Stars Without Stages - K Rino

See they never been on TV or radio either

All they ever did was take care of you, love you and feed ya

Teach ya how to make it through this life and what life means

Punch the clock and keep the bills paid, same routine

You ain’t never seen a star if you haven’t seen mothers

They don’t get to be on movie screens or magazine covers

They just go about their day working their regular grind

No award ceremonies and they never get shine

We chase celebrities and power 'cause it’s clout that we seek

But can your favorite rapper stretch ten dollars out through a week?

Gotta judge her off her hardwork instead of her looks

And when you went to jail who was putting bread on your books?

She don’t have a million Twitter followers and no hits

Only you and your sister or your brother, that’s it

You supposed to take the pressure off of them and let 'em be free

To quote KD, mama’s the real MVP

The real star is your parents, not a singer or rapper

Not a sports athlete, politician or actor

It ain’t 'bout having lit social media pages

'cause real superstars don’t perform on stages

The real star is your parents, not a singer or rapper

Not a sports athlete, politician or actor

It ain’t 'bout having lit social media pages

'cause real superstars don’t perform on stages

Picture waking every morning ten or twenty years straight

Showing up consistently to work a job that you hate

Week after week cost of living don’t come cheap

Providing for a whole family, sometimes one deep

Paparazzi don’t chase them, no pictures get took

Ain’t no award show for mama for the meals that she cooks

Catching buses just to get around, no new cars

No interviews on big talk shows for working two jobs

Don’t complain about your parents, youngsta, leave them be

When daddy leave the house, we ain’t seeing TMZ

He developed your growth, watched and looked over you closely

Bought that car when you graduated, where’s his trophy?

Even when you grown we still rely on their help

He gave some classic whoopings, they need to retire his belt

And hang it from the ceiling in your house, a sign of respect

Because that’s one of many things they use to keep us in check

The real star is your parents, not a singer or rapper

Not a sports athlete, politician or actor

It ain’t 'bout having lit social media pages

'cause real superstars don’t perform on stages

The real star is your parents, not a singer or rapper

Not a sports athlete, politician or actor

It ain’t 'bout having lit social media pages

'cause real superstars don’t perform on stages

Forget fights, footage and, we don’t need that title

Record somebody paying a light bill, make that go viral

Once you realize the things they do, it’s hard to believe it

Grandparents need awards for lifetime achievements

We should live for mom and dad for all the hell we give 'em

Next time you see a struggling parent, take a selfie with 'em

Who been supporting you and staying down with ya?

These the ones you need to run to and ask for a picture

She don’t need a lot of applause coming at her because

She’s a star in reality, you like reality stars

But what’s crazy they the source of whatever you do

Every attribute that you got they gave it to you

They ain’t walking no red carpet, ain’t no big tour bus

Not performing in front of twenty thousand people, just us

You love to be around celebrities, gazing and staring

You want a real autograph, go get one from your parents

The real star is your parents, not a singer or rapper

Not a sports athlete, politician or actor

It ain’t 'bout having lit social media pages

'cause real superstars don’t perform on stages

The real star is your parents, not a singer or rapper

Not a sports athlete, politician or actor

It ain’t 'bout having lit social media pages

'cause real superstars don’t perform on stages