Motivation

 
D                             A 
Straight from the Midwest, no complaints, I've been blessed 
C                      G 
Other than curfews and blood-sucking insects 
D                   A 
No good excuses for wasting my talent 
C                         G 
Had the support, chose to be problematic 
D                   A 
No major traumas to blame in my past 
C                      G 
I had it good now that I'm looking back 
D                      A 
God gave me dreams but not the ambition 
C                           G 
Give me the role, but don't make me audition 
 

 
D                  A 
I don't wanna be just another faceless 
C           G 
   Energy pulling from the wasteland 
D                     A 
I know I could beat all the competition 
C                          G 
   But, honestly, I ain't got the motivation 
D A C G 
 

 
D                      A 
Slept in again, such a comfortable mattress 
C                    G 
Think I can win if I skip every practice 
D                       A 
Guess I was born in the wrong generation 
C                       G 
Don't wanna work, but I love getting payments 
D                        A 
Guess I'm not willing to do what it takes 
C                        G 
Should be on tour, but I stayed home again 
D                        A 
Takes too much effort to be influential 
C            G 
R.I.P. to my wasted potential 
 

 
D                  A 
I don't wanna be just another faceless 
C            G 
   Energy pulling from the wasteland 
D                    A 
I know I could beat all the competition 
C                          G 
  But, honestly, I ain't got the motivation 
 

 
D A C G 
D A C            G 
      Do-do, do, do, do, do-do 
 

 
D                         A 
Still in a wreck from collecting advances 
C                     G 
Already used three or four second chances 
D                    A 
Tasted success but I thought it'd be better 
C                     G 
Flavor was good but I hated the texture 
D                            A 
Thought I could wait for the stars to align 
C                        G 
Fame came and went and I missed every sign 
D                       A 
Turns out the dream was more like a delusion 
C                         G 
Selling my art feels more like prostitution 
G 
 

 
D                  A 
I don't wanna be just wanna another faceless 
C           G 
  Energy pulling from the wasteland 
D                    A 
I know I could beat all the competition 
C                         G 
  But, honestly, I ain't got the motivation 
D                  A 
I don't wanna be just wanna another faceless 
C           G 
  Energy pulling from the wasteland 
D                    A 
I know I could beat all the competition 
C                         G 
  But, honestly, I ain't got the motivation