Sometimes it feel like this music shit happened overnight
I never thought that it would mean this much to my life
Sixth grade when a sheet of music entered my sights
Nine-teen when i first picked up the mic
Time flies in reality when you chasing dreams
Then you get that wake-up call, you look around and see
Not many fruits of your labor or somebody younger that's
Getting this paper and being everything you wanna be
Moments of doubt and jealousy yeah I've had many
Can't keep comparing my chapter one to they chapter twenty
I never feel like I work enough, who to blame really
Only me cause the mirror my only competition
Appreciate the loving words from those that I call friendly
When my head was spinnin that's the shit that kept my world from ending
I'm done pretending like this school shit don't slow down
The vision but if anything I can say that I gained was persistence
See, I learned a thing or two in college G
While y'all putting out whole tapes with no marketing
And wonder why yo rap career turn to a f*ckin mockery
Gotta take of the business side just as much as the artistry
You think the threat of hard work enough to startle me
I was born and raised in Grind City mane, that shit a part of me
Never doubt my commitment if you ain't ready to starve with me
I'm all the way in with this shit, It ain't no partially
Last summer I kicked the grind into overdrive
Five days a week in the studio made for lonely nights
And not once was i ever concerned with dollar signs
Them sessions wasn't for me I was tryna
Have my homegirl sounding right
Hours of engineering without even a plan
Had me in New York at AES felling like the man
But I'an go through on none of my sibling's summer plan
Sacrifices I gotta accept as I become a man
I know I'm gone take many losses 'fore I reach Ascension
But I Still Love It when the plans go according to vision
I Don't Look Down on those who doubt I'll see a victory
Untitled for now but one day they'll all be calling me king
It's gon be hard to Rise making Elevator Music
When the trap influenced the ones that's getting the Shine and mentions
I pay no mind to those who talk down on who conscious with it
Cause The Only Way to Go is UP so I never did listen