Paris wasn't nothing like I expected it to be
No fairy tales, no romance, hey nothing happened for me
Well I must've been out of tune or on the wrong frequency,
Because Paris ain't half what it's cracked up to be

Being young wasn't nothing like expected it to be
I was always the life of the party
Oh what a sweet irony!
Trying every trick for a treat
I was like a prick to a tease
Yeah being young wasn't nothing
Like I expected it to be

Love wasn't nothing like I expected it to be
He wasn't too good to be true, he was just pretendng to be
But what I really wanted all along, was a spitting image of me
My love you really aint nothing like I expected you to be

Getting old wasn't nothing like I expected it to be
I'm just a psychedelic relic, from the wrong century
Living like a staint among the sinners or a prophet in the streets
But I never made it to the top like it was expected of me!

My life ain't nothing like I expected it to be
It wasn't the be all and end all...what they said it would be
There'll be the devil to pay for this shit comedy.
Because my life aint nothing like I expected...

Now I know what is expected of me.
But I'm like a ship with no sail, sailing in a sea with no breeze
Sinking into waves of temptation
No relief from belief
But I aint' gonna lick no ones ass cuz it's expected of me

I'm no slave to animosity
But I'm like a smoke with no gun
Letting off a fire with no heat
I'm inventing games with no rules
Conjured out of hiphopcrisy
Because my life wasn't nothing
Like I expected it to be...