Said no to drugs, and no to alcohol

Said no to school, dropped out back in the fall

I prolly could have finished

But I didn't

I mean my heart just wasn't in it

And if you're ain't doing things with gusto

Then you're in trouble

Like uh oh

You like my show, to be a dumbo

And if your mind is stuck inside a Stuck-O

Maybe you should mix things up like it's gumbo

And trust your guts so

You can try and burst out of that bubble

Sooner the better, suggest you do it on the double

Cuz the faster you can figure out the puzzle

The faster you'd succeed, alright bucko?

Yo, and in addition to your hustle

It's gonna take a lil' bit of luck so

Be patient, and stay humble

Cuz nothing great

Happens in a day

Takes a couple

But, in the event that I forget

What my goal is, and what I defined as success

I wrote this, to remind myself that

In the event I go astray

And need a compass so I can find my way

I wrote this, to remind myself that

Nothing in life, fulfills my soul

Quite like music

(So I'mma keep on making this shit, cuz)

Nothing in life, fulfills my soul

Quite like music

(So I'mma keep on making this shit)

I'm just a rap vocalist

Flow as a jazz soloist

That's why I applied to snag the last opening

To be the M.C. of Apollo Bebop

Get the crowd bouncing like Reeboks

And keep it hot like teapots

Mama says she likes to "yass" with the "heep" "haap"

She's got an accent

That's just the way that she talks

In this game, thinking of the rare words we got

Goes and rise above and reach up to the treetops

The C-spots, higher than we nosebleed, see swatch

That's why we come correct the second that the beat drops

We love putting the work in, only the fresher we serve it

Cuz all these so-called top-shelf rappers need to be restocked

They only got a shelf life of like four days

Career would die faster than I'll ever die of old age

And selling out is not an option, no way, José

We're in this for the long run, who cares if it's slow paced

But, in the event that I forget

What my goal is, and what I defined as success

I wrote this, to remind myself that

In the event I go astray

And need a compass so I can find my way

I wrote this, to remind myself that

Nothing in life, fulfills my soul

Quite like music

(So I'mma keep on making this shit, cuz)

Nothing in life, fulfills my soul

Quite like music

(So I'mma keep on making this shit)

To the next level, we're taking it taking it

Cuz all lives has been under us making it, making

So we're gonna keep on making this making this here

To the next level, we're taking it taking it

Cuz all lives has been under us making it, making

So we're gonna keep on making this making this here