Justin Timberlake - Memphis Lyrics

You gon' be a star, they said
They say you gon' take us far, they said
They say everywhere you go they gon' know your name
Who cares if you get lonely
Long as you're famous
Don't you want money and the cars, they said
Expensive liquor and cigars, they said
I mean, what's better than having everything that you dreamed of?
Long as they need you, you don't need love

Just be great
Put on for your city, for your state
And whatever you do, just make us proud
Ain't gon' be no cryin' from the clouds
Yeah, they say
Just be great
Who cares if there's too much on your plate
Don't make no mistakes and hide your pain, no rain
Whatever you do, just make us proud
And ain't gon' be no cryin' from the clouds
(Ain't gon' be no cryin' from the clouds)

You gon', you gon' be a star, they said
They said don't waste your tomorrow, they said
They said you're the one that's chosen to make it out
Gotta seize the moment, don't let us down
Just gotta play your part, they said
And history'll be a part of it
I mean, what's better than having everything that you dreamed of?
Long as they need you, you don't need love

Just be great (just be great)
Put on for your city, for your state (state)
And whatever you do, just make us proud (proud)
Ain't gon' be no cryin' from the clouds (clouds)
Yeah, they say
Just be great (just be great)
Who cares if there's too much on your plate (your plate now)
Don't make no mistakes and hide your pain, no rain
Whatever you do, just make us proud
And ain't gon' be no cryin' from the clouds, ooh
(Ain't gon' be no cryin' from the clouds) ooh
(Ain't gon' be no)

I was way too far out in the world
But I still put on for my city
I was handing out too much milk money
Too much kitten, ass and titties
I lost my voice like a pastor
Faster than a Harlem shimmy
But I guess that's what you get for tryna make heartbreak pretty
Uh, they say life's a bitch (life's a bitch) and then you die
So please, if you're penning my eulogy, just say I tried
And that's word to Phineas, Jess' and Si'
And if I don't wake up in Heaven
Then it was one hell of a ride (hell of a ride)
Yuh, yuh
If I don't wake up in Heaven
It was one hell of a ride
Hell of a ride

Uh, momma said money can't buy me happiness
So I copped a G5
Tried to fly myself up next to it
I f*cked up some commas
Just a dot-dot
That was the rest of it
This what clean look like
When clean took life and made a mess of it
Had to realize I'm just blessed to it
You can't take it all with you
But you can remember the best of it
I pray for peace within myself
And no more regrets with it
'Cause when I looked at my soul in the Mississippi
It reflected it
And if you know me, you're right next to it
I'm everything you thought I was
I'm everything I thought I was
It was everything I thought it was
It was everything I thought it was