Gradient - Swing For the Fences lyrics

[Intro] No matter what'll happen I'mma swing for the fences [Verse 1: Masetti] I never was the one to focus on the salary I'd rather be the one you come to when in actuality Reality is somewhere that I never thought I'd make it So I practiced, made it perfect, now I'm going back to basics Basically this used to be the place to be, I would hate to leave Sitting on the bench while chewing gum and waiting patiently Minutes turned to hours, hours turned into a race to be The best that I could be, this music league and where it's taking me Pacing back and forth and lately I don't see the problem With being up to bat with bases loaded at the bottom Of the ninth inning, mind spinning, thinking and I'm plotting And this voice is telling me to leave the competition rotting Gradient, he told focus on the game and I believe him I bet that's why I'm getting better season after season All the people hatin', I don't really need ‘em at all Watching from the crowd screamin' I'mma leave ‘em in awe Get up brush myself off keep my eyes on the ball And swing and let the world have it as my problems dissolve [Chorus: Masetti] I'm looking as far as I can see But thoughts of the future, they keep stressing me Like where did the day go, and if I will stay low Or will I find the treasure at the end of the rainbow It's all perspective and in my mind I try to respect it but I can't find The meaning of all of it seems so pretentious But I can take the bench or I can swing for the fences [Post-Chorus] No matter what'll happen I'mma run ‘til the day I die And if you're looking for me you can find me in the sky [Verse 2: The Jokerr] Look, I'm tryna be remembered in history as a rhyming legend A methodological prodigy, I'm obliged to refine my methods I've come to discover I've been entrusted with a message To bring to the blind a timeless and divine vestige To bring hope to a generation of truth-seekers And take the focus off the j**elry and the new sneakers To bring the most important issues to the forefront And knock the wind outta you naysayers like a core punch Before, once, I was struck with a hunch That life was more than sippin' Jalousie and puffin' the blunts 'Til I was hit with the conviction I should bring it to the ma**es With my black size 13 aimin' for a**es And straight started kickin' like a buck wild stallion They sent me off alone and now I'm comin' back with thousands Espousing to bring light to billions of lives And keep it live while we aimin' for the sky [Chorus & post-chorus] [Verse 3: Gradient] I think we all got our sights on a path to fulfillment We're filled with the might to reignite the filament Inside that had flickered and died, feelin' sick and deprived Tryna rekindle the fire we felt as children And still I feel a call that's instilled in us all It's the will just to always be building, exploring Ignoring the crowd of the loudest of doubters In order to vow to go make what we're proud of I didn't believe I would ever be able to spit on a beat And be makin' a crowd jump Never was thinkin' of doin' it seriously Now I'm makin' an album And how come I was paralyzed with insecurity Now my rap heroes hear my rhymes and wanna work with me From Ireland to Berkeley the pa**ion develops ‘Cause now I'm catchin' attention from international fellas When I rap I'mma drop something poignant in your speakers ‘Cause now I call the shots like I'm pointing at the bleachers With Jokerr and Masetti on the features [Post-Chorus]