[Intro x2] We can make it We can make it We can make it just to make it We can make it [Verse 1] I still remember all the promises I made Get all of the money so that you can quit one day Just to say you actually did it And I'll still buy you the things that you requested Girl I'm with it, I'll remember that I said it, aw yeah You want a new car and a nice house And you wanna go to parties with a new blouse I can make it happen, I just gotta put the work in Doing what I love while all the other kids is workin' The struggle is beautiful, I know what it's like Stretching clothes out for next year because they're getting too tight Or going to a Laundromat to spend the whole night But still give change to the homeless because you feel like it's right Using coupons at drive-thrus because your job hasn't paid you They haven't put the check in and you wanna know the issue Cuz you have to pay the bills, they gonna turn the lights off Reading books by windowsills is like aiming with the sights off Yeah [Verse 2] You want the newest shoes The latest point of views You want the first cla** seating With the five star eating Cuz this is what it takes This the crew's big break I've put my foot into the door It's too late to make mistakes Cuz we going to the city Where the gra** is green, girls' pretty Life is short, time is money Opportunities are plenty I'm just not sure if I'm ready, that's the real truth Whole truth, nothing but the truth And lately life is getting really hard to believe I look up to my friends, but they all look up to me And to top it all off, it's getting harder to think Sometimes I just wanna sleep cuz I get close to the dream Do you remember our discussions late at night on the phone? When we talked after school when we should've went home? I would tell you 'bout my visions and how much I wanna make it Now I'm closer to that dream So close I can taste it You would always go one about how you'd be my biggest fan You would go to all my concerts Be the groupie in the van But now we don't even talk, and I wanna go back And if I forget your name, I would hope you understand when I