[Monologue]
True story
I told Steve Jobs ‘you can't slave drive me'
I told Frank Stronach ‘I want to live lively' when he fired me
There's nothing you can do to me
My family is from poverty
From a place where there isn't much food to eat
They used to drop bombs on the young and the innocent
Remember ducking out in bunkers with my mom and my brother man
If there's a hell on earth, this place was really it
No sign of hope, just pain and heartbreak
Many escaped to seek refuge in foreign countries
Took jobs in white man's restaurants and factories
Just to provide shelter and food for their families
Notime for meltdown or moods, cause that's casualty
Look at you, so cool skipping school so casually
Put yourself in your pop's shoes, I bet you'll wanna run yeah
Just look back at your roots if things become unclear
Developed a love for the third world, cause I am really from there
Appreciation for the developed world, cause we got freedom here
Deep down somewhere it keeps nagging at me what we can become here
The land of opportunity, you know it's still sung here
But you're hesitant to pursue it see, due to some fear
The past got you hurting, but what's done is done yeah
The future is uncertain, every move seems like a big jump yeah
So instead you pour some bourbon and drink til you're super drunk yeah
Slurring to your closest peeps that life is just unfair
Hoping that you wake up a new person and all your problems are gone yeah
But they're still there smirking, singing same old song yeah
You gotta realize even in failure there's learning so don't fear
You'll never know unless you try and nevermind the outcome yeah
What you waiting for? Go ahead take a lunge yeah
Come out swinging, Manny Pacquiao, punch yeah
Shift to your main gear, never look back at your pain-fear
You're no stranger to danger so what's a little change huh?
You've got nothing to lose and everything to gain here
So step up to the plate and show your mothafukin range yeah
Not acting like I got the formula to success cause I ain't there
And I know that I know nothing, but I tell you something
Success ain't a destination, it's an endeavour,yeah
[Outro]
When the timing's right, you'll be ready yeah
Whenever you're ready it'll take you there
It'll be okay, have no fear
And when we cross paths, all the stories we'll share…
Why you feeling down for?
Take that frown off
And go live your life
Tell me what you down for
Get our shine on
And go live tonight...