[Verse 1]
From unsigned hype to unhype signed
From Sha rhymes nice to Sha still rhymes?
Back in the days it was
Take these d** and bag that dime
Then hit these clubs and bag that dime
To get that shine
From small a** crimes
To long a** grind
I crossed that line
Took all that time
And forced my mind to switch
From messing with girls that's already taken
To dealing with women, from smashing to dating
I went from being impatient
Dissed the Creator sometimes praying to Satan
To realizing I was bitter and hating
I went from wishing and waiting
For things to happen now I snatch it and take it
I went from wack to your favorite
I went from attic to basement
I mean mainstream to underground
You can't even place me inside a box when I rock
Went from rapping real basic
To making soul stirring, earth spinning cla**ical statements
It makes your skin twitch, spine tingle can't even trace it
Went from acting and faking
And rocking shades on the stage
To being pa**ionate making people relate to my pain
I went from hard to difficult
Switched from spitting to bleeding
I was rhyming for money now I view money as freedom
I was nobody, now when you ask who could beat him
The answer's nobody now, later, ever I'm heated
I was hot, flame scorching now I'm like the human torch
I went from metaphoric orphan to a spiritual fortune good…
God
[Hook 4X]
This goes out to you and you and you and you and you
[Verse 2]
I used to be a
Young emcee wit an old soul
Did a little pitching, swore that I had a dope flow
Listening to Twista but they said I should go slow
I was so close to blowing up but I got exposed though
From kidding and playing
To shifting the way that my sh** was conveyed
And then
Cops stopped me on a trip to get paid
Searched the whip, made us strip, I envisioned the cage
Made it out, swear to Christ life was different that day
Just imagine you're a surgeon with a kid on your table
And you lose ‘em by twist of fate from a simple mistake
And it's k**ing your faith
In other words I'm missing my patience
Went from improv to improving
Been in the Matrix
I was focused on radio play and getting fel**tio
To trying to change the globe and the college to prison ratio
Used to smoke alone in my zone
Sitting at home, writing hit records
Now I write records that hit home
I be
k**ing dudes with every bar thrown
Composing stupid verses in a smart phone
This is not a sermon or a long poem
Sorry if it comes out in a harsh tone
From shooting shots on the court off the bench
To taking shots from a judge in the court on the bench
I was aiming and squeezing and chasing the cheese as a
Atheist heathen almost died started changing my reasoning
Went to sleep, saw my wake in a dream and I started maybe believing facing my demons
Now I'm thankful I'm breathing
Lord
[Hook]