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2023

Chorus - Rob John

You came a long ways, look how far you done came and how you learned from the change
You didn’t run from the pain, instead you kept going and you left a mark in the lane
You came a long ways, look how far you done came and how you learned from the change
You didn’t run from the pain, instead you kept going and you left a mark in the lane

Verse 1 - Rob John

You see I use to stand still like a plant in the ground, now I’m flowing windmills and melodies and the sound, I’m telling you I don’t lounge, I came right from the ground, from the back when I went from the bar to thе lounge
Getting twisted on thе weekend, skipping right to the Beacon, cutting school didn’t really listen to the teaching
Was a fool, thought it was cool,than I realized I had to get my stuff together
Sleeping In the park and up in that cold weather, walking around town with holes in my leather
Top Ramen Oodles and Noodles was the meal, had to make something out of nothing it was real
General Mills, and grilled sandwiches, watching others on the block gambling, now I’m managing
Like a grown man to making my own plans, use to rap on there beats now I’m making my own jams

Chorus - Rob John


You came a long ways, look how far you done came and how you learned from the change
You didn’t run from the pain, instead you kept going and you left a mark in the lane
You came a long ways, look how far you done came and how you learned from the change
You didn’t run from the pain, instead you kept going and you left a mark in the lane

Verse 2 - Rob John

Yo, we all cane from something, we can learn from our past there’s no need for running
I came from the dungeon, like the titanic I was sunken, watching Kung fu flicks and monks that was drunken
Had my own phase back then rocking the braids, Iverson cornrows, hats and black shades, making mixtapes back in my rap days, planning my life like it was the last days
First job I ever had, Burger King, I quit the first day and went back to the beats, writing rhymes on notebooks and rap sheets, hearing them shots going off in back streets
I was paranoid off the weed, thoughts filling up it was hard for me to breathe, it never was a breeze
And when I look back I had wild days, and I say to myself now you came a long ways

Chorus - Rob John


You came a long ways, look how far you done came and how you learned from the change
You didn’t run from the pain, instead you kept going and you left a mark in the lane
You came a long ways, look how far you done came and how you learned from the change
You didn’t run from the pain, instead you kept going and you left a mark in the lane
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Rob John

Rob John

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