Africa, Africa) So what you know about Yo, in case you ain't know I go by the name of Akon and I'm from Home of the Goree Islands I'm from Senegal, West-side So I'ma share with you where I'm from And how I was comin' up So what you know about the