| I came a long way since back in the day
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| From a teenager trying to make it rapping this way
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| Ever since I was a kid I had something to say
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| Rocking mics was a dream I didn’t care about pay
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| I sacrificed late nights and going out with my friends
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| Just to stay home alone with my pad and my pen
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| Had my eyes on my prize, my mind on my goal
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| As I carved these rhymes out with my heart and my soul
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| I didn’t have a CD, all I had was a tape
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| On the dole through my flow was my only escape
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| From a world where they didn’t wanna see me prevail
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| Don’t wanna see me take it all, they’d rather see me fail
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| Its like
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| I was down and out, struggling
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| Wondering how I’m gonna make it through
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| I got a dream, holding on
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| I can’t let go, cause I gotta make it come true
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| Hey yo, I got a dream to make it big in New York
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| Give up the drugs and alcohol, I didn’t want to distort
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| My vision to be living life to the full
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| And I wouldn’t of made it if it wasn’t for you
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| You picked me up every time that I fell
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| When I was going through hell you told me that I would prevail
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| You said I had exactly what it took to be great
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| That I was young and in the future what a man I would make
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| It’s like you saw something in me I couldn’t see
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| You said I would succeed and be anything I wanted to be
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| I’m 23 and I just wanna be me
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| Wanna be free, wanna be everything I can be
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| But I don’t have many choices, can’t afford to be wrong
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| All I do is try to stay true to the words of my song
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| Just don’t hesitate and wait too long
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| 'Cos like a dream when you wake up it’s gone … it’s gone
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| I was down and out, struggling
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| Wondering how I’m gonna make it through
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| I got a dream, holding on
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| I won’t let go, cause I gotta make it come true
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| Hey yo, it was a sunny day and we were feeling high
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| Jamming the song underneath the baby blue sky
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| Thinking back in the time when we were so poor
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| Remember the kids used to laugh at the clothes we wore
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| We always knew one day that things were gonna change
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| And from that day I was never gonna be the same
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| I went to sleep that night, I dreamt I touched the sky
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| And ever since I’ve been trying to keep my dream alive
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| So when you see this Scribe, dropping the iller rhyme
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| To find how I’m living mine in this day and time
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| I’m working 9 to 5, I’m slaving over beats
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| It’s hard work living the dream, I hardly ever sleep
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| I’m in the rhythm deep yo just trying to do my thing
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| Its funny when you shine and people hate to see the gleam
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| No matter what they say, keep on doing what you do
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| And don’t give up cos only you can make that dream come true
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| It’s like
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| I was down and out, struggling
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| Wondering how I’m gonna make it through
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| I got a dream, holding on
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| I can’t let go, cause I gotta make it come true
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| I was down and out
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| Wonder how
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| I got a dream
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| I won’t let go cos I got |