Black Eyed Peas - Gone Going

Johnny wanna be a big star 
Get on stage and play the guitar 
Make a little money, buy a fancy car 
Big old house and an alligator 
Just to match with them alligator shoes 
He's a rich man so he's no longer singing the blues 
He's singing songs about material things 
And platinum rings and watches that go bling 
But, diamonds don't bling in the dark 
He a star now, but he ain't singing it from the heart 
Sooner or later he's just gonna fall apart 
Cause his fans can't relate to his newfound art 
He ain't doing what he did from the start 
And that's putting in some feeling and thought 
He decided to live his life shallow 
Passion is love for material 

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And its gone, gone going 
Gone, everything gone, give a damn 
Gone be the birds when they don't want to sing 
Gone, people, up awkward with their things, gone 

You see yourself in the mirror 
And you feel safe 'cause it looks familiar 
But you afraid to open up your soul 
Cause you don't really know, don't really know 
Who is, the person that's deep within 
Cause you are content with just being the name brand man 
And you fail to see that its trivial 
Insignificant, you addicted to material 
I've seen your kind before 
You the type that thinks souls is sold in a store 
Packaged up with inscence sticks 
With them vegetarian meals 
To you that's righteous 
You're fiction like books 
You need to go out to life and look 
'Cause what happens when they take your material 
You already sold your soul and it's... 

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You say that time is money and money is time 
So you got mind in your money and your money on your mind 
But what about that crime that you did to get paid 
And what about that bid, you can't take it to your brain 
What about those shoes you'll wear today 
They'll do no good on the bridges you've burned along the way 

All that money that you got gon' be gone 
That gear that you rock gon' be gone 
The house up on the hill gon' be gone 
The gold fronts on your grill gon' be gone 
The ice on your wrist gon' be gone 
That nice little Miss gon' be gone 
That whip that you roll gon' be gone 
And what's worst is your soul already gone 

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