John River - Seasons Of Love lyrics

My name is Matthew Jonathan Derrick-Huie But I go by the name of John River I'm from a little city called Mississauga and Greater Toronto Ontario, Canada And I'd like to officially welcome you to ‘The Calm' (Verse 1) Teacher asked me what I was Said “Miss, I'm a rapper” Grew up in the gym by the rim as a Raptor Take the last shot, never been a pa**er My life in this tape, every song is a chapter Gotta read the novel, better read the book I'm somewhere in between a role model and a crook Depends on how you look Depends on how you see it They said my future's looking bright n***a its my spirit Tell me can you hear it? Tell me are you with me? f** these n***as talking ‘bout their b**hes and their titties I rap about the city It's motherf**in' gritty Got n***as on my block catching 25 to 50 years My n***as in the whips switching gears My n***as in the clique that never switched though the years Know it's getting realer, clearer with the feeling Need someone to look up to? Put a mirror on the ceiling, like (Chorus) We coming straight from the streets on this You know it's been a long process It's taken 525,600 minutes to get this done And you know, we know we couldn't have done this without y'all And we appreciate all the support and the love So I'd like to give a big shout out to The n***as who came and handed out the CDs The people that came to the video shoots The people that pushed John River when John River didn't have a name And believed in this before we believed in ourselves This is for my block, this is for C-L-K This is for Woodlands, this is for T Dot This is for Canada, n***a I'd like to officially welcome y'all to ‘The Calm' R.I.P. my n***a Jazze Lukas Schueder, God bless Mamta Singh, rest in peace (Verse 2) Look I said baby wanna change the world Grow from a sprig tree Lines are kinda deep, only know if you dig me Name's John River Dough off of brig leaks f** your bullsh**, Derrick Rose to ya big 3's Egos and weak flows, they tower at the win I wanna be the best, put in hours at the gym Workin' on my jumper, power at the rim Maynard n***as leave you sour for the ring And well, if we shootin' then I wanna get the lead Denzel, book of Eli Mama look at me fly, member' sending tracks n***as didn't reply Saying you the best, tall tales looking knee high I'm here by the declaring, you near by the barring Back in my city ain't a single life I'm sparing Know dat, we comin' straight up out the city where there's simply no slack Go deeper in the dot a n***a tell a n***a “hold that” Hey, the whole Gat Hey look my n***a, we want all of y'all to stay blessed And enjoy And we'd like to truly, truly, truly thank And I wanna personally thank and say I appreciate all the, all the love y'all shown Cause we couldn't have done it without y'all We know that And this is the final product Welcome to ‘The Calm'