See, I got dreams and I'm really trying to live those
So I'm going through life with my lids closed
Trying to show my true life with a pencil
And a pad, but if I had a nickel
For every time that I rhyme with a sick flow
Or someone tell me man you gonna be big bro
I'll buy a big boat, and a mink coat
Or a school in Africa where the kids don't
Have access, like the rich folks
And my address, will be a ZIP code
That's a big mansion if you didn't know
But I never had sh** and I still don't
So my point is, that I've been told
Hella times that I really shoulda been blow
And though I haven't, It's okay for now
I'm in the stands till the man says come on down
Like A-1 It's your night tonight
You can shine real bright if the price is right
I'mma live my dream I've waited a long while
For them to call my name and say come on down
I don't know if I'mma win the showcase but I better cuz
I ain't tryna sit up in the audience forever so
If it's all the same
I'mma chill up here till they call my name
In my own mind I'm a king like cash is
But I ain't even got a king size mattress
sh** I ain't even got a small size mattress
Sometimes it feels like I'm sleeping on a cactus
On the road couch surfin' but the fact is
I'm trying to travel the globe without an atlas
So till I hit that gold it's only practice
For when I reach the ma**es but in the meantime my back is
Hurting like a b**h from these floors I sleep on
f** that do a yoga stretch and keep going
Cuz the pain that's a party to pursue
I'm nothing without hunger and I'm dissing for the youth
They fight over the money but I fight over the truth
So, when I spit an angel sitting right over the booth
I'm blessed, but I could use a couple of vows
So I ain't mad if the man say come on down
Like A-1 It's your night tonight
You can shine real bright if the price is right
I'mma live my dream I've waited a long while
For them to call my name and say come on down
I don't know if I'mma win the showcase but I better cuz
I ain't tryna sit up in the audience forever so
If it's all the same
I'mma chill up here till they call my name
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