[INTRO]
No matter who you are
Someone's always gonna try and bring you down
And I mean, they will if you let 'em, heh-huh
Listen

[VERSE]
It's all about ya' state of mind
Let me remind you
Now you're sayin' that you're lost?
Well, let me find you
You say that you're in the dark?
Well, let me blind you
You say that you fell apart?
Well, take my hand, I can pick you up

[VERSE]
Come look at me now
You shook and you cowered
You crook, is you proud?
You pushin' a tower
You're lookin' around
Who put you in power?
Now, look at the hour
I'm runnin' out of time
[VERSE]
You only live once
You've gotta live ya' life well
You've gotta get ya' life together
Man, you gotta bite down

[VERSE]
Quit this, you fight now
Fix this shit, right now
You listen, you're hyped now
You listen, you're hyped now

[VERSE]
You try to tell me stop
It's like the brakes are out
I'm fuckin' motivated
You know I don't play around
You say you're motivated
I say you play around
You're in this biz for the fame
I'm makin' it for the crowd
I make it for the respect
I make it 'cause I'm proud
You're makin' this for the check
You make it 'cause ya' shallow
Don't you ever try to tell me we're the same
'Cause we're not the same
Did you hear me?
We're not the same
[VERSE]
And I don't even need a chorus
I don't need to sing a fuckin' hook
To make you know this shit's important
I ain't try'na go an' make a fortune
I'm just tryin' to live my life and help you out
Because this music's more than you gave it credit for
We never met before
That you understand what I'm sayin', is what I said it for
Yo, I don't need a catchy hook and thirty metaphors

[VERSE]
To make you all relate to me, basically, it's a message for
Everybody, that's like me
Because anybody that understands what I'm sayin', isn't just anybody
It could be anybody, that I'm connectin' to
If ya' truly know what I'm sayin', then this was meant for you
But don't you think for a second, that I'm expected to
Tell you that I'm sorry, because I fuckin' offended you
Like I'm protecting you
Like I've accepted you
Man, this shit's pathetic, but whatever, that's a separate tune

[VERSE]
Separate tune, this song is like a stepping stone
Try to make a staircase to heaven, like I'm Zeppelin, so
You can look up to me, and I can help you out
I feel like I'm trapped in a cage, somebody get me out
[VERSE]
I wish I could take it back
I wish I could travel back in time
Back when I first started rap
Back when I was at the talent shows, and in my class
When I told you all, I'd be a rapper, then you sat and laughed
Yeh-heh-ha, I remember sittin' down in class
The teacher thought that I was takin' notes, I'm bad at math
But really, I was writing songs about getting back
At every single person, that told me that I would never rap

[BRIDGE]
It made me who I am today
I don't think that I would be the same
Yo, I don't think that I would feel the pain
I don't think that I would sing this way
I don't think I'd even sing, I should tell you, thanks (thanks)

[HOOK]
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
It's all about the state of mind
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
State, the state of mind
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
I want you to look at ya'self, just right now
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
I want you to think about who you really are
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
It's all about the state of mind
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Yeah, it's the state of mind