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Getting Started Lyrics by José Kelly

Getting Started EP

2019

Getting started

[intro]

Smooth right? Just getting started, I told ‘em I’m just getting started...

[verse 1]

Came a long way

Came a long way since I first did it

See I came in the game with no gang

I just had a pen & a pad like “Let’s get it”


Locked in my room making beats by day

Writing songs by night

Tryina figure out what I write for

Then I told myself, HTI - skrrrr


Black kid at the back of the class

With a backpack with nothing but a notepad

Had an accent and the girls kept on askin

Me “is it yosé or hoesé?”


Girl, neither, just call me Kelly

Actually don’t even call me

Let’s leave it at that!

I’m on a mission, spreading the vision

Remember the motto, Here to impact


[refrain]

How did this happen ?

I couldn’t tell!

God’s been good, the fam been blessed

And the teams been well, sooo


When I look back, I look up then give thanks like “Oh Jesus”

They keep on asking “how far will you take it?” Well, just getting started!

[Chorus]

Just getting started x 6

They keep on asking “how far will you take it?” Well, just getting started!

[verse]

I said a whole lot, I did a whole lot

But I’m not pac, never been shot

From Mozambique, yeah been hot

Always been cool, or maybe not


Just getting started, no I can’t stop

Swift like Taylor but I’m not pop

Surprised to be here but I’m not shocked

I don’t know much but I know God, oooo


It’s been a minute, scratch that back in the building

Back in the b’ness, feeling like Elvis, let’s rock n roll

Can I get a witness?? (Amen)


Oooo, shut up & listen

Got the team back in the kitchen

We feel like chicken when In a black home

Always in season


It’s a battle for my soul

Swear I’m always on the road

4 projects on a row

I keep reaping what I sow


I don’t speak on what I think

Only speak on what I know

Rose up from the ashes

So I gotta catch ‘em all


Meek when I make a mill

I don’t even need a deal

They have labelled me a zealot

I’m just glad you see the zeal


I don’t rock a Jesus piece

But His peace is in me still

They keep on asking how far will you take it

Bruh I’m just getting started


[Chorus]

Just getting started x 6

They keep on asking “how far will you take it?” Bro, just getting started!

Man I swear I coulda given up

Man I swear I coulda left this

Sometimes it felt like the right thing

I’m glad I didn’t as I write this


Dreams take before they give

That’s just the way that It is

Won’t be the dream that’ll take you out

Prolly be the pain it brings


The homies hate that I know what they fear

The ladies love that I know how to hear

The kids love that I know what they feel

The streets love cuz I’ve always been real


When the going gets tough

You gotta go harder

This ain’t the dish

This just a starter
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José Kelly

José Kelly

About “Getting Started” by José Kelly

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"Getting Started" is credited to José Kelly. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Getting Started" appears on "Getting Started EP" in 2019.

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