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Hungry & Foolish Lyrics by MK Asante

Buck: Original Book Soundtrack

2015

[Intro: Steve Jobs]
Stay hungry, stay foolish

[Verse 1: MK Asante]
Yo, I'm Hungry & foolish and so I do this
They doubted me all my life, they never knew this
Young buck from the Illdadel had it in em
They couldn’t picturin me winnin in dirty denim
Now picture me rollin – born winner
And they ain’t have a damn Clue ‘do remember’
Never thought I see Norway in November
Them Northern lights from dark North Philly nights
I had to prove em wrong, that's why I go so hard
Deep in the paint cause I came from the Boulevard
I’m what you ain’t
Don’t make me get my hood involved, G-TOWN
Never played that woulda coulda shoula ball
I play to win, I shoot to make it
I work to get it, fuck it, go out and take it
When you doin ya thing they gon hate it
Top of the mountain, they stare, we elevate it

[Hook]
We're stronger than we think we are
Ignite a fire with a spark
We're stronger than we think we are
Ignite a fire with a spark
Nothing's going to stop me now

[Verse 2: MK Asante]
Started off from scratch—no lotto
Started stuck to the corner—no Cus D’Amato
Now hungry and foolish—that’s the motto
Do everything now—No Tomorrow
The present is a gift, that’s why it’s called present
Troubled adolescence had my mom stressin
Now a different story, Dorris Lessing
Around the world but forever Philly reppin
Getting goals achieved—Ovechkin
I'm always varsity ... even as a freshman
Proud complexion, even when they said I’m less then
Three-fifths, blind to these gifts
I smoke a unhhhh, unwind to Lee’s rifts
Let my soul just climb through the abyss
And I don’t just go Up—I Up-lift
All clicks—Bandana Re-Pub-lic

[Hook]
We're stronger than we think we are
Ignite a fire with a spark
We're stronger than we think we are
Ignite a fire with a spark
Nothing's going to stop me now

[Verse 3: MK Asante]
On the road to success, many obstacles
I remember when they said it wasn’t logical
When they was like it’s really just improbable
Then they told me my dreams: impossible
But now it seems the boy unstoppable
Number 1, do the math, untopable
Just warming up I still gotta lot to do
In the mirror like ‘really who’s stopping you?’
Nobody from the lobby to the rooftop
Now I influenz-ya—no flu shot
Newton’s law motion mean we don’t stop
Acceleration celebration we made it
Still remember South Phil them dirty basements
Pavements blank page is where the pain went
To payments backstage—we world-changing
Living the dream, say grace—A-mazin!
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MK Asante

MK Asante

About “Hungry & Foolish” by MK Asante

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"Hungry & Foolish" is credited to MK Asante. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Hungry & Foolish" appears on "Buck: Original Book Soundtrack" in 2015.

Visit the MK Asante artist page at /artist/mk-asante for biography, popular tracks, and links to more lyric pages.

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