Kardinal Offishall - Motivation lyrics

[Hook] [May Marquardt]: Looking back to the day when you said I wouldn't make it far I had to promise myself no tears and I'm so sincere, I don't care who you are I'll never be afraid of pain You got to dance in the heavy rain So when it's coming down on me It's only motivation [Verse One] [Kardinal Offishall]: Yo, you never know what you have until you lose everything The love and your sanity, n***a 'erything Years back I had felt agoraphobic All the fire that I had, it's like the devil done stole it Read it on my mom's face She couldn't camouflage Any of the hurt, it's like the Earth felt sabotaged The pressure for the first time, ?, Mr. Get Up And Go, couldn't leave the bed layin' in For months on end I was the subject of a prayer chain Everyday losing stripes like a candy cane Realizing that nobody really noticed that I didn't come around They a**umed that I was out of town But I was out and down Until one day, my mom and my cousin came through and said, "Look around Yo, no matter how bad your life feeling You gotta keep your spirit to the ceiling." That love is motivation [Hook] [May Marquardt]: Looking back to the day when you said I wouldn't make it far I had to promise myself no tears and I'm so sincere, I don't care who you are I'll never be afraid of pain You got to dance in the heavy rain So when it's coming down on me It's only motivation [Verse Two] [Big Pooh]: A few years on the road now I'm sitting in the crizzib Shades drawn, Little Brother gone, people livid Me? I'm in another space, focused on the past Depressed about the future cause I couldn't get pa**ed Me Starting over So I'm inching closer to the point of no return Where I'm feeling rap's over A few months period The mind is a meriod Looking in the mirror, like "n***a are you serious?" My girl looking at me like, "n***a you delirious?" No matter where I turn, see the message was ubiquitous Get up, get out and stop sulking No more Lou Ferrigno, time to turn into The Hulk and Smash on these n***as, thank the doubters for supportin' Big Dho coaching, I'm starring on the court and No more role playing for this beat dragon slayer Return of the rapper, you should kneel and say a prayer I'm here [Hook] [May Marquardt]: Looking back to the day when you said I wouldn't make it far I had to promise myself no tears and I'm so sincere, I don't care who you are I'll never be afraid of pain You got to dance in the heavy rain So when it's coming down on me It's only motivation