[Spoken Intro: Kanye West]

No matter how many people tell me

"Stop believing in yourself, stop saying what you can do

Stop affirming what you're gonna do"

And then, and then completing that in real life

That's the improper way to do it

I refuse to follow those rules that society has set up

And the way that they control people with low self-esteem

With improper information, with branding, with marketing

I refuse to follow those rules

[Verse 1]

I been asking questions bout my life

I don't know what I am doing

I don't know if this is right

But I'm trusting what's in hand for me

A bigger plan than man can see

A big unopened book

With lots of pages that a man can't read

I don't yet know my purpose, but just give it time

That's what they say will heal the wounds, but why can't I find mine?

There's a difference between forever gone and out of sight

So think about that when you think a problem's finally left the light

I don't know where my mind's at

Imma feast, wait yeah I'll define that

That'll mean imma work hard and I'll grind at

This whole thing til I got a line imma sign at (Ah)

I do not need any reviews

I don't need feedback from anyone new

Input ignored if you ain't the crew

Yeah, input ignored if you ain't in my crew

I used to care what they thought

But now I live life for me

It's only goals that I sought

And that's a fact tho

Judge me please, off how I act tho

Appearance don't mean nothing

A worm could still be in the apple

That's real

And the only luxury is time

The time you spend with your family

That's the only luxury to this concept of luxury is, is improper to me

[Verse 2]

I'm manifesting my own path to success

Nobody wanted this

They wanted me in class at a desk

I think I'll pass on that

I don't wanna end up like the rest

Working a 9-5 and going home with checks, but depressed (Oh lord)

I'll confess tho

I gotta fix my mental

I gotta do this on my own

So pedal to the metal

Ain't no stopping now I will not settle, my pencil

Always being real tho I know that is too essential

Five thousand dollars on this bag

Ten thousand dollars on this

To kinda say exactly what I said before

"Oh we're better than you, we're this than you"

I mean taste, culture, art, you know just the quality of life

[Verse 3]

I'm so blessed to have what I have

Mission accomplished, Jimmy Neutron on the scene we gotta blast

Then it's game over, controller unplugged, ain't running after bags

I'm running after dreams and imma continue, I'm running fast

Okay, like Usain Bolt

I don't know

If I should change up my flow

I'm going fast or I'm going slow

And I ain't ever made honor roll, but I'm on a roll

Yo, woulda never known

If you told me three years ago

That I would rap, write lines, and go to shows?

Nah, I'm shocked I got this far and so (Uh)

Passion possessed like sickness and it runs through me

Going through my veins and it keeps on making me hungry

Hungry for more, I don't quit and that's for sure

At the end of every day I bow my head and ask the Lord

Like watcha doin?

My destiny is movin'

All I gotta do is use it

The gifts I got imma use em'

But can't cling to things that will keep me from getting way up to the top

And after this drops

I guarantee I ain't gonna stop, oh no