Sparrow - Believe lyrics

[Intro: Will Smith] The separation of talent and sk** Is one of the greatest misunderstood concepts For people who are trying to excel Who have dreams, that wanna do things Talent you have naturally Sk** is only developed By hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft [Verse: Sparrow] I'm crazy if I say I'm gonna make it But if I speak my mind enough, though I bet crazy will seem sane I feel for the kind of people Who can't seem to find a peephole Can't even seem to entertain simple questioning Rants and attacks the person who seeks the truth Spurns their efforts and makes every effort To turn them into a new source of entertainment Another dude with a bunch screws loose A'in't that the truth? What else is new? Just another day - Hey man, I'm telling you But the truth is that the truth changes With every opinion we may lay claims to And different is different than insaneness Insane is disdain toward anything different A few strange angles can still form a shape I think I'll reform my take and take aim With one where I can staple a statement Right into the middle of your foreheads Of you f**ing naysayers who'd forego going forward If it kept yourself in the majority You'd forbid others from putting forth resources Toward anything other than your ignorant unworldly worldview Warn others “You're encouraged to go with the flow” Go f** yourselves! I'll hold my tongue despite you fools But I won't bite mine to oblige you And find myself walking a mile with you in your shoes [Bridge] When the going gets tough You gotta keep going No matter the circumstances No matter who's in your way, or why [Hook] Be the fire to the star Let ‘em know you fixin' to do it right You done figured out the game So motherf**in' right, right right All my winners put your hands up Only if you believe (x3) Oh, only if you believe (x3) All my winners put your hands up . [Verse: Sparrow] f** anyone who doubts my motives This story is my right, and I write mine as I go Don't plagiarize or criticize - Just write your own! At no point in time, in any chapter Will my own lead character Be undermined, be recognized As another one left underdeveloped Or easily described When you critique me peeking through hindsight When I tell you I've got something to prove Know I'm the only juror in my courtroom So judge me if you please No acquittal for persecutors with their critical beliefs There is no bigger critic of me than myself and I Which is why I play the plaintiff, defendant Hell, I'm the f**ing judge as well I don't demand order in mine It's more like a ballroom I guess Cause you just keep waltzing in on your high horse Even though you can't keep the ball in yours Oh but you talk a big game though, don't you bro? Chains and s*uts, money and fame - Dumb So much so you're not ashamed - What a shame When did ignorance become such a fixture in the game That the kids grew up thinking idiots were the sh** What a rude awakening learning they weren't sh** Just a bunch of puppets Must be tough overcoming becoming What you grew up hoping to become [Bridge] [Hook] [Outro: Will Smith] The only thing that I see That is distinctly different about me Is I'm not afraid to die on a treadmill You might have more talent than me You might be smarter than me But if we get on the treadmill together (Laughter) Right?…There's two things: You're getting off first, or I'm gonna die It's really that simple