(Sample)
We used to play out in the rain....
(Intro: Rasheed Chappel)
Yeah, it's my life
It's my story, I put it to song
They want the bright lights, but these are dark shadows
(Verse 1: Rasheed Chappel)
It started in Dane's basement, spittin' my little rhymes
And n***as laughed at me, and n***as clowned on me
In due time, they gon' put the crown on me
Give you the early years, call it my right to pa**age
It defined my purpose, refined my pa**ion
My life's work, written in every word
Every sentence bears resemblance, to every curb
That I stood and watched, and engaged in cyphers
Then was off to work, my baby needed diapers
Was seventeen, carried the world's weight
I got a second coming, another court date
And my mother's sitting, behind a prison wall
My pop's high, and he no help at all
I was the breadwinner, I had to make a way
And them n***as that laughed, I'ma make them pay
And now the world 'gon hear, what I have to say
(Hook: Rasheed Chappel) {x4}
I'm still standin' here (Still standin', still standin')
By myself
(Verse 2: Rasheed Chappel)
And all I wanted was love and recognition
My picture in Record City and n***as saying we did it
Nigas saying we made it, my n***a congratulations
But f** it, I never got it, my home never forgotten
Live, write and record it, on stage vivid performance
Crowds, cheering applauding, on cell phones recording
I took the pain and put it inside the music
The music was therapeutic, I'm just airing my heart
I took the burden, I went the furthest, I bear the scar
But scrutinized and crucified to give you art
I just think it and ink it and as I jot it down
I get to thinking, it sinks in, I made it out
Instead of broke, it was moulded, I became a king
Instead of folding was chosen, I bear the wings
To take flight and spread life, my name rings
Was given nothing but I give you my everything
(Hook)
(Outro: Rasheed Chappel)
Apollo Brown, Rasheed Chappel
Still standin'
Forever