Pete Wurthy - Within Striking Distance Lyrics

A dear friend once told me
Ayo Pete
I think your best years are yet to come
Yeah, yeah
I often think back to that assessment
That appraisal
That affirmation
And I still wonder
To know what you're destined to do takes the ease off
Lets you to go forward in life, brakes off
I know what I'm trying to root, yes it's true
When it's all said and done entreprenu I choose you
The things we pour our heart into
Intentionally fielding a career pursuit
Though not yet at a level of success attained
Discontent hunting for a place to sustain
Not born with spoon silver, but beyond lucky
While those burdened in debt speak begrudgingly
My dad saw my future within a passion of his
Oblivious to notions we were seeding my gift
How could I be born into such a happenstance
God placing me within a perfect circumstance
Having his full support embarking these ventures
While the rat race deferred without a censure
Passin' by pan handlers feeling undeserving
An endowment from Dow a product unearthing
Through compound interest, I will invest
As I do things myself like I'm active on Pinterest
Please believe Pops I will always be grateful
You were rooting me on - I was young and unable
Now it's my shot to pen this legacy story and
I pray to God that it's not a fable
You ever had something that you wanted so much
But that damn thing so cold to the touch
Seems it slips from your clutch, often
But you gotta obtain before you fall back in your coffin
I gotta dream to be self-sufficient
I'll keep chasing for it gotta stay persistent
Eternal drive like a holy piston
A fighter in cage within striking distance
It's the worst thing in the world to be best at
What you weren't meant for, that ain't my path
I want this to want me back, that's my track
Together at last with self-generated stacks
I took a walk outside the queen city streets
Hinging on the feeling I was near defeat
That's when I met a man named Paul near a bus stop
We engaged in convo, sometime around 10 o clock
The conjecture vague, he could sense dismay
He politely asked for the problem I faced
I'd like to succeed at this thing by any means
Be my own boss, be in control of a team
Living to work, yo that's what I should do
Pawn this all away to chase an office with a view
I got dreams to travel - life on my terms
The most precious resource time is mine to burn
At least that's the vision, though not that simple
The plot for my path still out there in limbo
I squelch leisure - how can my fate be phony
He said, "God's test will become your testimony"
The timing of our talk seemed orchestrated
By a higher power, it's what I needed to hear
He said one more thing before he took his bus
Paul said "don't focus on the problem focus on the promise"
You ever had something that you wanted so much
But that damn thing so cold to the touch
Seems it slips from your clutch, often
But you gotta obtain before you fall back in your coffin
I gotta dream to be self-sufficient
I'll keep chasing for it gotta stay persistent
Eternal drive like a holy piston
A fighter in cage within striking distance
You ever had something that you wanted so much
But that damn thing so cold to the touch
Seems it slips from your clutch, often
But you gotta obtain before you fall back in your coffin
I gotta dream to be self-sufficient
I'll keep chasing for it gotta stay persistent
Eternal drive like a holy piston
A fighter in cage within striking distance
You ever had something that you wanted so much
But that damn thing so cold to the touch
Seems it slips from your clutch, often
But you gotta obtain before you fall back in your coffin
I gotta dream to be self-sufficient
I'll keep chasing for it gotta stay persistent
Eternal drive like a holy piston
A fighter in cage within striking distance