Hey, hey - you ain't ever met a man like this
You know you're rocking with a winner with a plan like this
Independent with his sentences, they told him to stop
And that he'll never see the benefits of being the to
He never second guessed or settled for second best
He felt the effect of stress and put it right on his chest

He was on a quest - wanted to rock the nation
Infatuated with tracks - that's his fascination
Back to making of how he's living his life
From writing at night, going right in front of the mic
And all he wanted was respect and to be best mc
He kept pressing; now the world can see

It took a couple years but after the hard work
And blood, sweat and tears of putting himself first
He finally had a purpose, with no curses
Holding him down and his sound was never worthless
He could be anything that he wanted to be
But people act like it happened so suddenly (yup!)

It's funny to me because I know it's hard to make it
If you're undefeated then you treat it like it's sacred
He's not there yet, but it won't take long
When he hit the pinnacle in a minute he stayed strong
Please put the bass on - uh, can you handle it?
Listen to the message
and it's the better than the scandalous
Here's your chance, don't blow it like its cannabis
Because you want to ride in a limo and not an ambulance
I'm a fan of this, life is stressful
If you're dedicated to make it, you'll be successful

I'm not going to run away (now)
I'm not going to turn away (now)
I'm at the top looking down; I wish you could see me now
My only question (what's next?)
Determined to be the best
If you weren't there for me then
you won't enjoy my success
Everybody wants results in a couple of weeks

You want to see what you can be
you've got to give up sleep
You can go from on the streets to a house by the beach
With the sand in your feet and that's permanently
I mean, don't forget your people
and your love for the small things
Do it yourself and make it something we can all claim
I admit, the rest can cause stress
But you put it all in check when you get success - woo!

It took a little bit, but it's ridiculous
Uh, people are throwing fits but can they get it like this?
Chicks blowing kisses, wouldn't want to miss this
Living a dream with everything that's on his wish list
It's what he pictured -the world's now captured and
Everybody saw him take the music and he mastered it
It's going faster and... he'll never slow down

He's got to keep it going because he's on a roll now
All he wanted out of life was to blow up
And everybody that he knew told him "grow up"
But now he's doing shows, they all show up
See him hit the microphone, they're like "hold up"
They're like, "I knew the kid from back in the day
He'd run around the school and he'd be rapping this way
Huh, it's too bad we never took him seriously
But he's serious see
and we can clearly see he's successful. "

I'm not going to run away (now)
I'm not going to turn away (now)
I'm at the top looking down; I wish you could see me now
My only question (what's next?)
Determined to be the best
If you weren't there for me then
you won't enjoy my success
Everybody wants results in a couple of weeks

You want to see what you can be
you've got to give up sleep
You can go from on the streets to a house by the beach
With the sand in your feet and that's permanently
I mean, don't forget your people
and your love for the small things
Do it yourself and make it something we can all claim
I admit, the rest can cause stress
But you put it all in check when you get success - woo!

I might've been the kid that you never thought
Would make it into this world but now I'm proving you wrong
It's like everywhere I go and everywhere that I stay
People are playing my songs
and they're all screaming my name
Everybody wants results in a couple of weeks
You want to see what you can be
you've got to give up sleep
You can go from on the streets to a house by the beach

With the sand in your feet and that's permanently
I mean, don't forget your people
and your love for the small things
Do it yourself and make it something we can all claim
I admit, the rest can cause stress
But you put it all in check when you get success - woo!