[Chorus: Anna]
I remember times when I never shined
It was so hard to believe
I didn't want to be lost in life
I came out from underneath
Felt the weight of the world crashing down on me
And now I'm looking out...and it's my victory
[Verse 1: Adverse]
Failure comes in flavors I've tasted before
I've felt the downfall, I felt my face on the floor
Never any good at school, a fuck up yeah I said it
Second to my brother cause he had talent in athletics
The jagged puzzle piece trying to find his place
That's why I rhyme today, picked up the Mic to say
I got talent too its not just those kids
They were good at something and I wasn't that's bullshit
I was good at way more then I let them imply
Most of us don't even know we got wings till we spread em to fly
The world weighs a lot more sitting on your shoulders
Praying it'll shift, at end of wits n my composure
I've failed so many times and that's why I succeed today
Work for what I have, winning wasn't in my DNA
No easy way, but I'm here feeling so well
Its funny I was nobody till I started being myself
[Chorus: Anna]
I remember times when I never shined
It was so hard to believe
I didn't want to be lost in life
I came out from underneath
Felt the weight of the world crashing down on me
And now I'm looking out...and it's my victory
[Verse 2: Hiatus]
Living in a city surrounded by four walls
Overanalytical role models magnifying your faults
Trying to overcome my obstacles like pole vault
In a city where the biggest dream is just to get out
Hate my living conditions, education's worthless
Why you think I fight for freedom with verses
Potential riddled with curses, teens filling hearses
Everyone too complacent to reverse it
Do we deserve it, damn right we do
Nothing that we do is worth turning a head to
Trying to provide for a family I'm dead to
Can't really blame them, they're trying to get ahead to
Going broke over fighting foreclosure
Hitting bankruptcy more than once over
But if you check the bracket everybody picking me
And sooner than you know it's going to be my victory
[Chorus: Anna]
I remember times when I never shined
It was so hard to believe
I didn't want to be lost in life
I came out from underneath
Felt the weight of the world crashing down on me
And now I'm looking out...and it's my victory
[Verse 3: Hiatus]
Chasing ice seems impossible, chains improbable
You see a nine to five as green, I see an obstacle
Look at every purchase like "will this become profitable?"
Investing my energy so every bar is proper dude
Moving my feet to the beat, accomplishing feats
Make dudes from the street obsolete
Like, "Please, you really trying to run with me?"
You a gimmick, even as an act you incomplete
Talk like you woke up in a new Bugatti
Think you dating the hottest hottie
Ask me what I got me, honestly that's not me
Never had to cop things, I actually got dreams
Not get rich quick schemes, chasing a dime piece
I prefer to find peace within a rhyme scheme
Said it more than once, I'm here to make history
And sooner than you know it's gonna be my victory
[Chorus: Anna]
I remember times when I never shined
It was so hard to believe
I didn't want to be lost in life
I came out from underneath
Felt the weight of the world crashing down on me
And now I'm looking out...and it's my victory
[Outro: Anna]
I remember times when I never shined
It was so hard to believe
I didn't want to be lost in life
I came out from underneath
Felt the weight of the world crashing down on me
And now I'm looking out...and it's my victory
