[Intro]
I know a handout won’t be coming any time soon
So work from the break of dawn until noon
From noon to midnight, midnight to that stu', cause I had plans now of making big tune
Didn’t know, was it true, had I just assumed
That I knew what they saw me through bore the view
That there isn’t more room for people like you, to equal success than those with light hue
The thoughts I’d' let in, tuned to deading all the ways I was heading when I was setting on sins of my youth
To make a fool all out of those who doubted if I fold or break the mould and break through
There was no safe haven to lay my hеad so I had to break bread or forfeit my food
Misfortunе distorted my sense of view and hindered the wisdom that grew
So it starts like this
[Verse 1]
I had to work
But I didn’t want have another run in and slip
Yeah
Even at first
I was innocent but I looked like a culprit
Huh
I didn’t trip
I had the first stint with a broom and a mop stick
Only for a while
Till I got enough chips, then I’m gonna dus' and dip
Boss used to get kicks out of taking the mick
Still working double the shift
One time I didn’t get paid, reacted and flipped, I granted his wish
It mirrors the times that weren’t as legit
Your guilty so long you exist
What will it take?
I need break? Huh
Innocent but I looked like a culprit
[Verse 2]
I had to do this to keep the dream running, I wasn’t stopping
Used to get paid and then go to the studio let’s get the streets rocking, so I can stop clocking
Wanted to quit, but I felt one click away from the next hit, then it’s like this
Go get the house on the hill, a bonus from signing my deal avoid the press getting me grilled
My co-worker native of mine, what motivated your grind
She told me that she had, had dreams of living a life where she didn’t struggle, sublime
I wondered
How many years, had she been working at it
Minimum answer was 6
Startled, I thought can’t do this for another week
Signed up for more, sleep is a myth
[Verse 3]
Yeah
I had to work
Cause I had a dream of something much better than now
Yeah
But it got worse
Even though I worked more in a day than it had hours
My knee didn’t bow, I tried by my strength and power, I almost threw in the towel
Ignoring the signs trying to bring me round to an understanding that’s sound
Resentful of those still gaining their pound, by draining the underground
Then still living the life, regardless of whether they found, the dream that we talked about
I couldn’t see anything down, the lens, if it weren't narrowly bound
By personal gain, am just I living in vain, by purpose believing I’d found
[Verse 4]
I started to question my thesis, all that I believed in, was searching for errors
I endeavour to stay at the base of the hill, if I see we can't go up together
If it comes reality, then all the pageantry, luxuries, and the temptation and tendency to become distant from what was normality, choose to avoid in totality
Since I had noticed I’d focused my faith, on all I could take Not for the plans that you’d make for your my purpose
My life would be rendered as worthless, if l don’t consider the stakes
Of eternity, I felt the urgency
3 am driving I knew after this I was cutting it back
Exhausted my vision is fading to black..
(He veered off the side of the road, and he crashed)
[Outro]
...And hindered the wisdom that grew
So it starts like this
I had to work
But I didn’t want have another run in and slip
Yeah
(Stay where you are, don't move)
Even at first
I was innocent but I looked like a culprit
(Stay where you are)
Huh
I didn’t trip
I had the first stint with a broom and a mop stick
(Stay where you are, don't move)
Only for a while
Till I got enough chips, then I’m gonna dus' and dip
