[Intro]

How did you get

How did you get, get

How did you get

How did you get here?

How did you get

How did you get, get

How did you get

How did you get here?

[Verse 1]

How the hell did I get here? Sometimes, I sit and I wonder

I'm the version of me I always imagined when I was younger

All the doubt I had thrown at me, all the time I invested

I sit and read my old lyric books like, "Damn, it must’ve been destined"

Stuck to it, I improvised my way here, no rulеs

Back when it was serious, handin' mixtapes out in my school

All I had was my brain and my hungеr, had to use that as tools

Amount of people that told me no and I turned that into my fuel

Slackin' in my schoolwork, didn’t care much

Sisters are gettin' onto me

But trust me, this music ting is my prophecy

I didn't need to convince them 'cause they saw it all from just watching me

Now I got them on sight, confidence rises

There ain't no stoppin' me, I'm unstoppable

Got a strong head on my shoulders and bein' good-hearted don’t cost at all

Times I thought I had lost it all when I ain’t even have shit to my name

Studio runs on foot, trekkin' through the rain

Made me into what I became, all I wanted to be around

Was like-minded people on the same page and I found that in Space Age

Back then, we never had a penny

But it didn’t matter to us because our soul was nourished

Shootin' music videos in Chucks' garden with no budget

Came up with some real ones, all the talent we had to harvest

We didn't always see eye-to-eye, but they always had my back regardless

That was a pivotal time

Breaks my heart it didn’t work, but we tried

Still, I had never aborted the mission

All that I've taken is all God has given

When Tola's talkin' to me, then I listen

Told me to follow my own intuition

Go at the pace I set for myself

I don't need drums to follow the rhythm

Couldn't have planned this, it was just written

Many dreams I'm sittin' on

I'm made up of the same stars that I wish upon

Times I thought that my prayers weren't gettin' answered

But, boy, was I wrong

All it took was me knowin' I'm meant to be here

It's where I belong, it's where I belong, yeah

[Bridge]

How did you get (Like, sometimes I forget)

How did you get, get

How did you get

How did you get here?

But I have to think back and remind myself of the journey

It's been a beautiful one, jheeze

[Verse 2]

Sometimes, I sit and I wonder

I'm the version of me I always imagined when I was younger

All the albums I studied, learned about flow and cadence

I sit and listen to my old shit like, "Damn, all it took was patience"

Story over the glory, other paths that weren't for me

Wasn't much of an academic or road-invested or sporty

Made the most of all I was blessed with, of the tools in my inventory

Things the teachers don't teach you and now the student might lead you

If you wanna leave the class, then you're free to

Everything here is subjective

If you stand where we're standin', you might understand the perspective

How the hell did you get far? You ain't get no head start

All decisions we made is based on our circumstance, we hope to surpass it

Took most of our lifetime to wake up

Smell the roses, realise that the world is ours

Us and them, but we worlds apart

[Verse 3]

Nothing in life comes easy and you work twice as hard 'cause you Black

Used to think mum exaggerated 'til the world showed me it's fact

Still, it's mine for the takin', lock the doors and we break in

Still got love for them non-believers, yeah, the ones that said we won't make it

Everything you want is out there waitin' for you to take it

The key is to have faith in your dreams and never stop chasin'

And you'll make it, trust

[Outro]

How did you get

How did you get, get (All it was was perseverance)

How did you get (Pushin', never givin' up)

How did you get here?

They built them walls so high up and we tore 'em down

They told us no, we said yes

It's okay

Some get it, some don't

(It didn't take you long to get here)

But we keep pushin' on

(How did you believe you would get here?)

And in times of doubt

(You didn't sell your soul, but you held on)

Always

(It didn't take you long to get here)

And here we are

It's the story of never-ending, it's been a long road

Haha

Feel good, don't it? Yeah

(It didn't take you long to get here)

Tell your kids to play this

(How did you believe you would get here?)

Simz