Hudson Mohawke - Why Stop Now lyrics

Chorus: Why stop now? I've come too far To wear these battle scars To throw in the towel Through the tears and depression Persevered the oppression And I'm still not broken down So why stop now? Cause I don't see the reason To make it out breathing Without learning the meaning Why I can't back down And survive somehow I got to figure it out So why stop now? Verse 1: Act 1: Ask one what I've been through For the sake of the pad and the pencil Kicking and screaming, I fought for my chances Spitting these schemes when they thought I don't have it But I grabbed it, and never put it down And put it down for Topeka to try and make that middle ground They feel it now, cause even though I got them getting down I'm making music that won't leave they're IQ's whittled down First off, I tried writing the worst thoughts Trying to claim third degrees in the third grade In that summer, I came to my senses Why fake it and be a young kid with censors What's my message? Well, I'm the best kid To make you chant and dance 'til the crowd's breathless And I guessed it was all that I needed The first record succeeded; but proceeding To middle school, I got dirty looks And the haters saying I got nerdy hooks Well, yea I'm intelligent. If you can tell then it's OK, but truthfully, inside I felt like ish Weighted down with the pressure to change Cause they wanted me to rap about the j**els and the Range But I don't have any one of those things So for me, to stretch the truth sounded strange Freshman me was in musical puberty Cause people challenging my talent was new to me My old school, feel good raps were corny And I couldn't pen tracks that warrant warnings To parents, so it's apparent Acceptance ain't something I can inherit I became earnest in earning my spot in hip hop Pumping songs from my heart, so I'd die if I stop So- Chorus Verse 2: I see no reason in quitting Since I'm so seasoned with spitting Though I ain't even been mentioned With all the Yeezy's and Kendrick's Cause a freshman list can't reflect my gift Even MTV can't expect my hits Cause ATV is the best description Of every writ song Off-roading; download it And you'll see my road ain't paved I may cross paths someone else has came from But I run this trail I've blazed So are you following the Fiya? Cause the pencil's the torch I'm carrying While competitors try to bury Cause my flow can't be contained like aquariums There's no such thing as rap without me in it Music's what they do, but I breathe in it Notes in my lungs; quote off the tongue My heart beats to the rhythm of the kick drum Fingers twitch to the click of the snare Envisioning the synthesized chords in the air Melodies compelling me like a dose of adrenaline You're going to miss when I'm gone like a song Anna Kendrick sings I'm "Pitch Perfect"; a rebel with will, son So why stop now when they're filling the building To sing along with their hands up to the ceiling Saying- Chorus Violin Solo Chorus