was it all for the glamour and the glory was it because you hated the laboratory loathing the ordinary cookie cutter kinda boring life at the office mining data into categories did you travel on the wide path wanting the minimal battle without the sidetracks little work big money in a flash get it fast flying high field of vision looking narrow down the monkey barrel compared to all these little sparrows im a pharaoh boi wow im so full of myself im fooling myself by setting jewels under my shell imitation pearls all for the mademoiselle it wont work im an overzealous gazelle tryna stand up to the lions at the ring of the bell oh well dinner time say your final farewell i dont think youve counted properly the cost of living life this way youre lost in the glamour and the lights have we all miscalculated maybe ive miscalculated had a vision so strong i could flex on em that would last for generations no bell bottoms building up my own empire without considering the haywire squalor ooh just wanting big boy bucks tryna be a giant riding with a big boy truck fee fi fo fum coming for your city man im feelin so fly so pretty but tell me now but tell me now whats the point of having power if its only for yourself but tell me now tell me now whats the point of having clout if its only for your wealth dont forget about the greater mission good fruit for the world looking out for your nutrition too many times im caught up in a rut hands busy on the plow when they should be pointed up where do i go from here where do i go from here x3 lord here i am please send me ill follow forever and ever 