What You Know (EXPLICIT)

from What You Know by Queen Mab

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lyrics

When I was a young girl, my mother told me
You can grow up to be anything you want to be
Study hard, stay in school, practice every day
And if you do, then success will surely come your way

Well I did every damn that thing my mother said
Oh yes, I worked myself sick just to get ahead
And now I’m all grown up, and I see the proof
That the things my mother told me were not the truth

It doesn’t matter how good you are, yeah
Talent is only going to take you so far, yeah
Life is like high school, it really does suck
It isn’t what you know, it’s only who you fuck, oh yeah!

I showed up early - I played for free
I thought if I was good that they would notice me
I was ignored and rejected, even brushed aside
But I couldn’t show the anger that I felt inside

I thought perhaps at last I’d found the place for me
But of course, it turned out it was not meant to be
So here I am, all alone, wishing I was dead
No matter how hard I run, I never get ahead

(Chorus)

So fuck me - ‘cuz I’m sick of this shit
I’ve worked hard - with nothing to show for it
My days of running after my dreams are through
Because it really doesn’t seem to matter what I do, oh

I thought I was broken - that it was just me
But it might be something wrong with our society
Yeah, I thought that it was pretty self-evident
When I watched the way my country chose a president

Oh yeah, it really didn’t matter who was qualified
No, that wasn’t a factor that was used to decide
No one listened to a word that she had to say
And now I guess it looks like all of us are going to pay

(Chorus 2x)

credits

from What You Know, released October 27, 2017
music and lyrics by Queen Mab
arranged and performed by Queen Mab (vibes, drums, vocals) and Ernesto Garcia, Jr. (bass, guitar, backing vocals)
engineered by Ernesto Garcia, Jr.
produced by Queen Mab and Ernesto Garcia, Jr. at Foxtail Studios in Escondido, CA
mastered by Michael Major

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drummer, percussionist, singer/songwriter, and sometimes comedian. If Adele f*cked Frank Zappa in the Amazon rainforest...this is what it would sound like. Visit queenmabmusic.com for more info!

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