Minutes
Song by Mogli the Iceburg
E
Everybody wants 15 minutes of fame
And they'll do anything to get it, what
Everybody wants their 15 minutes
Won't sleep till they get it
Won't eat till they get it
Gon' ride just to get it
Gon' die just to get it
Some will even go and take another's life
Just to get it
The other day I was watched 60 minutes and
Saw a familiar headline
There was a kid who could never fit in
And he had been bullied for some time
By these two kids who were relatively popular
To himself so he felt
There was no one else to talk to
So he started to act rash and impromptu
When he went into his mother's room
Searchin' for the heater that
She kept under the dresser for protection
Put it in his backpack
Brought it off to school
And he thought that boy gon' learn his lesson
When he pulled up at the bus stop
Hit him with the
Before he even got to notice
Then he put it to his head
Pulled the trigger like
But at least he got noticed
Everybody wants 15 minutes of fame
And they'll do anything to get it, what
Everybody wants the 15 minutes
Won't sleep till they get it
Won't eat till they get it
Gon' ride just to get it
Gon' die just to get it
Some believe in taking others lives just to get it
Look at me
There's a girl and I won't say your name
But I used to know her back in the city
She had an issue with self-worth see
She ain't really think she was pretty
Around the time it was summertime
She was goin' through her timeline
Checkin' all these swimsuit pictures on her Facebook
Stressin' out because
She hate the way her hips look
That's when this guy that she kinda liked
Started text message sayin'
Girl yo can I get a nude picture
She complied, she ain't even know why
Because she hated the way
That he was rude with her
Woke up early in the morning just to find
That the picture was the talk of the town
Then she fell in love with the attention
Started strippin' for a livin'
Traded dollars for her cap and gown
Everybody wants 15 minutes of fame
And they'll do anything to get it, what
Everybody wants the 15 minutes
Won't sleep till they get it
Won't eat till they get it
Gon' ride just to get it
Gon' die just to get it
Some believe in taking others lives just to get it
Uh, all the kids wanna be like Bieber
Everybody wanna be Lebron James
Tell me who is gonna be our teachers
If these kids stay drunk on fame
And the fake attention
Poured out in the form of a status like
This online parasite
Stay suckin' us dry
To real life, real people like you and I
So I think it's time to just re-address
So we can break up out of this cycle
These kids out there will do anything
To make a Youtube video viral
And its spiralin' outta control
Killin' our brains
Killin' our souls
At times when you feelin the pressure unload
Gotta give it to God and just let Him take hold
No need for insecurity
When You're here with me
Everything will be alright
Love me hate me man
Either way, I'll make it through the night
'Cause my identity don't rest on
What you say or how you play it
It's rooted in the One who
Loved me before He made it
And they'll do anything to get it, what
Everybody wants their 15 minutes
Won't sleep till they get it
Won't eat till they get it
Gon' ride just to get it
Gon' die just to get it
Some will even go and take another's life
Just to get it
The other day I was watched 60 minutes and
Saw a familiar headline
There was a kid who could never fit in
And he had been bullied for some time
By these two kids who were relatively popular
To himself so he felt
There was no one else to talk to
So he started to act rash and impromptu
When he went into his mother's room
Searchin' for the heater that
She kept under the dresser for protection
Put it in his backpack
Brought it off to school
And he thought that boy gon' learn his lesson
When he pulled up at the bus stop
Hit him with the
Before he even got to notice
Then he put it to his head
Pulled the trigger like
But at least he got noticed
Everybody wants 15 minutes of fame
And they'll do anything to get it, what
Everybody wants the 15 minutes
Won't sleep till they get it
Won't eat till they get it
Gon' ride just to get it
Gon' die just to get it
Some believe in taking others lives just to get it
Look at me
There's a girl and I won't say your name
But I used to know her back in the city
She had an issue with self-worth see
She ain't really think she was pretty
Around the time it was summertime
She was goin' through her timeline
Checkin' all these swimsuit pictures on her Facebook
Stressin' out because
She hate the way her hips look
That's when this guy that she kinda liked
Started text message sayin'
Girl yo can I get a nude picture
She complied, she ain't even know why
Because she hated the way
That he was rude with her
Woke up early in the morning just to find
That the picture was the talk of the town
Then she fell in love with the attention
Started strippin' for a livin'
Traded dollars for her cap and gown
Everybody wants 15 minutes of fame
And they'll do anything to get it, what
Everybody wants the 15 minutes
Won't sleep till they get it
Won't eat till they get it
Gon' ride just to get it
Gon' die just to get it
Some believe in taking others lives just to get it
Uh, all the kids wanna be like Bieber
Everybody wanna be Lebron James
Tell me who is gonna be our teachers
If these kids stay drunk on fame
And the fake attention
Poured out in the form of a status like
This online parasite
Stay suckin' us dry
To real life, real people like you and I
So I think it's time to just re-address
So we can break up out of this cycle
These kids out there will do anything
To make a Youtube video viral
And its spiralin' outta control
Killin' our brains
Killin' our souls
At times when you feelin the pressure unload
Gotta give it to God and just let Him take hold
No need for insecurity
When You're here with me
Everything will be alright
Love me hate me man
Either way, I'll make it through the night
'Cause my identity don't rest on
What you say or how you play it
It's rooted in the One who
Loved me before He made it