I've been waiting a long time to feel this way

Can I see myself or not? I don't know. I don't know Fallow me if you want to go somewhere Fallow me if you want to go somewhere Guess I'm on my own, we gon' go on this road without no breaks pray I learn my lesson before it's all thrown away damn it's been so long, I start to flip and then remind myself its just a song give the best advice I should prolly listen more drop my guard scared i'm gon' get hit before it hits the floor aint nobody that i'm hearin that could fuck with me but I could just think it I don't see it I need some believers I go from high up to so low that I could kiss the floor there my confidence it goes, flying out the window I don't know how you gon' think that you belong here when you been in the game it aint came for four years I shouldnt listen but shit just be thinkin in to my thinkin just when im thinkin of quitting then i remember I'm the best I'm the best and you aint gunna tell me no aint nobody gunna get up in my way fly away so high up i can see my way home motha fucka im the best im the best and you aint gon tell me no better believe it im the best, im the best so just look in the sky up there he go if you cant reach me ill be back home soon just save my place if you miss me just look up cuz ill be speeding its easy to miss me but if you see me better believe me im the best and ima give it to em aint nobody that could see me and im finna show em spent a long time pinned against the wall so i learned to stand firm like i was pinned into the floor god damn it i managed to get up out of my own way and there aint no stoppin im sliding up in to home plate welcome to my world ill give you the grand tour take a look around shit be lookin like its Pandora aint a plan for it saw it than I ran for it if i dream it then i know i'll get my hands on it who the fuck could tell me otherwise? I just did it from my own worst critic I admit it motha fucka I'm the best I'm the best and you aint gunna tell me no aint nobody gunna get up in my way fly away so high up i can see my way home motha fucka im the best im the best and you aint gon tell me no better believe it im the best, im the best so just look in the sky up there he go if you cant reach me ill be back home soon just save my place if you miss me just look up cuz ill be speeding its easy to miss me but if you see me better believe me im the best (sample) I used to get angry, all the time, frustrated too you are not frustrated anymore? I'm not lost anymore how did you do that? same way anything lost gets found, I stopped looking

Stick to the script boy, get hip boy my life a movie, enjoy im glad you waited, we finally here this is that (this is that) world premiere (world premiere) come get with it, im bout to get it fuck a critic, you talk i live it to the coffin with it, i dont need ya reviews lets start the show, and fuck the previews Welcome, buckle up put your seat belt in take them standards where you held them push them up a couple buildings I be up there its fun here, you see me now? wait one year so high im talking Michael Jordan sticking out his tongue air I swear, I feel like Ali when he finally fights all the hype building up my fruits of labor finally ripe its that world premiere if you listening I hope you know what you witnessing this motion picture im living in is dope as shit and its just beginning we here Big screen now they lookin up to me yall aint seen nothin yet better pull up a seat Stick to the script boy, get hip boy my life a movie, enjoy im glad you waited, we finally here this is that (this is that) world premiere (world premiere) come get with it, im bout to get it fuck a critic, you talk i live it to the coffin with it, i dont need ya reviews lets start the show, and fuck the previews Thanks Jermaine, I'm feelin pretty good I can't complain tell the labels they better raise their aim gunna put my foot down til my ankle sprain we aint the same yall rap good hurray for you yall hear this beat? I made this too mix my shit so it bang too all in my little ass bedroom imagine where im headed edit it in my head until i get it perfect then i work until i get it its Byram in this bitch, the name Elite shout out to Dreamville Steinbrenner checks couldnt get a better team built Big screen now they lookin up to me yall aint seen nothin yet better pull up a seat Stick to the script boy, get hip boy my life a movie, enjoy im glad you waited, we finally here this is that (this is that) world premiere (world premiere) come get with it, im bout to get it fuck a critic, you talk i live it to the coffin with it, i dont need ya reviews lets start the show, and fuck the previews who would have ever thought? I did bitch if you sleepin ima spit it til your eye lids split this is tick tick tick lit wick bomb shit this a sure thing hit like the bitch you went to prom wit never mind the doubt in yall yall just be non believers swear im about to ball, i should be signing sneakers teach her some tricks she spinnin like a porno star switch it to the other side when she ride like a foreign car bet i want this more than yall gotta put the pros before the cons ready get in focus steady get in close up que the fade out with a slow dissolve applause! Stick to the script boy, get hip boy my life a movie, enjoy im glad you waited, we finally here this is that (this is that) world premiere (world premiere) come get with it, im bout to get it fuck a critic, you talk i live it to the coffin with it, i dont need ya reviews lets start the show, and fuck the previews

Imagination Day, she standing next to me her thoughts are standing still and mine are running away with her she can't stay on my mind, on my mind I guess my mind runs kinda wild I be here I be there I be all around why my instincts got me always on the prowl the way i play it in my mind you prolly call the foul ya somethin like a perfect stranger got a girl at home and no she aint here thats why im really tryna show restraint here keep it professional ill do the same here but im such a dog swear to god i aint hearin what you sayin im just thinkin dirty thoughts thinkin everything im thinkin prolly threw me off eyes driftin to ya body im trying not to be caught just seen her one time randomly wonder do these women know they staring in my fantasies wonder will temptation ever get the upper hand on me imma have to get ya, but for now this is just a Imagination Day, she standing next to me her thoughts are standing still and mine are running away with her she can't stay on my mind, on my mind and i believe in karma but ill stop wantin bitches when the fishes leave the water i got a interest in women a.d.d. dissorder they be latching on like we in movie theaters seein horror and when i be committed why it seem like bitches always beggin me to hit it and when im single it be ones i always seem regretting times backwards it almost like could be division all these temptations im facing i dont touch just observation and i be feelin guilty all the time my mind is filthy if my girl could see inside i swear to god she prolly kill me all the guys will prolly feel me cuz i say it how it really is ladies prolly furious god i wish my girl was bi-curious im serious, but its just another Imagination Day, she standing next to me her thoughts are standing still and mine are running away with her she can't stay on my mind, on my mind

Chorus: I'm gone, this ain't gon' wait for me long And yeah it's great to be home But I have some places I'm going So long Verse 1: Here I go, where I been? Get up on my shit There I am Gon' take a look, stare again Yeah it's time to pay attention Ain't nobody out that's doing nothing like I'm doing Yeah I'm money from the wing but still I'm centered Patrick Ewing And I'm Gone We gon' hop up in this plane Ain't no stopping ain't no landing to the top and out this planet I'ma shoot for the stars, Jupiter Mars I don't need a hand but I do get applause Shit yeah I know, who would have thought? How he got on? Guess I proved you wrong Yeah that's mother fucking right Boy you better watch me around your girl if you don't fuck her right Shout to L, time gon' tell, some belong some gon' fail Some go wrong some go well, bitch but I don't care cause Chorus: I'm gone, this ain't gon' wait for me long And yeah it's great to be home But I have some places I'm going So long I'm gone baby I'm gone away and I'll be gone for a while I'm gone, I'm gone and I don't plan to come back home Baby I'm gone Verse 2: I'm taking off, gotta think about who I'm leaving Gotta make my goals clear Gotta make sure I'm not misleading I know that you dependent on me for now but just know When I get on I swear that you ain't gotta work no more I'ma be that son, be that one Never gunna stop until I see that come Long as I breath out lungs and I bleed out blood I'ma see that we got funds Better believe I'm leaving for a good reason I'ma be the one to move us out these bleachers for the season I'ma lead us I'ma take us, I'ma be the one to make it I'ma chase it I believe it I could see it I could taste it I don't care if I don't sleep, I don't mother fucking need it This could be the last time we ever speak cause I'm deleted I'm gone Chorus: I'm gone, this ain't gon' wait for me long And yeah it's great to be home But I have some places I'm going So long I'm gone baby I'm gone away and I'll be gone for a while I'm gone, I'm gone and I don't plan to come back home Baby I'm gone

picture my position I been around the greats, so i just stopped to listen im bout to get up out my own way no time for sleep when you Elite it's been a long day shout to Cole and the whole team i'm feelin so great ima kill em, Voli kill em, Omen kill em rotate gettin to the point i'm gettin kinda hard to locate it aint no way that you could play me bitch im like an old tape no forplay, no date no bouquet this is no fair this is called rape i dont need ya help, i do it on my own so you can fuck ya self when you become the Karl Malone and you aint gettin not a single dime from me its a short list of people ima keep around to me ima get it one day and mufuckas gon' see all the doubters in the crowd the last round is on me hey, listen, the last round is on me all the doubters in the crowd the last round is on me bitch matter fact, ima take it to the rafters acrobats better come and take a picture this a mufuckin moment better go and get a tissue im the illest last time that ima say it ima do what i been doin you debate it with your friends with your fam with your boys with ya enemies and i dont give a fuck it aint a comment thats offending me aint finna be, god damn it might as well have not planned it if its fire why fan it put it down Titanic im a monster truck you a Tonka, conquer, concepts, concerts bonkers visualize a hundred thousand lighters in the sky when im finna spit a rhyme im a god in my own world higher than a phone bill back when they had a cord and a touch tone still im so ill, i know i said before i wouldn't say it oh well oh hell there he go again talkin that shit aint nobody tellin me im like an orphan and shit bitch im like an orphan and shit, bitch im bout to blow watch how awkward it get

Intro: Everybody But Me When everybody's drinking (I don't want to) When everybody's using (I don't want to) When everybody's floating (I don't want to) Everybody but me Chorus: When everybody's dancing (I don't want to) When everybody's toying (I don't want to) When everybody's laughing (I don't want to) Everybody but me When everybody's drinking (I don't want to) When everybody's toying (I don't want to) When everybody's laughing (I don't want to) Everybody but me Verse: So it's Friday night again Did my week ever begin? It's the same old song in my head I just wonder if it's ever gon' end They ringing on my phone, people trying to get me out When I'd rather be at home And my friends so persistent cause they know I won't say no And I guess I'm gon' go Fuck it though cause I'ma try and have a good time know I prolly should My man saying you could use it yeah I prolly could Everytime we hit the club I know it's gon' be good Instead of tapping on this bottle shit I should have knocked on wood, fuck Why I'm feeling like, somethings off, opposite of ceiling height I ain't tryna be the one to kill the night But my vibe ain't good like a mother fucking Miller light Chorus: When everybody's dancing (I don't want to) When everybody's toying (I don't want to) When everybody's laughing (I don't want to) Everybody but me When everybody's drinking (I don't want to) When everybody's toying (I don't want to) When everybody's laughing (I don't want to) Everybody but me Verse 2: Everybody but me chillin, chi chi chi chi chillin So why I'm in the corner? This shit don't look appealing I don't understand why cause sometimes I be getting live Other times I be feeling trapped because I diddn't drive Damn, if you could hear my thoughts I beat myself against the wall so often I swear that shit's exhausting I need to leave my self alone So I can try and have a good time, good time Everybody's here So much on my mind I just need to keep it clear Prolly cause I'm sober think I'm finna need a beer Man I always work at home I just need to leave it there I wonder what my friends think of me They always trying to call trying to hang with me Music in my head I can't let it go You prolly think I'm bipolar, shit you never know Yeah, you never know. Chorus: When everybody's dancing (I don't want to) When everybody's toying (I don't want to) When everybody's laughing (I don't want to) Everybody but me When everybody's drinking (I don't want to) When everybody's toying (I don't want to) When everybody's laughing (I don't want to) Everybody but me Bridge: I get the creeps from all the people in here I cannot breathe, it's too crowded in here Don't look at me I don't wanna be seen; touched; heard; bothered by the Creeps, from all the people in here I cannot breathe, it's too crowded in here Don't look at me I don't wanna be seen; touched; heard; bothered Outro: Just leave me alone, just leave me alone I think tonight, I just wanna go home I just wanna go home For tonight, you need to leave me alone I just wanna go, I just wanna go home For one night, one night just leave me alone Maybe next week, maybe next weekent We gon' get it popping, we gon' get it popping But tonight leave me alone.

aint nothin like a lady yea aint nothin like her i'd say ya very rare aint nothin like her at home, its so wrong but i wont let her go cuz she be holdin me down yea she be holdin shit down although shes always around she aint got much of her own when im gone got a girl at home shes so fine and i know shes all mine air tight when i get inside that might have a fight but i get it right back she the type that wanna chill tables always set up witha meal wont care if i never got a deal she just wanna get her head up in a veil i know somethin aint right cuz both of us aint quite up on the same height im stuck on the stage fright i might not be goin all in cuz i got this fantasy of a certain type of girl that i want and shes a different kind of lady shes not often understood shes a doin kinda lady and what shes doin does some good well my girl at home shes alright but one thing i dont like she dont got no motivation wanna stay at home complacent im basing this just on soley my imagination but i think theres someone else out there for me in outerspace and prolly got her own crib, own whip, steer her own ship real grown shit real fly wont admit it but she knows it real shy but she get it if she wants it she wants the world like i do we could fly so high as co-pilots thats why i gotta try to find you but i dont really know where to look cuz i dont really go where she would be gotta step my game up off rookie and i'll know, the second i see her then i'll go and i think she'd feel me but i just hope she got time though cuz shes a different kind of lady shes not often understood shes a doin kinda lady and what shes doin does some good But she lonely she lonely she lonely aint nothin like a lady yeah aint nothin like her I'd say ya very rare she's always out on her own for so long, and I wont let her know that she be slowin me down that shit be slowin me down seems like I'm always alone, when im home shes a different kind of lady shes not often understood shes a doin kinda lady and what shes doin does some good But she lonely she lonely she lonely

Girl we go high, we go down we don't decide, we go round we gon' get by, somehow it's just a windy day, that's why I'm driftin away, it's just a windy day, that's why I'm drftin away, it's just a windy day girl you know I aint driftin away how come soon as shit be gettin good we be on that bullshit both of us be stubborn never wear it when the shoe fit sometimes it be heavy most the time though it's acoustic round and round we loop it sound like somethin I produce with here we go again, no i'm not out with my friends livin in the studio and still you askin where I been I could tell you anything and still won't hear the end yet I do the same to her we like a pair of twins wearing thin up on my patience dunno how I do it no matter rain or shine, girl we just keep riding through it we had some black and blues and sometimes I ask confusing but in the end it's always bed I end up back with you in Girl we go high, we go down we don't decide, we go round we gon' get by, somehow it's just a windy day, that's why I'm driftin away, it's just a windy day, that's why I'm drftin away, it's just a windy day girl you know I aint driftin away I be driftin, I be driftin away I be up in them clouds and I aint tryna find no more rays I'm tryna figure more ways, that I could get us more paid I'm tired of having no space, I'm tryna get my own place I guess I'm tryna say that everytime that I be buggin its just me cuz I have dreams and im not tryna wake up from them its funny, cuz no matter bad we always fighting I check my phone in like a day your ass is gon' be writing you prolly most like right and, im prolly mostly wrong and thats why I wrote this song when, I finally found a moment I guess its somethin to it cuz with you I keep on endin up in the bed phones off so nobody interrupt Girl we go high, we go down we don't decide, we go round we gon' get by, somehow it's just a windy day, that's why I'm driftin away, it's just a windy day, that's why I'm drftin away, it's just a windy day girl you know I aint driftin away sometimes sometimes its just sometimes relationships get boring when its nothing but sunshine I think about it and I wonder if we'd make it here if we never had no friction if we aint been changing gears if we aint been up and down, back and forth fuckin round with all these emotions up to my neck like a button down i guess we keep it interesting we keep trading texts tryna diss eachother then it all just leads to make up sex we could go the whole week without speaking on the weekend we freakin like its the first time we meeting aint no reason we cant work on certain things to make it better but in the end the cold weather seem to keep it fresher Girl we go high, we go down we don't decide, we go round we gon' get by, somehow it's just a windy day, that's why I'm driftin away, it's just a windy day, that's why I'm drftin away, it's just a windy day girl you know I aint driftin away

Back on track To the window to the wall put a couple more Plaques on that Pat on the back to my man Volatile for the track in the back round clap sounds with a hi-hat bounce Put a little flow to it how that sound? Put a couple quotes to it now thats foul Hot ass style, Add a little mo' with a loud ass pow Fuck a hand up better bow that down If ya light a blunt better pass that round I dont need a hit for a fat ass with a bad ass smile Bitch I could have that now Matter fact i been had it, been at it Beast with the pen at it.. Fanatic Spittin motha fuckas know its not up for discussion Hit ya girl like percussion man i broke her off(Prokhorov) Russian Stop rushin... slow down... ...Pops sayin that i gotta stop cussin' .... get my team tight before i stop.... trustin No budget, dunno how i does it Sometimes sometimes... i be feelin trapped trapped who to relate to? Spinnin in my head like a dj booth Play the same songs that i pray break through Step past Through the looking glass... ......what can you get past? Take a look around you if you live fast ...Whip lash from the bitch ass breaks Know i Cramp up when i hit that pace ....gotta pick it up if ima win the rat race But i wonder if im running because i just lack faith Lock down know ya craft System pump when i pass Life short live it fast Know the goal not the path Not not the path Know the goal not the path System pump when i pass Some gon' fade some gon' last If im right if im wrong .... who knows if i belong No matter where i go where i go.. I dunno ...Never know how ... but i know where ... been a long ride But i dont care Yea there been ups and there been downs Im just waiting for my turn when the world spins round To it Been around a bit, so u know bitch i picked up a couple of tricks Getting a couple of hits aint nobody gfiving gifts luck is a myth divide time spent by belief what do you get? Im just tryna get the sky waves clearer Im just tryna get the far away nearer ... when i speak to the man up stairs Does he hear what i say? or am i talking to the mirror I got a couple goals Tired a sitting upper rows at the Garden want the stardom not Lebron I'm Carmelo Every song that i drop 5 stars Dj booth this a' be a nice start Mixtape coming and im coming quite hard Have ya bitch cumming like "im cumming my god!" Handprint coming right in front of my star On the boulevard Hollywood bound good god I aint tryna quit until my crib look large rick ross Big star this is how the shit starts lift off

When you look back, you see the patterns in life analyze ya own path instead of asking advice I remember putting shows on for my parents so small singing Richie Valens and my daddy saw the talent in me bought an album for me.. my first tape, Thriller I prolly learned the words the first day them headphones turned a long car ride into the best zone i swear i never left home when i had em on me they aint comin off tatted on me so tell me home room teacher she could back up off me had a blank tape, VCR, we record marathons we'd see on MTV when we get home when I learn the routines come and see me mom be the audience for me while I perform the Beat It song I see the talent show sign up on the wall now im getting more obsessive than I ever did before bright lights, little stage but to me its more important than my grades you see me dad? I'm better than you thought the whole room stopped when I did the moonwalk rooftops feelin higher than, vitamins for the soul this is home this is me I am him got a little taste of the rush, this is the paint to my brush the years pass, i learned a little more im learning how to sing, i wanna play guitar still remember pulling up inside my moms car back in 8th grade shit it all changed when i saw her she don't go here, she look a little older lookin like she hopped up out a TLC poster boy its over thinkin what the fuck i'm wearing? all the sudden now im caring, im embaressed and i'm staring at her turnin round and round how i lost my way the room spinning spinning spinning spinning spinning turnin round and round how i lost my way the room spinning spinning spinning spinning spinning we know what feels right inside even when its something that we tryna hide tryna lie, cover up alibi before you know it, outa sight outa mind tryna find somethin i could place there new school different set of rules played here aint care about the same old cant wear the same clothes if you tryna chase hoes and im Beethoven the way I play those but you know that everything glistening aint gold feelin cheated like a two time lover all i seem to care about is how im viewed by others so , tell me why i forgot who I used to be let me fly what is god tryna prove to me, then it came around, i swear my life is like a cycle i should write it down i'm writing now, I kinda like it might have found something gotta try to hide it while i try to find my sound at lunch time people always crowd around they be having ciphers I'm too scared to try and hop in now but maybe one day, some day, I'ma stand up spit some shit like Canibus like I'm the fuckin man what! hands up all around and the crowd goes crazy like the old days maybe it's easy to forget what you really love if someone says you can't then you really should my dad thought I really could way back got a keyboard now so I could try n learn to make tracks and pay him back for it bitch I'm makin stacks for the love of my life, thought I found it before tonight but look at her though, I'm goin in here we go again turnin round and round how i lost my way the room spinning spinning spinning spinning spinning turnin round and round how i lost my way the room spinning spinning spinning spinning spinning

Hold on, shit was just so long ago remember sippin liquor til I used to fall on the floor like a carnival, until my mom was home shit was so wrong, now we so grown old songs taking me back oh lord lookin back I'd tell my liver that I'm so sorry for I how I treated ya, momma I agree wit ya we was some wild boys just be thankful I was secretive remember Cisco? That was the shit yo they called it crack juice shit but we was piss broke and never gave a fuck, I used to take a dutch straight to the face now I'm scared to even take a puff, what the fuck what happened to them old days when we was living for the weekend like the O'Jays you sayin one day I aint tryna wait for that tonights the night mufucka we gon' take it back im gettin ready for the night, its been a long day nothin has gone right pre game somethin light, meet up at your crib its best if I dont drive and yea we old now but for one night, its bout to go down let's pick a bottle up, and I don't smoke now but for one night we gon' blow it down hey hey, we gon' blow it down and I could really use a night off I'm tryna give myself a break like a write off on my taxes, stressed like elastic stuck inside my crib shit be feelin like a casket I try to get away from work but it never works burried in my Blackberry think I need some better perks yeah I'm tired of this job mufucka and you could find me in the sky tonight, look up wassup, countin down the time to 5 now I'm hittin up the city think I need a ride down roll the weed up, bitch I'm throwin 5 down and I don't need much, it's been a while now I need my old heads I'ma have to call round and if they aint got it I'ma hold em all down and I aint tryna wait long so be outside we finally bout to set it off it's about time im gettin ready for the night, its been a long day nothin has gone right pre game somethin light, meet up at your crib its best if I dont drive and yea we old now but for one night, its bout to go down let's pick a bottle up, and I don't smoke now but for one night we gon' blow it down hey hey, we gon' blow it down so before we hit the club I'ma fill a cup it's ten dollars for a drink I'm finna get a buzz twenty for a bottle, I ain't got Serato but my Ipod will get em started like you on Apollo I'm a beast with the shots , you wanna fallow? got weed break it up, like its staccato we gon' do it up, so come through wassup man I swear if you could see it you wish you was us im gettin ready for the night, its been a long day nothin has gone right pre game somethin light, meet up at your crib its best if I dont drive and yea we old now but for one night, its bout to go down let's pick a bottle up, and I don't smoke now but for one night we gon' blow it down hey hey, we gon' blow it down

let me paint a picture for you real quick it'll only be a second if you competition with me listen this could be depressing I paint a pretty scene when leave present in a dream cuttin pictures outa magazines, mean what I say, say what I mean, got a mean flow Ego, size of a steam boat, yeah that boy aiight but he aint fuckin wit Elite tho whole team monsters a mufuckin freak show beast mode, beats so knockin feelin like I'm kickin teeth with a pair of cleats on, be gone finna get my feast on, sick of hearin hot rhymes in weak songs sicka hearin shots fired when somebody make it we should have a hating holiday the way we celebrate it in America they love tearing you down crabs in a bucket ain't nobody wearing the crowd for long they aint wearing the crown for long, wearing the crowd for long, na na na fuck it too many crabs in a crabs in a bucket they aint wearing the crown for long, wearing the crowd for long, na na na fuck it too many crabs in a crabs in a bucket I used to make beats, yeah I was double R yeah I was fuckin raw, I had a couple songs I made this shit called Shootouts remember that? movie score shit bitch I invented that pen a rap now too and I'm a 10 at that fuck ya bitch and send he back give that bitch a bent'd back never take her out to dinner I aint in to that i just have her makin sounds like she in a tennis match ha! six love mark it down, release the hounds on ya better call the pound, shit is lookin dim for ya like inside a lounge, not quite number one yet but somewhere right around in due time ima get it boy I cant lose, half white half mexican i'm Cancun damn soon the crabs will call for the kings head you know they hate to see them wings spread. shit. they aint wearing the crown for long, wearing the crowd for long, na na na fuck it too many crabs in a crabs in a bucket they aint wearing the crown for long, wearing the crowd for long, na na na fuck it too many crabs in a crabs in a bucket we comin, know you hear them footsteps creepin hope before I die, I get a good Knicks season gotta keep a smile even though It's misleading kill it when I hit it bitch you gon' be grieving Steven King pussy when I get up in pussy put a sonnin on a rookie ya'll just little kids to me in my own class bitch and i'm alone here you act bold prolly fold like a lawn chair rappers wanna talk funny like Coneheads gon' head, sleep, make ya own bed old heads prolly lookin over shoulders what you expected, I'm next thought I told ya boy they aint wearing the crown for long, wearing the crowd for long, na na na fuck it too many crabs in a crabs in a bucket they aint wearing the crown for long, wearing the crowd for long, na na na fuck it too many crabs in a crabs in a bucket

wheres the love wheres the love wheres the love I don't understand, every year it's somethin man lord please tell me why I need to clear this up yo it seems like for years now, I been putting years in then the year's out then it's new years eve and all I hear about is listen this one gon' be different dog I swear this year is ours it's funny how it never is though, for every beat I sold I swear I lost a friend yo I remember back when I was just an intern making store runs and breaking dawn before my midterm then, next day, do it all over with the hope that I would see Styles P and get the courage to approach him but, it rarely seemed as though the time was right spent a fortune worth of time, trying to earn some kind of stripes damn, all these moves that I was making reputation building still I'm feeling like I'm faking still I'm filling CD's up with beats that no one's taking all I wanted was respect but nothing's given got to take it nothing's given got to take it, I was living my dreams I just had to Awaken. maybe I'm invisible to the world who knows, who knows, who knows does anyone in the world even think of me who knows, who knows, who knows maybe I'm invisible to the world who knows, who knows, who knows does anyone in the world even think of me who knows, who knows, who knows Who really cares? Who really cares? so I decided hey, I love them Ryder days but how could I care bout my position when I'm out of place? different taste just a case of the wrong match gotta make it perfect it be worth it if it's from scratch funny how energy you put toward a proper goal have you feeling higher than an octave in them opera songs thank god I got my own, team now if I get on I'ma open lanes like I'm knockin over traffic cones when I thought about what I had really wanted in my dreams I was never makin beats I was performin I was always on tour and I ignored it cuz I could never get the hand of recorded when I started it was horrid, damn yo that shit was fuckin painful, refuse to let it break you and choose to have a breakthrough I'm fighting for respect on a whole different level remember me when I'm gone if they don't then I settled if they don't then I settled, I gotta put it down bitch go and get ya shovel shit maybe I'm invisible to the world who knows, who knows, who knows does anyone in the world even think of me who knows, who knows, who knows maybe I'm invisible to the world who knows, who knows, who knows does anyone in the world even think of me who knows, who knows, who knows Who really cares? Who really cares? growin up my favorite player was Spud Webb and when I watched Jordan I was rootin for the upset under dog picker, enough said its a bitter struggle but it lead to sweeter success and shit I'm obsessed everyday another gut check how much more I gotta prove until somebody cuts checks fuck yes I deserve it I could say that dues paid bitch and now I'm due for the pay back I gaze back on the groundwork I laid I could say any other way I wouldn't be the same cat, my story wouldn't sound the same in raps, wouldn't be the same glory or the same impact you can't take shit back, can't bend facts, it's a script to embrace might as well enact and if you still standing with your faith in tact every five you gave in, you gon' get ten back so who cares if they didn't think that you would make it from the start bitch it's where you end at watch me

Intro: In the United States, people are not friendly you can find someone that's walking in the street by himself you know? don't even talk you know. You cannot go to the house of someone you do not know, though we are all Americans. Call the police and say why did this guy come to my house and I don't know him? These are different people huh? It's very difficult, I don't know how we are going to be acquainted with this life here. Verse 1 (Elite): Nothing made my father more happy I think because of pride he won't ask me occupied as the time goes past me all he wanted was a minute with his only son how many phone calls did I ignore I know I never call back but I'ma try to more I know you prolly would be proud that I been writing more me and Voli talkin bout us startin up some kinda tour I know it's hard I see the clock but we could get it back we just have to pick up all the pieces where we left em at this is my moment and I can't afford to blow it I know home is where the heart is but that lasts forever, don't it? Pre-Chorus (Voli) Everybody knows my name back home can I really leave everything I know the land where the hero's are made big city bright lights my stage thanksgiving dinner never felt so cold what good is all the fancy silverware I own I guess king's only die alone Chorus (Elite and Voli) Do you really wanna go to Ellis Island? oh oh oh yeah Do you really wanna go to Ellis Island? oh oh oh yeah Do you really wanna go to Ellis Island? oh oh oh yeah Do you really wanna go to Ellis Island? Verse 3 (Voli) September wedding politely you asked me to be your best man just let me get back on my feet come out that head stand I can't afford a tux, too busy paying dues so I declined bad credit I know you ain't approve like stoled cards, look at this broken bond once rooted but like tree branches we've grown apart chasing this dream can't live a life that I'm not proud of hunger for big change, I need that half dollar lost moments barely seen my nephew grown up cuz work is always callin, do I hang the phone up? boulevard of dreams, full of all the things I wanted but will i be the only one to walk it? Pre-Chorus (Voli) Everybody knows my name back home can I really leave everything I know the land where the hero's are made big city bright lights my stage thanksgiving dinner never felt so cold what good is all the fancy silverware I own I guess king's only die alone Chorus (Elite and Voli) Do you really wanna go to Ellis Island? oh oh oh yeah Do you really wanna go to Ellis Island? oh oh oh yeah Do you really wanna go to Ellis Island? oh oh oh yeah Do you really wanna go to Ellis Island? Bridge (Elite) and I be trapped between the walls of this path I chose to walk, I chose to walk. aw aw aaaaaw This dream's so vivid, I can't tell the difference between reality and fiction I wish I could make up the time like a beautician tunnel vision, focused but I think there's somethin missin how I miss it? How I miss it... How I miss it. Chorus (Elite and Voli) Do you really wanna go to Ellis Island? oh oh oh yeah Do you really wanna go to Ellis Island? oh oh oh yeah Do you really wanna go to Ellis Island? oh oh oh yeah Do you really wanna go to Ellis Island? (Outro) and uh, we go to work different place, go to work different place, come home late, we don't see one another for maybe two or three weeks. So, it's kind of lonely. But this is the life of America.

Verse 1 (Elite) Sometimes I'm frustrated sometimes I wish I had a loyal fan to say my shit was under rated I wonder how they'd feel once I make it I wonder if they'd still feel connected like it's something they did I wanna be there, but I ain't tryna skip a step I'm tryna be here I wish my mom would show a little more that she cared can't find the extra time I guess she need a leap year same time I understand though, I'm a musician but I barely play piano had a few hits but I could barely pay for gas though need change the cash lane ain't a easy pass though closer than a baby sister closer than somebody that has seen ya baby pictures closer than I ever been, coach let em in but close don't cut it though I'm tryna get a win Verse 2 (Omen) I see the bright lights shining can you see the crowd that's forming behind him? they believe in what i say they patience running low and they all can't wait I had to tell em perfect timing's always late this is pressure I gotta find a way to step up if you closed minded I can full undress ya they ask me if I been through pain am I still fighting? I can't see that far back I'm too near sighted the day you see me stoppin with the flows will be the same day that people stop getting colds be the same day that people stop getting old be the same day that snoop stop getting blowed im so close so vivid, I could reach the goal without coming off my pivot, closer than most man bout to grab success by the throat, hit it raw the next day we elope, said I'm closer than close Chorus (Peace) If you close like I'm close you done tried like every way ain't no end to the struggle every day gon' test ya faith keep on, keep on, one step one step at a time keep on keep on, we on our way, we on our way

I see problems down the line, I know that they're mine there was a dirt upon your hands doin the same mistake twice making the same mistake twice I'm on this road, I don't know how It's taken a while, It's taken a while for me It's something around.. it's something i seen out there I feel your stare I know you ain't far from here from here theres no other way, no turning away and they'll be nowhere to hide soon with everyones eyes on me I see problems down the line, I know that they're mine there was a dirt upon your hands doin the same mistake twice making the same mistake twice I know where I'm headed, I'm headed towards something I jus hope I don't end up regretting I see, the bright lights I'm rising like high tide hope I don't get swept away, get swept away I can't hide no more, I can't hide no more So have mercy mercy mercy I swear I'm just like you when I reach that spot, mount that pressure how do we stack up? passed up so many memories how do we catch up? we put our souls up in exchange for exposure exposing flaws to blog posters who focus thorns out of roses i swear its hopeless I see problems down the line, I know that they're mine there was a dirt upon your hands doin the same mistake twice making the same mistake twice I can take it I'm ready, I'm ready for yall I've been saving up waiting and now I'm betting it all I can take it I swear that I I can take it I'm taking a leap of faith when I say that I think I'm ready for ya'll That's that and theres no lookin back if I ever got scared then I won't show that more so that I would never show yall why you don't try it if it aint so hard? hate the next man cuz you hate your job hate your life, hate your wife took a few chances that aint go right now you lookin through the tunnel and there aint no light blame the world, play the victim never do shit wanna blame the system can't convince em so I ain't gon' try they ain't gon' change but I aint gon' hide it's a mothafuckin jungle out there, can't back down when the public eye stare throwin those darts that close is not fair the hardest part is that we supposed to not care I see problems down the line, I know that they're mine there was a dirt upon your hands doin the same mistake twice making the same mistake twice Don't let the darkness eat you up Don't let the darkness eat you up Don't let the darkness eat you up