[Verse 1: Anderson .Paak]
Cinderella's at the ball of confusion
The tension is high, but n***as is still fly
Sophisticated puppets with political ties
Organized crime, paperback shrines
Pussy with a price tag, money all the time
Pills in the night cap runnin' through your spine
N***as sippin' lean with a fiend for the high
Addiction is a bitch, but we thugging 'til the end

[Pre-Chorus: Anderson .Paak]
And the whole world loves you when you're top of the line
The hoes gon' want you when you're thugging it right
The cops gon' bust me if my money too husky, man
Trust me, devils want me living in fright

[Chorus: Anderson .Paak]
It's way too cold
When we out here, in the belly of a black hole

[Verse 2: Anderson .Paak]
It's too cold these days
Everybody making money the ski-mask way
Never mattered the degree, the fee's too high
Graduated but I'm living below the line
The counterfeit I'm tryna get in the way, divine
Meanwhile politicians owe vacation time
All I wanted was a piece of the pie
All I wanted was the Caddy with the candy-painted coat
Maybe cop a gold Rolly, couple weeks in Milan
Uh, but I made up my mind
[Pre-Chorus: Anderson .Paak]
Said the whole world loves you when you're top of the line
The hoes gon' want you when you're thugging it right
The cops gon' bust me if my money too husky, man
Trust me, devil's want me living in fright

[Chorus: Anderson .Paak]
It's way too hard
Said I'm tryna rise above it, but I can't get enough of it
My God
It's way too real
Said I can't be dreaming if you can't cause sleep
It's way too cold
When we out here, in the belly of a black hole
In the belly of a black hole

[Verse 3: Anderson .Paak]
And they all wanna get you, all want a picture
All want the glitz, so I'm turning up the lights
Rolling out the whip, rolling the dice
You can roll if you like, do what you feel
You wanted a show, just open your eyes
This is life as we know it
A few make it through, most won't survive
A penny with a hole with no hope inside
It's survival of the fittest and my n***as want the dinner, so we taking a bite
And I made up my mind, I made up my mind
[Pre-Chorus: Anderson .Paak]
The whole world loves you when you're top of the line
The hoes gon' want you when you're thugging it right
The cops gon' bust you if your money too husky, but
Fuck the n***as, I be running for life

[Chorus: Anderson .Paak]
It's way too hard (Way too hard)
Said I'm tryna rise above it, but I can't get enough of it
(My God! My God! My God!)
Said it's way too real (Way too real)
Said I can't be dreaming (Uh) if you can't cause sleep, can't see
(Can't see, can't see, can't see)
It's way too cold (Way too cold)
When we out here, in the belly of a black hole
(Belly of a black hole)
It's way too cold
When we out here, in the belly of a black hole