All I really got is three pages left
I paid dues in a booth, but ain't no wages left
I got the album finished, yah I been takin' steps
And they been givin' me props, so I know the stage is set
And ya'll ain't neva gonna spot me cuz I'm makin' my reps
So all them fair weather friends betta save they breath
They wasn't with me back then but now they placin' bets
And just to think, I ain't even made it famous yet
I guess that's just what chasin' fame will get
But I been hungry for this chance my whole life I swear my table been set
The other day I said grace for my team and we blessed
Mindin' manners on a mic Gram lacin' the rest
This finna be a Super Smash cuz I'm swingin' like Ness
I may be Earthbound for now until I make it and jet
I pick apart all of my skeletons and say it in jest
So rest in peace to all my demons we gone lay 'em to rest
VHS (yes)
Swear I learned a lot along the way
Swear I learned a lot along the way (Yeah)
Swear I learned a lot along the way
Swear I learned a lot along the way (Yo)
From the first time I stepped up on a stage
You was always in my corner always hollerin' ya praise
Had me watchin' Star Search, usin' all yo tapes and
Help me tape the cardboard just so I could breakdance
Summer after summer you would put me in them talent shows
Put the pressure on this diamond just to see my talent glow
Didn't matter what I wannabe cuz you was with it
I be missin' Christmas morning when you used to come and visit, but
Shit ain't been the same since you had to leave us
You believed in Jesus, still you leavin' became a demon
So ironic that I opened up a service on a weekend,
But I ain't gotta tell you that though I know you seen it
I swear yo memory golden and I'm just blessed I can hold 'em
So all the time you devoted I feel in every verse I wrote
And if I have a chance to make it for you and me, I'll be golden
Imma make it like I always knew you told em, Rest in peace
(Yo) And that's the realest shit I ever wrote
That's the realest shit I ever wrote (Yo)
Swear these thoughts of bein' just another wannabe chillin' me
Thank you mom and dad for all the lessons you instilled in me
Shout out to my sister out in Minnesota missin' me
Love and miss you too I'm proud of everything you gettin' to
Thank God for Erica that woman a blessin'
Held me down when the card declined, shit was depressin'
You held me up at every show even when no one was checkin'
I got yo back when these women trip and you wanna check em
I'm just a mid-Missouri kid with an imaginative flow
So imagine what'd happen I don't pack up and roll
I'm tryna take it on the road have 'em people out the do'
And let 'em know I'm from "The Show Me" so you know how it go
I'm tryna get the state back I'm overhead like wave cap
Tryna gimme two cents and Imma give 'em change back
I paid dues way overdue I'm waitin' on my payback
Thank you to the fans for the chance that I can say that, peace