"The Ambition" lyrics

"The Ambition"

Live the American dream with billboards picturing me
My name on Hollywood Boulevard (Want it so much)
LA state of mind, I'm never satisfied 'cause I want number one
Doesn't everyone? (Want it so much, much)

So, I was up late the other night
Comparing myself to others' lives
Scrolling up and down my phone
What does she have that I don't?
My dreams so big, they're supersized
I chase them like I chase the light
I could live a simple life

But that's the thing with the ambition (Want it so much)
Everything's a competition (So out of touch)
Yeah, it got me a lot, but that's not good enough
I wanna be lo-lo-loved
I live and learn the hard way (Want it so much)
Yeah, it's a chronic heartbreak (So out of touch)
No, it never stops, I wanna be your star
I wanna be lo-lo-loved

Lo-loved
Loved
Lo-o-oved

Raise on validation
Consumed by aspiration
Numbers meaning more than words
But what's it worth? (Can't help how I feel, it's human nature)

Millions of people listening
Soul-driven, couldn't live in it
Didn't appreciate it then
Wish I could go back again
My dreams so big, they're supersized
I chase them like I chase the light
I could live a simple life

But that's the thing with the ambition (Want it so much)
Everything's a competition (So out of touch)
Yeah, it got me a lot, but that's not good enough
I wanna be lo-lo-loved
I live and learn the hard way (Want it so much)
Yeah, it's a chronic heartbreak (So out of touch)
No, it never stops, I wanna be your star
I wanna be lo-lo-loved

See, I've been doing this long enough to be scarred from what I've learned before (Ooh-ooh)
But that doesn't mean I wanna stop wanting more and more
I try to push it away, but at the end of the day
It's the world to me
I'll keep breaking my heart if I can be your star (Ooh-ooh)
If I can be lo-lo-loved

That's the thing with the ambition (Want it so much)
Everything's a competition (So out of touch)
Yeah, it got me a lot, but that's not good enough
I wanna be lo-lo-loved (I wanna be loved)
I live and learn the hard way (Want it so much)
Yeah, it's a chronic heartbreak (So out of touch)
No, it never stops, I wanna be your star
I wanna be lo-lo-loved

Lo-loved
Loved
Lo-o-oved


Writer(s): Uzoechi Osisioma Emenike, Zara Maria Larsson, Helena Gao, Margo Wildman
album: "Midnight Sun" (2025)
Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun album cover
Midnight Sun (Girls Trip)
("Girls Trip" Edition Bonus Track)
Blue Moon (Girls Trip)
("Girls Trip" Edition Bonus Track)
Pretty Ugly (Girls Trip)
("Girls Trip" Edition Bonus Track)
Girl's Girl (Girls Trip)
("Girls Trip" Edition Bonus Track)
Crush (Girls Trip)
("Girls Trip" Edition Bonus Track)
Eurosummer (Girls Trip)
("Girls Trip" Edition Bonus Track)
Hot & Sexy (Girls Trip)
("Girls Trip" Edition Bonus Track)
The Ambition (Girls Trip)
("Girls Trip" Edition Bonus Track)
Saturn's Return (Girls Trip)
("Girls Trip" Edition Bonus Track)
Puss Puss (Girls Trip)
("Girls Trip" Edition Bonus Track)
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