A long time coming, just a kid from nothing/
But now I'm chasing money and I'm tryna make something/
Of everything I wasn't, and everything I wanna be/
Fame and all the better things is everything I wanna see/
I'm sick of living broke, goddamn it's a bitter life/
But every single morning, I'm glad for every bit of life/
A struggle as it may be, life is never easy/
Never took for granted all the lessons they would teach me/
Remember high school? I could never get a date/
I was looked at all lame, but those b**hes were fake, hey/
But then I started rapping, hearing everybody laughing/
Cracking jokes they say I'm whack, catching flack like I'm Mac/
I remember bumping KIDS man, that was my sh**/
It inspired me to spit, kept me going when I quit/
And I'm thankful for that, I am, and all the other music/
That kept me going on my journey, helping my pursue it/
But sometimes it's hard and I thought I was gonna lose it/
For every dark night, fill in the blank, that's some true sh**/
Ooh, ooh, ooh, I was hated on/
You're a motherf**ing p**y woodpushing skater, John/
Goddamn, everything I did I was backlashed/
I wanna see there faces when I'm stacking up that fat cash/
In the end it's worth it, everything I've gone through/
You can be the one to shut em up and act strong too/
A long time coming, just a kid from nothing/
But now I'm chasing money and I'm tryna make something/
Of everything I wasn't, and everything I wanna be/
Fame and all the better things is everything I wanna see/
I'm sick of living broke, goddamn it's a bitter life/
But every single morning, I'm glad for every bit of life/
A struggle as it may be, life is never easy/
Never took for granted all the lessons they would teach me/
Wake up every morning dreading work, 7 to 5/
Unload another truck, come home and write a rhyme/
Tryna sell some CDs yo, no one's even buying/
If I told you bout my confidence, I'd probably be lying/
And I'm only 21 so I'm sticking to my guns/
And I may be young and dumb, but you know I'll never run/
From the fears in my mind, but f** em I don't need em/
Wear emotions on my sleeve, don't believe, come and read em motherf**er/
Ha but here we go again/
And I had the same dreams since my height was like 4'10"/
Run out on the stage hearing everybody screaming/
These motherf**ers know my name, man I must be dreaming/
Giving all these people, y'know, something to believe in/
Put your mind in front of matter then you can achieve it/
Look at me it's possible, a kid from the old block/
Getting all my props and the sh** just don't stop/
A long time coming, just a kid from nothing/
But now I'm chasing money and I'm tryna make something/
Of everything I wasn't, and everything I wanna be/
Fame and all the better things is everything I wanna see/
I'm sick of living broke, goddamn it's a bitter life/
But every single morning, I'm glad for every bit of life/
A struggle as it may be, life is never easy/
Never took for granted all the lessons they would teach me/
A long time coming, a kid from nothing/
A long time coming, a kid from nothing/
A long time coming, a kid from nothing/
A long time coming, aight one more time like/
A long time coming, just a kid from nothing/
But now I'm chasing money and I'm tryna make something/
Of everything I wasn't, and everything I wanna be/
Fame and all the better things is everything I wanna see/
I'm sick of living broke, goddamn it's a bitter life/
But every single morning, I'm glad for every bit of life/
A struggle as it may be, life is never easy/
Never took for granted all the lessons they would teach me/