Young man dipped out, 10th grade
On a mission, whole crew gettin' paid
While the kids my age tryna get laid
All good, here's a record I'mma set straight
I should've never got this far
This time last year, everything got hard
Almost took my own life, and I failed at it twice
So don't come to my face tryna give me no advice, like
You won't ever know what that's like
Working out in the cold, staying up all night
I was sellin' CD's, now I'm dropping EP's
And we see it all grow, we the damn dream team, like
Remember when TJ hit me
Didn't know what he saw in me
Told me it would all work out, and we ain't there yet
But I'm getting close now
Shawty left, but I still moved on
Homie died, and I still kept goin'
Momma cried, cause I know it gets hard
Believe me now, we finna make it alright
Ground up, got nothing to lose
Friends left, let em' all go assume
No slowing down, got too much to do
Boutta break it down, you finna give me some room
Not a single soul came around my way
It was me and me, up until this day
Going thru a pain nobody could understand
Only thing on my mind was working to be the man
Say it all the time, but she deserves more
I'm not the best son, but I'm finna work for it
Need to see the ones round' me good
Chasing something, still came from nothing
Everything has been way too much
Better not to go say too much
Up and down, we always swinging
We got different reasons
Oh, yeah, yeah
Missing out cause we're building futures
Facing targets, chase regardless
I know there's a time and a place for all this
And we on pace in the race for stardom
Never fallback, like the leaves in autumn
Opportunities, seizing all them
Clear visions, I been seeing all them
Laugh at the kid, but I'll still go do it
You don't know what it cost, and you won't go through it
I keep saying this, yeah I started from the mud
And I always stayed up till' I could see the sun
Skipping classes, slanging tapes
Hit our first mill, finna celebrate
I been levelled up, always elevate
And it's all in the works, yeah no debate
Lotta times had to bite the bullet
Signed up for it, put my life into it
The pain gets real, always fighting through it
Finna take a step back, and get right back to it
If it's meant to be, then it'll come to fruition
Never forced it, stayed on a mission
Need to see the ones round' me good
Chasing something, still came from nothing