Verse 1

Step one, growin tired

Feelin my skills have gone expired

Dealin the city side I was departed

Doesn't make since, iv just gotten started

Its Been about expressing, then comes money

No way to sell it when living in the country

Felt so hopeless and just wanted to quit

Seemed like my friends even didn't give a shit

Weather I would make it or lose this rap race

Climb to the top or fall flat on my face

Said its pointless why waste your time

Writing down all those symbolic rhymes

Got Pushed to the edge, knocked off the curve

Hangin on a ledge, strengthen my nerves

Pull my self up and gain the courage that'll

Give me the strength to fight my own battles

Verse 2

Step two, growin weak

Bet that I regret the words that I speak

Take it all back, an throw it away

Bury it today, an hope it decays

Block out the words already said

They'll come back to haunt you like the living dead

Scratchin out rhymes till paper rips

Liquid inspiration got them acid trips

Trippin on words already rehearsed

Pumpin in thoughts my brain will burst

Fell to the ground, arms feel broken

Can't make a sound, words can't be spoken

Stand back up the pain you can't ignore

Time to fight this battle an win this war

Break off the chains forget about the pain

Graphiti the treaty so they'll remember the name

Verse 3

Step three, growin doubtful

Lossen my lingo, use to have a mouthful

The Love I use to have has been scraped and raped

Trapped like a rat can't escape

Where are the beats I was suppose to be killin

Nerves I use to have, palms where spillin

Before I found out all my heros were fables

Before I got in fights on lunch room tables

Kids would say shit tryin to offend me

Thought by talkin they could break and bend me

The visions I would waste, the time I would devote

The thoughts I would think, the verses I wrote

The people I would change, the love I would create

Stories id exchange, to help fight the hate

Just cause my heart didn't go the extreme

Or maybe ill wake up and this will all be a dream

Chorus

Wake up now

Hear me out

Not what it seems

Not what it seems

Fame and game

Love and shame

Its all a dream

All a dream