[Verse 1]

Stress rackin’ up, weight stackin’ up

Treat me like a joke, confidence is crackin’ up

Back of the classroom, silent, had enough

Everything is negative, nothing here is adding up

In front of the glass, I can’t stand who I see

A million thoughts in my brain, keep losing me

In a whirlwind, got to find release

Gave my life to God and put my life up on this loose leaf

[Hook: Steve Means]

It’s hard enough to chase your dreams

I don’t need another nightmare

[Verse 2]

Lawd, imagine waking up to punch the clock, sleep, repeat

Everyone around you telling you to chase your dream

But they don’t pay your bills, or even buy CDs

Said if you ever make it, you gotta remember me

Frustration, question why you ever started

Operation, trying to find out where your heart is

Searching for your identity like you’re getting carded

Hungry, I don't want to be a starving artist

[Hook]

[Verse 3]

I finally found my worth, discovered my voice

Doors open for the first time, got a choice

Signed the dotted line, “Oh you rich now?”

Nah, but I’m grateful for this dream I live out

Fear get out, doubt sit down

Thank God for every single time I missed out

Or got picked last, or picked on

For every failure that taught me the way to live on

For the work ethic that I learned stocking shelves

Needed that in the studio, songs don’t write themselves

For every listener that ever had to go through hell

Turned on the music, found something they could feel

Every situation that made me work harder

Every platform that took my message farther

Hindsight, for every dream that sleep killed

I needed the nightmares just to make the dreams real

[Hook] x2