Form of Flattery-The Dream/The-Dream

[ti:Form of Flattery] [ar:The Dream] [al:1977] [by:] [offset:0] [00:20.36]I'm sorry I can't meet your approval [00:23.73]So please keep the hand claps [00:25.92]No need for a compliment [00:28.61]I can pat myself on the back [00:30.92]No dying for an award [00:33.67]You can keep the trophy [00:36.11]I could really care less [00:37.67]Whether any of y'all motherf**kers know me [00:41.05]Excuse my french pardon me [00:43.99]I don't mean to steal your shine [00:46.30]Man I'll be in this sun for so long [00:48.67]Lookin' my way will just make you blind [00:51.80]All I need is the love [00:54.05]Cuz I can never have enough of that [00:56.49]You don't have to try to be the man [01:00.05]When you the man [01:01.30]See I'm embedded [01:04.61]And your fifteen minutes are almost up [01:08.74]Socialite [01:10.68]I wish you would roll up [01:12.61]Don't try me I'm not like him [01:18.42]Not like them [01:20.43]I wish you would roll up [01:23.05]I'm not him I'm not like them [01:26.24]Don't try me [01:28.05]I'm not better than that [01:32.99]Form of flattery [01:37.69]You say he sound like me [01:39.69]You say they sound like me [01:42.08]I don't need another whip [01:45.33]A ni**a flyin' now [01:47.96]I see you in the shadow [01:49.96]In motion without a paddle [01:52.84]Stop acting like a girlfriend [01:55.47]Stop acting like a freshman [01:57.84]If you're surprised you're here [02:00.58]It means you shouldn't be here [02:03.02]No heart no glory [02:05.58]No pain no fear [02:08.15]It's one thing to be hot [02:10.58]But that don't make it a career [02:12.71]I'm embedded [02:16.08]And your fifteen minutes are almost up [02:21.77]I wish you would roll up [02:27.59]Don't try me I'm not like him [02:30.02]Not like them [02:31.96]I wish you would roll up [02:35.84]I'm not him I'm not like them [02:37.77]Don't try me [02:39.65]I'm not better than that [02:42.83]But I appreciate the form of flattery [02:48.52]Appreciate the form of flattery