It's not about where you've been, it's about where you're going
Life full of ups and downs, a failure could never make me stop going
I try as I try and I will not quit. Keep believing in myself, I must make it
I know I must make it. Better day for sure, I know I must make it
Breaking up the struggle, I must make it. Who knows it, feels it, they must rate it
Let me tell you about the place where I grew. People pray just to see you, not the road
Dear Lord, I must stay where I grew up. So many snakes, no food in my home
Yes, all of my life I've been through the worst. Give thanks, I never enter the hearse
Enter the booth and put my pain in a verse. Always keep it real and never take the nerve out
Stay on my grind, everything will work out. Boy, dem a pray for me to start in reverse
Moving forward with my life, I put the Father God first
It's not about where you've been, it's about where you're going
Life full of ups and downs, a failure could never make me stop going
I try as I try and I will not quit. Keep believing in myself, I must make it
Bad mind don't bother me. All dem want to do is see me in a squaddy jeep
Success beat them, but no apology. I stay firm, not bend like a ackee tree
Big friend can't shade me like a canopy. Paigon can go and wash your mouth with a can of pee
Can't shake me or move me with jealousy. Dem shady with no honesty
Bad mind, Jah know some are tired of their ways. Tired of their vibes, tired of their face
Me stay away, humans dem strange. For material things, watch all of them change
All the good you do, they never talk it. Do one bad, they talk down your rassole tho
Heart black, eyes red, when dem see me. Dem love tall, but all of them timid
It's not about where you've been, it's about where you're going
Life full of ups and downs, a failure could never make me stop going
I try, yes I try, and I will not quit. Keep believing in myself, I must make it
Me no worry cause my tongue endure it. Why tell lies dawg, man I like stories
From boxes, to candles, to abandoned places. Never know bed, me know to sleep on floors
All life me raise, that's why me give praises. People dem are talk like they ever did know me
Remember dem days, me know to pay by purity. All life me raise, that's why me give more