[Intro]

Montage

[Chorus]

I told my mom, "One day, I swear I'm gonna be a major star"

Major star, major star

I told my dad, "One day, I swear I'm gonna be a major star"

Major star, major star

[Verse 1]

I told my pop, "One day, I swear I'm gonna be a major star"

Play your part, teach your kid, gotta raise 'em smart, don't make this hard

Last week, got a A in art

All you wanna do is break his heart

All you wanna do is take apart

Can't shine 'cause you made him dark

Case and point, never gon' stop 'til I proved to the world I'ma make my mark

Gotta praise my God, you could say I'm scarred

Matter fact, you could say I'm flawed

Damn shame my life is a gamble, you can bet I'ma make my odds

Grown up, livin' life as a vandal, who the fuck gon' save that, boy?

One day, I'ma make it big

Prove you wrong, lace my crib

Buy my car, make my kids

The day you die is a day I live

Gotta break my rib just to make you look

Cry out loud just to make you cook

It's a game of chess, gotta take your rook

And the pain I get, it'll make you shook

Look, I'ma tell y'all like he told me

Take that pain, you a OG

Why buy one? You could own three

I been on the block since '03

See dad, I made it

In and out of prison, I skated

And I'm proud to say you my favorite

You turned my love into hatred

I hate it

[Interlude]

I didn't like my father 'cause he would beat me just because, uh, he felt like it

To get my attention, I guess

He would think that from coming out and smacking you

Yeah, basically—

[Chorus]

I told my mom, "One day, I swear I'm gonna be a major star"

Major star, major star

I told my dad, "One day, I swear I'm gonna be a major star"

Major star, major star

[Verse 2]

I told my mom, "One day, I swear I'm gonna make it out this hood"

And when I'm gone, there's no comin' back, I'm gonna make it out for good

I'm gonna be a big rap star, football player, or basketball

That's just all, what she said, "Just don't end up in a casket, boy"

End up dead 'cause you're askin' for it

But I got a passion for it

Now, I gotta add some thought

I ain't got no damn support

Damn, I'm lost, I don't want a nine-to-five, I don't like followin' rules

How could I lose?

Never laid down and died, tough like Ndamukong Suh

I'm promisin' you, "I'ma be amazin', ma, I'ma be a major star"

That's what I'm gon' do, "I'ma be blazin', ma, I'ma be a major star"

This time, I gotta prove that I am just one of a kind

There's nobody else on the planet, could damage the game in a couple of rhymes

Cut from a cloth that no one can find

They say I'm just stuck in a time

Where niggas could rap and no suckers could shine

I been sellin' crack and been bustin' my nine, ah

Just tryna make mama proud, calm it down

There's no more drama now, I guess that's karma now, wow