[Intro] Yeah Follow for a follow Then you disappear Funny how you want the numbers But don’t want nobody here (fake, fake fake) [Verse 1] You hit follow like a business deal Wait for that return, then you disappear Soon as they follow back, you vanish from the scene Building up a fake world just to feed your self-esteem Never show love, never tap that like Never give a damn unless it puts you in the light You want all eyes on you, but you won’t look around Want a hand to lift you up, never lift one off the ground Tell me, is it really that hard to show you care? To support somebody else and give them something fair? You treat people like numbers, like a means to an end Then wonder why your circle’s full of people you don’t know as friends [Pre-Chorus] You can fool the feed You can fake the stats But character speaks And you can’t take that back [Chorus] Fake love, fake follows Empty hearts, nothing to show Take the numbers, take the fame Who are you without your name? (fake, fake fake) Look in the mirror, tell me what you see Would you follow someone like you if you met you on the street? All those likes can’t hide the truth The only one you’re fooling is you (fake, fake fake) [Verse 2] And it ain’t just an app, it’s the way you live Always asking what you get, never what you give Keep score on every favor, keep count of every friend If the benefit runs out, then the loyalty will end You walk around collecting people like trophies on a shelf But you can’t build real connection when you only serve yourself Every quiet unfollow says more than you could say You didn’t lose a follower, you showed your hand that day And the saddest part is what you never get to know All the real ones you could meet, all the love you never show You keep reaching for approval from a crowd that doesn’t care While the person in the mirror is the one who’s always there [Pre-Chorus] You can fool the feed You can fake the stats But character speaks And you can’t take that back [Chorus] Fake love, fake follows Empty hearts, nothing to show Take the numbers, take the fame Who are you without your name? (fake, fake fake) Look in the mirror, tell me what you see Would you follow someone like you if you met you on the street? All those likes can’t hide the truth The only one you’re fooling is you (fake, fake fake) [S.O.B] Heh… I couldn’t agree more. Fake love, fake follows, same pitch, new page, “Big fan since day one!” Man, it dropped today. (Fake, fake, fake) “Second verse hit hard, had to run that track back.” That’s an instrumental. What verse was that? Got a minute to pitch it, a minute to pin it, A minute to check if they followed you back. Soon as they did it, you went and undid it— Damn, you were quick when it came to that. (Fake, fake, fake) Same AI slop, swap the cover, let it drop, Same voice cracks in the same damn spot. Now a million views deep, all that love goes to waste If the only name you know is the one on your page. Me, I dig for the songs where the play count’s low, Hit the first on the list, let the whole thing go. Ten tracks in, gotta spin back three, ’Cause a line on the last changed what the first one means. Hear a little laugh slip when the words get rough, Hear what they say twice when it shakes ’em up. Then I sit with a pen, try to find my own way To answer what it took ’em ten songs to say. Write ’em one of their own, send it back when it’s done, So they know every track hit home with someone. You ever give a stranger that much of your night? You typed “this one hit me” before the first line. Fake love, fake follows. (Fake, fake, fake) Funny what a number makes a grown man chase. She gave you three minutes. You could give her that back. Go on, name one line that you loved from her track. [Bridge] When the screen goes black And the crowd moves on When the numbers fade And the attention’s gone Who’s gonna stand beside you? Who’s gonna call you a friend? If you only know how to take What you got left to give in the end? [Final Chorus] Fake love, fake follows Empty hearts, nothing to show Take the numbers, take the fame Who are you without your name? (fake, fake fake) Look in the mirror, tell me what you see Would you follow someone like you if you met you on the street? All those likes can’t hide the truth The only one you’re fooling is you (fake, fake fake) [Outro] Follow for a follow That’s the game you choose But when the world looks back What will it see in you? (fake, fake fake) A thousand names on a screen Not one who knows your heart You spent your life chasing everybody And never learned who you are Fake, fake, fake
