I was raised in the middle of an ice age and I had to wait through the winter for a nice day comin
Had to break through whatever's in the way just to get it now my brain getting better so my eyes been runnin’
See the anger within 'em as I played every image in a gaze at the day that I prayed and I never
Got praise and I think I'm in a race to the end, and a pain in my lens like I sprayed it with venom
It became a disaster, can’t let it happen, the way that I'm rappin' you ain't gon' win it
Got a page and a half all that I got , off of the top cause the line on the page won't fit it
Maybe I'm crazy, 'cause I can’t have a day to myself or to take any break or I just start crazin’ attention
I can't be waitin’ to make an impression
The angel of David he came and he showed me a way to escape from the cage I was left in
I'm chasin' deception and I never gave it a rest, few thousand days I invested
It made me the best that I can be, but it strayed me away from the rest of my family
I'm pressin my hand on my head cause I can’t even handle or can't see directions I stand
At a 4 way stop, all day watchin', cars and I wonder what way that I should go
Then I wait through the rain then I see snow, then I wait another day then it's all gone
Another year that I wait then I see more, less time remains and I devote
My life in this game and I'm rising to fame but I might never make it and be old
And I don't understand, my clock is tickin I see the time in every hand
When I'm climbing I can't get higher my hands get tired I vanish and fly to other lands
How many minutes I got left until I'mma drop dead, done running I'mma fight it like a man
Trying to figure out the numbers I write em in the sand and I've given up once but I finally advance
And I walk tall, quit for a year I knew I'd be fine cause when I finally rhyme it's like ridin' a bike, I'll never fall off
And I thought I was on the right track if only I had the sight that I'd fail though
I was following a path that I thought I could turn from but there ain't no side streets to railroads
And it's so many years that go by and people gon' die in the sky like a pale ghost
They just sit back watching the wind, I'm gonna win though when I climb in the sail boat

(x4) How many minutes I got left until I'mma drop dead

Spent a while trying to figure out the right path, then I found I was limited to tight cash
Then I had to get back to my dream, when the grass ain't green you ain't living on the right grass
Gotta do what I got to do, been hiding in the dark, got a lot to prove
Cause when you drop and you fall and you got some bruises, the clock on the wall don't stop for you
Because the clock is tickin' while I write this sentence, the time is ending and there might be less than
A second left and y'all get depressed and never notice you went your whole life pretendin'
This life I'm livin' is like a prison with the time I'm given but it's my decision
To find a reason in life 'stead of being just like all the people that died who just died from livin'
Silent attendance, what if my life just ended
At the wrong time and got left behind and couldn't catch a ride to Heaven
I digress I got a mind of questions, if I think too much, things will not get done
And it's been the hardest that I ever fought just to get here and it's not enough
And you got it rough when you been far and get left walking in a cloud of dust
And I been walking on a red carpet full of sweat, tears and a lot of blood
Rent's hardly been paid but I make sure the checks already been made
And I've already been walking on a line of stars so I guess I've already made it
In my mind I'm in Hollywood, but I'm on a fine line but I still gotta smile 'cause I got it good
But I could've made more within everyday's moment that came if I wasn't on the run
Everyday is an empty page until we write the scripture
Every painting was an empty canvas and a lifeless picture
Everyday we're gonna get some rain but it dries up quicker
Suppress the pain until we're left with greatness and a light to lift us
Get 10 mistakes until I finally get one, I never been the one to want to try then give up
'Cause when I get down feeling like I messed up, I like the pressure 'cause I'm fighting better
They bite the wrist of the hand that feeds 'em no anesthesia for the pain they leave ya
With a hand that's bleeding, no bandage either and abandon me with no air to breathe in
But I can't be beaten when I handle each and every man I see with just a random ink pen
They must be thinking it can't be me and then I'm stuck knee deep in the sand I'm sinkin'
So many men hoping to get over the fence and they never even leaving the ground then
I wanna be the one leavin' a message that people will mention in the year 3000
Appear beat down but the beat keeps pounding the heat leaks out then you hear these sounds
And I stare at the wall with the clock while I walk to top and it just keeps spinnin around and I just keep thinkin'
(x4) How many minutes I got left until I'mma drop dead