[Verse 1: Spose]

I lost my first record deal in ten months, blinded by the light from

Let's run to redrum, now I see it twenty twenty

Like Dateline, you can't rush in like Putin

'cause that's stupid, all good things take time

See, if I signed a deal, I'd do it a little different this time

I'd make sure my album dropped like the day it got signed

So I could make it first, with no interference

Or no clearance from a label pyramid equipped with paperwork

So no pop-rap radio hit clickbait, just what I dictate

I could tell the label boss, "Hey bro, how my dick taste?"

Instead, I moved at a quick pace

I should have held out for two mill in new bills

With the big face, think about that to this day, bro I...

[Chorus: Dave Gutter]

Learned so much, got burned so much

But I made it through the fire, 'bout to turn me up

'cause I'm ready this time (are you ready?)

I said I'm ready this time

I said I learned so much, got burned so much

They put me on mute, 'bout to turn me up

'cause I'm ready this time (are you ready?)

I said I'm ready this time

[Verse 2: Spose]

Everyone who ever wrote me off can blow me

Ryan never lyin', genuine like "Pony"

Tryna touch cheese like pepperoni

I'ma make sure they know me, mom, going out swinging like Kobe

One time I filmed a pilot for MTV

And when we wrapped it up, like no STD

The producer of the show phone called me

He's like, "Uh, bro, yo, they didn't pick up the show, I gotta go"

Never heard from him again, not a word from him again

What is shiny on the surface isn't perfect in the end

Man I've been rejected bill collected, left for dead then resurrected

Truly feelin' triumphed down from this perspective, my confession:

[Chorus: Dave Gutter]

Learned so much, got burned so much

But I made it through the fire, 'bout to turn me up

'cause I'm ready this time (are you ready?)

I said I'm ready this time

I said I learned so much, got burned so much

They put me on mute, 'bout to turn me up

'cause I'm ready this time (are you ready?)

I said I'm ready this time

[Verse 3: Spose]

My publishing company been tryin' to fuck me

Like they filled the tub bubbly, put the jets on, put the Keith Sweat on

Lit a couple candles and invited me in

Relationship abusive since the day that it begin

They took me out to lunch just to butter me up

To get me on board and throw me under the bus

They said they can't believe I wrote plus produced it plus I'm rappin'

What a talent, here's a hundred thousand, get ready for Jimmy Fallon (Jimmy!)

I should've been wary, it was Sony told me Katy Perry

Is the type of artist they could pair me with

But that never happened, if I had this shit to do again

Nobody's getting a dollar off what I do with the pen

[Chorus: Dave Gutter]

Learned so much, got burned so much

But I made it through the fire, 'bout to turn me up

'cause I'm ready this time (are you ready?)

I said I'm ready this time

I said I learned so much, got burned so much

They put me on mute, 'bout to turn me up

'cause I'm ready this time (are you ready?)

I said I'm ready this time