[Chorus]

I've been running I've been running I've been running away

I've been numbing I've been numbing I've been numbing the pain

I've been looking for a way out cause I've been afraid

But I'm gonna have to face it if I'm looking for change

I've been dropping I've been dropping I've been dropping the doubt

Ain't no stopping ain't no stopping ain't no stopping me now

I've been growing I've been growing every time that I fail

Imma rise to the challenge

Yeah I gotta prevail

[Verse 1]

Climbing the mountain cannot see the end

Gotta stay grounded I gotta ascend

I pick up the pen

And lay it all out in a verse I've been doing my worst

But I can't let it happen again

Step up to the stage at the open mic

Don't know what to say I've been stressing cause I know it might

Be leading to embarrassment

With all the people staring and

I worry what they think of me I wish I wasn't caring this

Is a bad decision wishing that I never signed up

The game nothing but a ladder this my chance to climb up

I don't wanna rise I'm afraid of the fall

I don't, I don't wanna try I don't wanna make the call

Will I pass the test with my back against the wall

I asked Mr. West what he said "so appalled"

The start of this road is critiquing my limit

My heart gon' explode the beats drop every minute

I thought I could do it the music produce it

But I'm gonna lose it now I'm really in it

While part of me is ready thinking that I maybe got this

I'm impartially unsteady hands are shaking if I'm honest

[Chorus]

I've been running I've been running I've been running away

I've been numbing I've been numbing I've been numbing the pain

I've been looking for a way out cause I've been afraid

But I'm gonna have to face it if I'm looking for change

I've been dropping I've been dropping I've been dropping the doubt

Ain't no stopping ain't no stopping ain't no stopping me now

I've been growing I've been growing every time that I fail

Imma rise to the challenge

Yeah I gotta prevail

[Verse 2]

My vision fade to black then I awake over a steep ledge

Gotta just relax open my eyes and take a deep breath

And as I let out my release I can renounce and end stigmas

Hear the voice of the MC as he announcing NSigma

Step into the limelight

Hope I got my rhymes right

All there's left to do is shine so imma have to shine bright

Tell 'em that I'm boutta spit a verse straight off the mental

Now I'm out of all the nerves I only feel the instrumental

I'm gripping the mic in my palm

I gotta stay focused I gotta stay calm

They wanting a song

So I get to moving my lips and applying the pressure like balm

All the words start to flow with stability

Till I be switching it up with agility

Gotta stay in it I'm pushing my limits

I'm headed right to the edge of my ability

Take a look round the environment for something I can call out

Cause I've been climbing higher and I know that I could fall down

Shoutout to the guy that's locked in dancing while I craft tunes

Can't forget the girl that's walking past him to the bathroom

Leaving 'em all in a state of suspension

I'm seizing the call it's my date of redemption

I open the gate I was training like freight

On the track gonna skate, feeling great not to mention

I did it all without a pen or a pension

Preventing contention

Impending ascension

I'm bending their heads when I'm ending the thread

As I send my new friends to a whole new dimension

[Chorus]

I've been running I've been running I've been running away

I've been numbing I've been numbing I've been numbing the pain

I've been looking for a way out cause I've been afraid

But I'm gonna have to face it if I'm looking for change

I've been dropping I've been dropping I've been dropping the doubt

Ain't no stopping ain't no stopping ain't no stopping me now

I've been growing I've been growing every time that I fail

Imma rise to the challenge

Yeah I gotta prevail