Life Right Now Lyrics

So this is what it feels like, that sensation I've been chasin'

It felt a lot better back in my imagination

It tasted sweeter, it had an orange aura

Now I'm just hopin' the waiter don't screw up my order

At dinner with a girl I barely know

And I'm barely interested but she's rarin' to go

Red wine in her glass, the band's playing a ballad

And I'm not sure which fork I'm supposed to use with my salad

I guess I'm a little out of my element

Staring at her cleavage, God, I'm such a gentleman

Leave a big tip 'cause I'm scared of being called cheap

Back to the hotel with no plans to sleep

She calls me Layne, asks what it's like in Boston

Loves "The Red Effect" but prefers "All I Wanted"

Said she likes it with the lights down

Say goodbye to love and say hello to life right now

I don't wanna leave but I gotta go

And even if I stay, you probably won't

I'm sorry I got lost in the spotlight

I'm sorry I got lost in the spotlight

Tell me all the things that I wanna hear

Bring me all the glory, take away the fear

I'm sorry I got lost in the spotlight

I'm sorry I got lost in the spotlight

I have flashbacks of the corner that we grew up on

Stuntin' hard in my catholic school uniform

Low fade, bad grades, no self-esteem

But now I find myself livin' what I used to dream

It used to seem so far out of my reach

And it used to haunt me so bad that I couldn't sleep

Now I'm on the balcony of a penthouse in Manhattan

Wasn't like this before I dropped "Manhattan"

But rappin's changed my whole world

'Cause when I was young I was never cute enough for the light skin girls

Now they stop and say hi

Some of 'em really sweat me

And I diss 'em every song 'cause I'm just that petty

Mario Andretti, I can't slow down

Every night flashing lights, different girl, different town

Shouldn't feel this alone in a crowd

Say goodbye to normal and say hello to life right now

I don't wanna leave but I gotta go

And even if I stay, you probably won't

I'm sorry I got lost in the spotlight

I'm sorry I got lost in the spotlight

Tell me all the things that I wanna hear

Bring me all the glory, take away the fear

I'm sorry I got lost in the spotlight

I'm sorry I got lost in the spotlight

My little sister, Kathleen Patricia, went and put me in my place

She said, "You can't be good when your name's Great

Can't steal second with your foot still on first base

And you can't stand still if you wanna win the race"

I traded the watch my mother got me for X-mas

For a big face just for the sake of excess

And I'm sorry if that makes me sound shallow

But I was taught that's how you celebrate success

I'm hungry, eatin's all I ever think about

But life's bulimic, it'll chew you up and spit you out

Simms just had a little man, he looks just like him

And I find myself wantin' a life just like him

But right now it ain't in the picture

And I'm still adjustin' to life without Melissa

Consequences of what I write down

Say goodbye to Greg and say hello to life right now

I don't wanna leave but I gotta go

And even if I stay, you probably won't

I'm sorry I got lost in the spotlight

I'm sorry I got lost in the spotlight

Tell me all the things that I wanna hear

Bring me all the glory, take away the fear

I'm sorry I got lost in the spotlight

I'm sorry I got lost in the spotlight