[Intro]
Yea
[Verse 1]
Yo, give me a stage and a mic stand
And I can stand right there & lay out my whole lifespan
And do it twice as nice as anybody who writes can
They say it's a dangerous sport but I like playin
It's all part of life, it's the excitement
We like it, like a fight, clash of the titans
But instead, it's which rappers are nice man
All we really sayin' is "Let me tell you where I been"
It's something I would never trade
It's how we live our life everyday
But I'm a walking mishap, a hiccup in the galaxy
A cracker who just happens to spit raps in clever ways
But he was hardly ever paid
Any mind, so he figured he'd forever stay
Noddin' his head, puttin' lead, to a tattered page
Full of rhymes he'd hope you'd hear at a later day
[Hook] 2X
Yea, you know how I get down
I keep it realer than most right now
So, whether you love it or you hate it
It's lookin' like you're gonna have to face it
[Verse 2]
It's like the lotto man, think of the odds played
That an A&R in his ride would hear what I'd say
Find me and then pull up in my driveway
With a contract like "Yo, my name is Kanye
This is Timbo and Andre"
That's how I thought it worked backin the day, honestly
I was so naive to all the facts
How i really believed it would fall into my lap
But now, none of the labels callin' back
I'm starting to see the politics involved are whack
So I put up a wall, but then it cracked
And crumbled, and there was no stallin' after that
I found that no gimmicks, that's my gimmick
No Cadillacs are driven, or flashy image
Just a kid tryin' to be the best rapper livin'
If cats would listen, and not care if the ma**es didn't
[Hook]