🎵 Are You Perpetrating Me? 🎤 DeVonte Miles 💿 Genre: East Coast Hip Hop ABOUT THIS SONG DeVonte Miles puts borrowed confidence, lifestyle slogans and influencer wisdom on trial in "Are You Perpetrating Me." The narrator answers every sales pitch with a sarcastic "NEXT CASE!", refusing to let an audience decide whether his life counts. The argument shifts from FOMO to JOMO: the joy of missing out. Then LOOT, "Life Overflows Ordinary Treasures," gives his defiance a warmer center. Chocolate in the morning, sunlight through a window and a quiet minute become reasons to stop chasing somebody else's version of happiness. The sarcasm stays sharp, especially when a rented sports car becomes a lesson in financial freedom. But the later verses settle into affection for ordinary life: health, laughter with someone you love and moments that need no camera or sponsor. By the spoken verdict, the swagger has become gratitude. Scarcity is dismissed; abundance is already present. The song closes with the narrator's peace intact and his case made: the good stuff is here, if you pause long enough to recognize it.
Lyrics
[Intro] Hold up. Run that back. Nah, I heard you the first time. That's the problem. [Verse 1] Everybody got a slogan now. Everybody selling something. You got a rented personality And a payment plan on your confidence. Talking about living your best life. According to who? Somebody you don't even know Telling you what happiness looks like? Man, miss me with that. Where's the dignity? Where's the pride? You can't buy either one. And you can't borrow mine. NEXT CASE! [Hook ] Next case! We ain't having that. Next case! Take that foolishness somewhere else. Next case! I heard enough. Move along. [Verse 2] FOMO? Fear of missing out on WHAT? Another room full of people Pretending they're having a good time? I see your FOMO. I raise you JOMO. Joy of missing out. And I ain't missing a thing. You need somebody watching Before you believe you're happy? Are you perpetrating me? Man, go on. Next case! [Hook — Hard, Sparse] Next case! We ain't having that. Next case! Take that foolishness somewhere else. Next case! I heard enough. Move along. [Verse 3 — Freestyle, Building Conviction] You say YOLO. I say LOOT. Life Overflows Ordinary Treasures. See, that's where we differ. You think life is running out. I think you're overlooking what's in it. Chocolate in the morning. Sunlight coming through the window. A quiet minute when nobody needs nothing. And you telling me I need to get out more? Out where? I'm already here. You looking for more? I already got four. And I didn't have to chase a single one. You got a bucket list? I got joy that exists. Right now. Not someday. Not when I make enough money. Not when somebody notices. Right here. That's where the LOOT is at. [Verse 4] Now everybody's an influencer. Influencing WHAT? You bought a camera, Learned three catchphrases, And suddenly you're qualified To tell me how to live? Come on, man. You rented a sports car To teach somebody financial freedom? That's impressive. No, really. The audacity is impressive. Got a thousand people watching And not one of them knows you. But you're worried about my little life? My little ordinary life? Man, you couldn't afford my peace With somebody else's money. Next case! [Hook] Next case! We ain't having that. Next case! Take that foolishness somewhere else. Next case! I heard enough. Move along. [Verse 5] You know what gets me? People act like ordinary is an insult. Like waking up healthy Ain't worth celebrating. Like laughing at something stupid With somebody you love Don't count unless you filmed it. I don't need a mountain to climb Every time I want to feel alive. Sometimes I just sit there. Chocolate getting cold. Sun moving across the room. And I'm thinking... Man, this is good. Nobody sold me that moment. Nobody sponsored it. Didn't cost me a dime. And nobody can take away The fact that I was there to enjoy it. You can keep your highlight reel. I got a whole life. And I'm actually living it. [Outro] See, that's what you don't understand. Abundance ain't about having everything. It's about recognizing what you've got. You can spend your whole life Chasing the next big thing And walk right past the good stuff. Scarcity? Dismissed. Abundance? Already present. [Beat Stops] Case closed.
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