Bougie Palace City

Chasin’ all the diamonds
and the champagne
money grabbin’
on replay
‘sall the people seem to think of
these days
In the bougie palace city

Everything is hopeless, I never lied
But what else can I do? I still gotta try
I’m so f*ckin’ tired of being sexualized
I’d rather be known for my mind
accomplishments of mine
and how I spent my time
so musically inclined, but
all I get is men who talk over me
in their eyes, you can see
yeah, all they can see is

Chasin’ all the diamonds
and the champagne 
money grabbin’ on replay
‘sall the people seem to think of
these days
In the bougie palace city

In the bougie palace city
where the men are strong 
and the girls are pretty
Left my past, and then more
just to make it off the floor
It’s a price paid, for sure
BUT I’M LIVING IN THE CITY
Everything is hopeless
I never lied
But what else can I do now?
I still gotta try
Time is runnin’ out, I-
I feel lost in life
Gotta keep my head down…
nose to the grind

Chasin’ all the diamonds
and the champagne 
money grabbin’ on replay
‘sall the people seem to think of
these days
In the bougie palace city

Chasin’ all the diamonds
and the champagne 
money grabbin’ on replay
‘sall the people seem to think of
these days
In the bougie palace city

Chasin’ all the diamonds
and the champagne 
money grabbin’ on replay
‘sall the people seem to think of
these days
In the bougie palace city

(Instrumental)

IN THE BOUGIE PALACE CITY

Bougie Palace City, ©2024 Carissa Summer Rose
ASCAP #923890961

Never Been Enough

Think fast
haven’t gone this pace since 10th grade
I’m back, baby
learn my name, I’m in the race
Never slowin’ down
you can never hold me back

TOO BAD
that I ever used to stay contained
SO SAD
that we’re making women feel this way
I’m too tightly wound
I don’t have to prove myself to you

I’ve never been enough
for someone else
I’ve never been enough
for just myself
I’ve been enough
enough enough
I never do enough
enough enough
I’ve never been a

good girl, good at school
or at being cool
I stand out
’cause I don’t like to follow the rules
Don’t wanna be compared
don’t you try and tell me what to do

I hate being
overlooked and underestimated
and put in a box
it makes me so f*ckin’ frustrated
But, if I don’t care
then I’ve got nothin’ left to lose

I’ve never been enough
for someone else
I’ve never been enough
for just myself
I’ve been enough
enough enough
I’ll never do enough
enough enough

I’ve never been enough
for someone else
for just myself
I’ve been enough
enough enough
I never do enough
enough enough

I don’t have to PROVE MYSELF to you (x4)
(instrumental)

NEVER BEEN ENOUGH
(for someone else)
I’VE NEVER BEEN ENOUGH
(for just myself)
I’VE NEVER BEEN ENOUGH
NEVER BEEN ENOUGH

I don’t have to prove myself to you
(NEVER BEEN ENOUGH) (X4)

Never Been Enough, ©2024, Carissa Summer Rose
ASCAP #923890958

Blacktop

Chillin’ on the too hot
Blacktop
I thought
I’d stop
Take another hit before
I hit the road

Momma wasn’t like me
She’d scream, “come clean”
Daddy wanted power so
He always kept one foot out the door

Broken, hurting
Crashing, burning
I was searching
For something that
I couldn’t hold
Tables turning
Now I’m earning
And keep learning
So I think it’s time to let go

I’m free
I’m free
To love myself
I don’t need help

Time to let go

Every lesson I fought
Now I’m not so lost
I’ve been blooming like a rose
Out of the blacktop

Sleepless for a whole week
Now I fall slowly
Love is for myself and my music
Yeah, now I know

Broken, hurting
Crashing, burning
I was searching
For something that
I couldn’t hold

Tables turning
Now I’m earning
And keep learning
So I think it’s time to let go

I’m free
I’m free
To love myself
I don’t need help

Time to let go

Time to let go
Time to let go
Let go, let go (time to let go)
Let go, let go (I’m free, I’m free)
To love myself
I don’t need help
No I, I
Time to let go

I’m free (I’m free)
I’m free (I’m free)
To love myself
I don’t need help, no
I, I
Time to let go

Blacktop, ©2024, Carissa Summer Rose
ASCAP #923890957

Hopeless

(Hopeless, hopelessly
You are all I need
Without you, I can’t breathe
I go crazy
I’m hopeless, hopelessly

Fighting all that I’ve ever known
For you, I always held hope
And with a teary eye, I say goodbye
Though I loved you all along

Hopeless, hopelessly
You are all I need
Without you, I can’t breathe
I go crazy
I’m hopeless, hopelessly

Walk the streets, ’cause I can’t sleep
The moon shines with your energy
And I don’t wanna think about you anymore
But I still do, ’cause I lost you

I’m hopeless, hopelessly
You are all I need
Without you, I can’t breathe
I go crazy
I’m hopeless, hopelessly

So quickly, a new love found
He treats me better than you now
Still in the dark, you beat in my heart
And I realize, I still love you hopelessly

I’m hopeless, hopelessly
You are all I need
Without you, I can’t breathe
I go crazy
I’m hopeless, hopelessly

Hopeless, hopelessly

You were always hopeless to me

Hopeless, ©2024, Carissa Summer Rose
ASCAP #923890955