[Verse 1]

What a time to be alive

Started from the bottom, now I'm in the headlines

A cat has 9 lives, but if you're from Toronto and your name's Drake, then I guess you got 6 lives

I got a couple feelings that I cannot describe

So much shit on my mind, I just might

Fall in a hole and get lost in my thoughts

But I won't let emotions be the boss

Feelings get you hurt, that's what I observed

If you care too much, then they will throw you in the fucking dirt

But if you show nothing, they gon' fade away like Dirk

So no matter what, you're considered as a jerk

You keep asking yourself: ''Is this really what I desеrve?"

Calm down, homie, 'cause you know you'rе not the first

But you won't be the last

You know that's a fact

You gon' laugh 'cause it's true, but you know that it's sad

Sit down with me:

The lesson that I learned is that you could be the nicest person, but don't expect to get the same treatment

I learned that everything happens for a reason

So mistakes are actually achievements

If someone gave me 5 million dollars to go back in time to fix the wrongs I did, I still wouldn't go

I wouldn't be as wise and I wouldn't know as much as I do now

Imma say it out loud

Mistakes start with a M, but the M is upside down

Once you know what life's about

I look like everybody else, but I still stand out

Fuck words, I let my actions speak out

To the people that left me, when you see me doing better than y'all

Make sure to not change the route, motherfuckers

Everybody knows I run this town, motherfucker

Just know that I'm not the one to doubt, motherfucker

You gon' fuck around and find out that I'm done being cool with everybody

Watch out, motherfucker

I want a certain 'mount of money, where before I'm 'bout to spend it

I don't have to look at my account, motherfucker

Like me, there wasn't and there won't be another

Lifetime wounds that are never gon' recover

I share what I've been through, it's so fucking crippling

But as always, homie, thank you for your listening

[Interlude]

*You gotta put thought into this shit, nigga

If you wanna reach greatness

You know what I mean?

If you wanna do something special

If you wanna do something unique

Or you can go out there blindfolded like 99% of these motherfuckers do and just wish

Or hope to get lucky

Fuck luck

Ain't no luck*

[Verse 2]

Look

You ever felt like you wasn't enough?

No matter how good you wanted to be, you had it rough

You ever tried to change for somebody?

Just to see that they won't do the same shit for you, prolly

You ever tried so much that you forgot about yourself 'cause you didn't wanna seem selfish?

I won't give a fuck if they don't give a fuck about me, it's the moments that I'm all alone that Imma fucking cherish

Being alone is the best thing that ever happened, I don't need another friend when I already got myself

Having conversations with my mind, asking it who I should be like?

It told me: "Don't change, be yourself''

Why be somebody else when you got your own path?

Stupid for thinking that they will care and, boy, you know that

Got emotions, but when I'm going out, I won't show that

Why would you wanna be in the shadow when the sun's out?

Why would you wanna sleep when you wanna chase your dreams?

Only 15, but already making my schemes

Letting go of my past 'cause that shit don't last forever

I'm just looking at what is ahead of me

Imma make my family happy by any fucking means

Because I won't ever forget what they have done for me

They gave me a crib, some food on the plate, a TV

Clothes and just everything that I need

I'm grateful that they got me and I'm grateful that I got them

I wouldn't wanna know what it's like to live without them

The stories that I heard about a lost father figure or a mother figure

I couldn't imagine that shit, it's tragic

Everything's normal nowadays, it ain't dramatic

We love watching the news because we love to panic

Murder, accidents and war

The only things they show

They don't show you how a beautiful flower can grow

Negatives get more attention than the positives

When you flash the camera to a person that is doing good for others

They'll forget about it 'cause they'll see a tragedy and they will rather look at that 7 times out of 6

Tired of bitching about the world and how we living 'cause it ain't changing soon

I share what I've been through, it's so fucking crippling

Until next time, thank you for your listening

S