Rashad & Confidence - Understand lyrics

[Verse 1] I woke up early in the morning with victory on my mind Attempting making a cla**ic got my hands scripting lines Thinking hard as I improvise On how to be a huge success in this game as my failures become minimized Make people feel all the stories that my pen describes I don't need fancy j**els combined with expensive rides Or platinum plaques for my career to be legitimized To be the illest alive is what I visualize It takes work and focus to get heard and noticed That's why my pen labor is hard to make my verses potent For all my listeners who always stay earnestly devoted Committed to make a purchase and not download it My rhymes are loaded as I shoot for the throne Went on hiatus and since then, the rumors have grown On how I threw the pen away and left the music alone But still I prove to be prone to write a luminous poem Spark a light on gloomy days like thugs shooting the chrome I spend a lot of time with the pads, including in the zone And igniting pages day and night with a few off my dome Burning up these fake cats and consuming they clones [Hook] You don't understand my life, my goals and my story You don't understand that I'm here now to get the glory You don't understand my plans, my mind and my pa**ion And how the time has arrived for me to make it happen You don't understand the struggle, the pain of sacrifice Plus the love that I pour in these pads and mics If you don't understand how to make a cla**ic LP Then you don't really understand what it takes to emcee [Verse 2] Long hours, lack of sleep, writing paragraphs for weeks Deciding which one of my rhymes I should scrap or keep Devising a type of sound I think'll attract the streets Mastering this craft ain't a easy task to complete When you try to raise to rank one among rap elites Without even selling your soul or compromising your image To change who you are and be falsified with gimmicks Just to please very fan and get applause from the critics Thoughts of being a legend have always prompted my spirits To go the extra length right past the margins limits I sacrificed a leisure to women and all my vices Just to be mentioned with raps most remarkable writers Trading my social life to writing bars with preciseness In the end, I'm sure that the rewards will be priceless Either be a waste of talent living poor and righteous But that's something I fear, that's why I was forced to write this [Hook] [Verse 3] Yo, the limelight, the glamouring glitz, it all tempts me I wouldn't mind having bad chicks trying to caress me But I don't make songs that seem ringtone friendly I'm thinking of the perfect lines until my dome's empty For listeners to have my quote frozen in their memory Radio don't impress me with these finger snap tunes If it ain't for the kids, it's for the k**ers and rap goons And I go beyond both, so you can't box me in I'm making timeless records, outlasting the hottest trend With years from now, would probably still get a lot of spins Unlike you other cats who rhyme for patrons, bottles and rims These ain't Hollywood raps talking about driving a Benz This was made for cats who walk blocks with unpolished Timbs Getting their hands dirty to get dollars to spend I drop this product for them, plus my rivals and friends Who thought my dreams will meet demise but stayed alive in the end [Hook]