[Verse One]: Who the hell is this, calling me at 6, show last night, had to reminisce
It’s the crack of dawnin and I’m yawning, look out the window, too early in the morning.
It’s B. Allen, hittin my line, wonderin why he’s up at this time.
Talkin bout the old enemies who was overseas, the wannabes and the fake old Gs.
I ain’t on that, ain’t going for the beef, what’s the beef if you have no teeth?
What’s the issue if you have no tissue? Now you going big and now they miss you.
They miss you when you was wack, now they love you and got your back.
They fake then and just fake now, what you gon’ do about it [alt. word: that] now?

[Hook (John Mayer):] What you gonna do about it? (x4) [x2]

[Verse Two]: Its funny how life works out, they try to pull you in and kick you out.
They try to get money when you got fame, when it all falls down, they ain’t the same.
They hop on the wagon that people ride, when it all falls down, they chill outside.
When you pass away, they treat you like a god, when you alive, they act all odd.
When you in the dirt, they leave flowers, you walkin on the ground, they want power.
When you in the casket, they shed tears, you breathing just fine, they look in mirrors.
They worried about the style and the face, they see what’s fake in every place.
They wasn’t that real in that high school, now they old and ain’t that cool.

[Hook (John Mayer):] What you gonna do about it? (x4) [x2]

[Verse Three]: Real recognizes real, fake to fake, said it before bout the double take.
You do it once, you do it twice, third time’s the charm, but life ain’t nice.
Life ain’t nice when you on the ropes, life ain’t nice when you fail your hopes.
Your hopes, your dreams, it’s not what it seems, going from The Cool to Laser beams.
Beaming like Scotty on my own Star Trek, chill, sit back with a kangol hat.
Chilling with a hat, my new sweater, change like the weather; oh, it’s whatever.
Whatever’s clever, that’s how they act, you take one step, it’s on your back.
They see your life, they wanna doubt it, so, “What you gonna do bout it?”

[Hook (John Mayer):] What you gonna do about it? (x4) [x2]

[Bridge: (speaks) So, what you gonna do? (Do?) What you gonna do? (Do?)
What you gonna do? (Do?) About this thing called life (life) (x2)

[Hook (John Mayer):] What you gonna do about it? (x4) [x2]

(Outro)