Monte Booker
MOUNT EVEREST
[Chorus]
My life, it's all mine
Don't block my shine
I need it all to survive
My pride gots to die
Before I take a step, and I climb
My life, it's all mine, mine
And I need it all to survive

[Verse 1]
This might be the hardest thing I've ever had to do
Spending years on the run trying to mask the truth
Knew this day was coming soon, I put my parka on
Light filters through the blinds, I turn the darkness off
Proceed to chip away at blessings
Great things, for me, were always destined
Got too many doubts, too many questions
That's when I lift my head and gaze at Heaven
They say the apple don't fall too far from the tree
Never understood it, it never applied to me
The nametape on my chest, it speaks to my own legacy
Amasula the hardest worker you'll ever meet
Built a reputation out of gold with my own sweat
Death been callin' my phone, I'm not going to her yet
I spent years alone at home, I known about regret
But now I run the races, I'm the horse that you should bet
[Bridge]
Good God, good God
I'm still alive
Wasn't my time to go
And now I know what's right

[Chorus]
My life, it's all mine
Don't block my shine
I need it all to survive
My pride gots to die
Before I take a step, and I climb
My life, it's all mine, mine
And I need it all to survive

[Verse 2]
Sunsettin' on all the possible futures
Since the days out in Texas
Can't say it much better than the view could
Overlooking the world on top of Everest
I summited Shishapangma high on ayahuasca
And climbed up Dhaulagiri while my feet were weak and weary
I overcame K2, dude
So there's no reason I can't overcome you too
Everybody expecting the most from Josh
But maybe I don't wanna be the greatest man that ever walked
I don't wanna save the world or make a billion at the top
I choose me, I'm not gon' be somebody that I'm not