Dwele - Long Story Short lyrics

[Verse 1] Eight fourteen 1983 n***a I'm there But let me fast forward about 17 years Take you back to the basics, back to the basement Hi-Hat, snare drum, baseline, base kicks Recording the karaoke, stereo to tape deck Having fun with it ain't worried bout gettin paid yet Couple years past now I wanna get paid And stepped up as an Emcee, stepped up to the MP Doing beat cd's gettin better bruh Listening to Pete Rock, Preemo, Dilla on the regular I'm tellin ya, couldn't +Tell Me Nothing+ 'til my ears determine Learning how to get my sound As good as theirs hell yea I'm about to add a little group then Ten speed and brown shoe Lasted bout 2 years But its more info My kinfolk went on tour roady for Slum Vill' He got a beat CD in the hands of Baatin Didn't hear from til they got back to Michigan Got a phone call *rings* What up doe? Come up to the studio, yo we wanna hear mo' Some I brought some mo tracks and they picked a few of those And made a little dough, then yo I'm out the door Is the story over? Not really Got Trinity, Dirty District, Detroit Deli I'm thinking how can we fail Seen a whole other level of the game Out on tour with D12 Fans wilding out, hands raising in the pile And Proof keeps stage diving in the crowd I can do this I can get used to it, but There's more facts so let me back track To the B-rack, BR Gunner sh** Hoping we were running sh** But it didn't work they way hey Young J and my n***a Fat Ray Dirty District 2 things seemed okay But it still ain't right Things are moving slow mo So I'm thinking bout going dolo So I had to go and go solo Doe low and I'm not feeling Having low doe or close to having no mo So I'm back to basics so I'm going back to the basement I'm trying to make it And I hope the crowd coming with me I'm grinding out then I made Sound of the City I'm trying to show bruh's how this bruh do it Trying to keep my buzz up suited My buzz in the underground stupid Phone call from Fat Beats, who dis? Yo we trying to make you the newest Artist on the roster, possibility I'm bout to use this sh** to make another outcome Outdone, popular demand came out And shout out to the fans that's been holding me down Now traveling the world gotta get em Whats next? Me and Hex on a mission for the competition Caltroit shout, what up to my n***a Bishop Hold me down on the West coast laid out Told him good lookin out on the Dre' shout Hey now, n***as trying to go and get paid now k** em on stage wow The spotlights not dimming Fat Ray got +The Set Up+ Share the spotlight with 'em Critics saying I'm one of the dopest on the beats Accolades in the page of the magazines And that's only a little of what I've been given Still can't believe that it's only the beginning