Verse One (Funky DL)

(Check it out yo’), twenty albums deep, this is a celebration

For all the struggles from start, had to acquire patience

A different generation back then

But some of the same struggles we faced as juvenile young black men

We still got attacked when the news came on at ten

The irony of Trevor McD being the front-man

And black people taking the fall just like a stuntman

How was I gonna take on thе world when I’m just one man?

Having the drеam to be a Rap-star

With no instructions or manuals, textbooks or flashcards

I’m just a seventeen year old with big ambitions

Making a nuisance of myself to get some peeps to listen

Couldn’t say that it was easy, it was challenging

Did it by myself without labels, no management

No front covers, many haters, many scavengers

A couple business deals gone bad and felt the damages but…

Chorus (Stee Moglie)

When life knocks you off of your seat, you’ve gotta stand on your own two feet

Yeah, nobody can walk your destiny for you, (twenty albums deep)

And when the lights on your path go dark, you can’t see your way

Just walk in faith, know the life you crave can shine from deep inside you

Verse Two (Funky DL)

Yo’, twenty albums deep, this is a landmark

I prayed for this when I’ze a kid so have to thank God

I’m saying this for all the ones who ain’t believe in me

The ones who treated me like I was doing this illegally

Don’t get it twisted, I persevered, persisted

With 19 other albums prior if you missed it

Went from entrep’naive to Entrepreneur

And kept releasing irrespective of the things before

The only thing my heart was in was music

Before the days of social media numbers and Insta blue ticks

From samples to acoustic, I struck em’ like a pool stick

And gave thousands of people something that’s therapeutic

To tell the truth I was done at Autonomy

Feeling like the business was a joke, was a comedy

Record labels play monopoly with only novelties

But when a prophecy's a prophecy, it’s just a prophecy so...

Chorus (Stee Moglie)

When life knocks you off of your seat, you’ve gotta stand on your own two feet

Yeah, nobody can walk your destiny for you, (twenty albums deep)

And when the lights on your path go dark, you can’t see your way

Just walk in faith, know the life you crave can shine from deep inside you

Funky DL

Tell em’ El-Emcee

Verse Three (El-Emcee)

Twenty albums deep

One can only dream of these sort of achievements

Leave em’ all speechless, every time I speak this

Feeling like a genius, 20-20 vision

They say spit ahead of this time, so when I future rap I’m reminiscing

Cash-cow’s milk and all the business

Stake it on me, with no beef

I’m Hip-Hop til’ my heartbeat cease you see (uh-ha)

Strategically calculating my steps, taking my time

Like Bob Ross, my music be my picture, my painting divine

Ain’t pushing no rocks, I’m slinging my rhymes

Funky tells me how the journey was a hell of a time, whoa!

Had dreams being front cover of magazines

Listening to my favourite MC’s in limousines

Woken up now I see patience, dedication and hard work

Yeah, look what I can be, twenty albums deep!

Chorus (Stee Moglie)

When life knocks you off of your seat, you’ve gotta stand on your own two feet

Yeah, nobody can walk your destiny for you

And when the lights on your path go dark, you can’t see your way

Just walk in faith, know the life you crave can shine from deep inside you

Outro (Funky DL)

I always knew that… from a young age I always knew that I had to become as self-sufficient as possible. I... I guess you can say I started my… my life journey in music at like… twelve-years old, I… I always knew that I’d be… here… twenty albums deep