Pretender

"**Pretender**" is a song by Steve Aoki that features AJR and Lil Yachty. The song is not by AJR themselves, but they wrote and sung the majority of it.

An acoustic cover of the song was released on the deluxe edition of *The Click*.

## Description

Ryan said this about the song:

*"We wrote the song about our own insecurities and our own social anxiety. And as soon as Steve took it, he kinda elevated it to this new level and it became this cool contrast of a song about insecurity but to this huge EDM/Hip-Hop beat. So it felt like a new kind of song."*

## Lyrics

* Original
* Acoustic

I'm a good pretender
Won't you come see my show?
Won't you come see my show?
I've got lots of problems
Well, good thing nobody knows
Good thing nobody knows

Oh, I'm insecure, I'm insecure
I think I lack what I'm supposed to
Lack what I'm supposed to
I don't even mess with drugs
I do that 'cause you say it's dope to
You say it is dope to

I'm a good pretender
I'm not really cool
I'm a good pretender
'Cause I'm just like you
I do not belong here
You all clearly do
But I'm a good pretender
So I'm just like

[Break: Jack Met]
I'm a good pretender
I'm a good pretender

Steve Aoki, Lil Boat
I look happy in every picture
Just so you'd think I am
I never say no to pictures
'Cause that's just the person I am
In high school, I was tryna figure myself out
I was tryna be just like him (Okay)
I'm tryna do things I don't usually do (Why?)
I'm pretending to be too cool (Ha)
I wish my mother had more sons
I wish my friends were my brothers
I wish my ex-girlfriend didn't cheat, she pretended to be my lover
In front of the camera screen
I make it look just like a movie scene (Yah)
Diamonds on my hand, call me Lord of The Rings ('Kay)
Still insecure behind the scenes, though

Oh, I'm insecure, I'm insecure
I think I lack what I'm supposed to
Lack what I'm supposed to
I don't even mess with drugs
I do that 'cause you say it's dope to
You say it is dope to

I'm a good pretender
I'm not really cool (Okay)
I'm a good pretender (Yah)
'Cause I'm just like you (You)
I do not belong here (No)
You all clearly do
But I'm a good pretender
'Cause I'm just like you

I'm a good pretender
I'm a good pretender

I'm just like you, do you like me too?
Now I'm just like you
I'm a good pretender

I'm a good pretender
Won't you come see my show?
I've got lots of problems
Well, good thing nobody knows

Oh, I'm insecure, I'm insecure
I think I like what I'm supposed to
Like what I'm supposed to
I don't even mess with drugs
I do that 'cause you say it's dope to
You say it's dope to

I'm a good pretender
I'm not really cool
I'm a good pretender
'Cause I'm just like you
I do not belong here
You all clearly do
But I'm a good pretender
So I'm just like

I'm a good pretender
I'm a good pretender

I'm a good pretender
All emotions in sync
Don't you think I'm clever?
We laugh at all the same things

Oh, I'm insecure, I'm insecure
I think I like what I'm supposed to
Like what I'm supposed to
I don't even mess with drugs
I do that 'cause you say it's dope to
You say it is dope to

I'm a good pretender
I'm not really cool
I'm a good pretender
'Cause I'm just like you
I do not belong here
You all clearly do
But I'm a good pretender
So I'm just like

I'm a good pretender
I'm a good pretender

I'm just like you, do you like me too?
Now I'm just like you
I'm a good pretender

## Audio

* Spotify
* YouTube

Steve Aoki - Pretender feat. Lil Yachty & AJR -Ultra Music-PretenderPretender (Acoustic)-2Pretender (Acoustic)
## Videos

Steve Aoki - Pretender ft. AJR & Lil Yachty -Official Music Video-Pretender (Official Video)