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Here'satalethatmustbetold

Picturethisa12yearold
Maybe13butthat'sthemax
Definitelynoolderthanthat
Itwasn'tenoughjustownin'thetracks
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Justabathroommirrormaybeacomb
Blinkofaneyeandtheworldofhisown
Justlikethatkingonthethrone
Untilonedayhesimplefelt
Inneedofawaytoexpresshimself
Penandapadlineafterline
Justhimandhisrhymesnobodyelse
Ofcoursehewasn'ttheillestinsight
Infacthesuckedbutstillhewouldwrite
Littlebylittlethefeelin'wasright
Thateventuallyhewouldbekillin'themic
Afterschoolfreestylin'flows
Countlesscipherstalentshows
Worldrevolvedaroundhiscraft
Theystoodfirmnomatterhowhardhetried
Theycouldnotbemoved

Stillhelethisfireburn

Maybethat'swhyatthetime

Onlyonethingwasonhismind
Everydayeverynightmicornomic
Allhewantedtodowasjustrhyme
Butwhowhoevertheheckwouldlisten
Witnessalyricalexhibition
Whereverhewentnomatterthetime
Parkin'lotatthemalloutsideofabathroomstall
Didn'tmatterwhosingleoracrew
Line'emupandhewouldbattle'emall
Eatin'rapperswasallheknew

Soonhisreputationgrew
Nomatterwhathewasgoin'through
Stepupstageandhefeelbrandnew
Stillthatwasn'tenoughtofulfil

Histhirstandhungerforsomethingmorereal
Whateverthecasecontinuethechase
Can'tchangeyourfateonceitissealed
Meanwhilebackhomesoundsthesame
Folksstartedandnowcomplain
Howhedoesn'tevencare
Thatthefamilybusinessisgoin'downthedrain
Truthishe'saimin'formorethanjustthefameandstardom

Deepdowninsidehejustwantstokeephisfamilyfromstarvin'
Soeventhoughtheyhateditkepthimmotivated
Ifyouhaveneverseenthisstruggle
Beforehowwillyourecognizewhenyouhavemadeit
Finallygraduatedparentswereagitated

Hewasdeterminedtoshine
Timeonthegrindtrynagetsigned
Lookedforabreakanywherehecouldfind
Knockin'ondoorsonlytomeet
Socalledexecswhodon'twannagreet
Alltheyexpectissoapontheirfeet
Hestaysanywaysgoonabeat
That'swhentheyseehe'skindaraw
Neverencounteredhiskindbefore
Rhymebeforenotlikeanyoftheartist
Thatthey'veeversignedbefore

Whateverthecasetheywouldn'texplain
Nomatterthelabelitwasthesame
Walkin'oninwalkin'onoutthankyouforcomin'
We'regladthatyoucame
Hedidn'tgiveuphejustkeptstrong
Knowin'deepdownthatitwouldn'tbelong
Andeventuallyhewouldprovethemwrong

Farfromaneasydream
Ontherighttrackbuteveningsteam
TheMCmancauseofwhathe'sseen
TVscreen
That'swhenthewholeworldsawhimshine
Anditactuallybleweveryone'smindguesswho
RuffRydersjustsigned

Yessirtimedoesflyby

Barely10yearsintheblinkofaneye
Yearsoflowsyearsofhighs
Inthemistofitallhe'sstillthesameguy

Ain'twiththe
Rnomoresomesayheain'tastarnomore
He'saliveandhe'shealthysomebodytellme
Whatshouldhefeelanysorrowfor
Lookin'backshowsnostress
Noremorseandnoregrets
Infactwhatseemslikealifelongjourney
Isreallyjusthisfirstviewstepsstepssteps