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The Challenge Lyrics by NSigma

Higher Calling

2023

[Chorus]
I've been running I've been running I've been running away
I've been numbing I've been numbing I've been numbing the pain
I've been looking for a way out cause I've been afraid
But I'm gonna have to face it if I'm looking for change
I've been dropping I've been dropping I've been dropping the doubt
Ain't no stopping ain't no stopping ain't no stopping me now
I've been growing I've been growing every time that I fail
Imma rise to the challenge
Yeah I gotta prevail

[Verse 1]
Climbing the mountain cannot see the end
Gotta stay grounded I gotta ascend
I pick up the pen
And lay it all out in a verse I've been doing my worst
But I can't let it happen again
Step up to the stage at the open mic
Don't know what to say I've been stressing cause I know it might
Be leading to embarrassment
With all the people staring and
I worry what they think of me I wish I wasn't caring this
Is a bad decision wishing that I never signed up
The game nothing but a ladder this my chance to climb up
I don't wanna rise I'm afraid of the fall
I don't, I don't wanna try I don't wanna make the call
Will I pass the test with my back against the wall
I asked Mr. West what he said "so appalled"
The start of this road is critiquing my limit
My heart gon' explode the beats drop every minute
I thought I could do it the music produce it
But I'm gonna lose it now I'm really in it
While part of me is ready thinking that I maybe got this
I'm impartially unsteady hands are shaking if I'm honest

[Chorus]
I've been running I've been running I've been running away
I've been numbing I've been numbing I've been numbing the pain
I've been looking for a way out cause I've been afraid
But I'm gonna have to face it if I'm looking for change
I've been dropping I've been dropping I've been dropping the doubt
Ain't no stopping ain't no stopping ain't no stopping me now
I've been growing I've been growing every time that I fail
Imma rise to the challenge
Yeah I gotta prevail

[Verse 2]
My vision fade to black then I awake over a steep ledge
Gotta just relax open my eyes and take a deep breath
And as I let out my release I can renounce and end stigmas
Hear the voice of the MC as he announcing NSigma
Step into the limelight
Hope I got my rhymes right
All there's left to do is shine so imma have to shine bright
Tell 'em that I'm boutta spit a verse straight off the mental
Now I'm out of all the nerves I only feel the instrumental
I'm gripping the mic in my palm
I gotta stay focused I gotta stay calm
They wanting a song
So I get to moving my lips and applying the pressure like balm
All the words start to flow with stability
Till I be switching it up with agility
Gotta stay in it I'm pushing my limits
I'm headed right to the edge of my ability
Take a look round the environment for something I can call out
Cause I've been climbing higher and I know that I could fall down
Shoutout to the guy that's locked in dancing while I craft tunes
Can't forget the girl that's walking past him to the bathroom
Leaving 'em all in a state of suspension
I'm seizing the call it's my date of redemption
I open the gate I was training like freight
On the track gonna skate, feeling great not to mention
I did it all without a pen or a pension
Preventing contention
Impending ascension
I'm bending their heads when I'm ending the thread
As I send my new friends to a whole new dimension

[Chorus]
I've been running I've been running I've been running away
I've been numbing I've been numbing I've been numbing the pain
I've been looking for a way out cause I've been afraid
But I'm gonna have to face it if I'm looking for change
I've been dropping I've been dropping I've been dropping the doubt
Ain't no stopping ain't no stopping ain't no stopping me now
I've been growing I've been growing every time that I fail
Imma rise to the challenge
Yeah I gotta prevail
Credits
NSigma

NSigma

About “The Challenge” by NSigma

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"The Challenge" is credited to NSigma. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"The Challenge" appears on "Higher Calling" in 2023.

Visit the NSigma artist page at /artist/nsigma for biography, popular tracks, and links to more lyric pages.

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