[Intro]
I got some needs
I need the money, need people to meet
I'm stuck at the bottom
Need someone to see
I'm one of the rhymers that's meant ta succeed
Not gonna - just let you accede
While I'm on the beat attemptin' to exceed
Standards I set for no one else but me
Where's the respect that I'm ept to receive?
I just don't get it
Gon' be one of the best, have I said it?
If I didn't, just sent you a message
Wake the fuck up, you better go check it
Payin' my dues but don't get any credit
Ain't shit ta lose, the success is incentive
The game said, "I do," and up next is the weddin'
I don't need Em for the blessin' ta accept my presence
Nah!

[Verse]
Fuck livin' in the shadows
Yeah, I'm here for good now (Here for good!)
Not givin' up's really been a battle
But don't guess I would bow (Nah)
Had ta learn how much I could really handle
And I set the books down
Like someone that just left the chapel
Insistin' ta put out (Aye!)
My head's in the clouds
I'm high off these lines
Tryna make my mama proud
I'll rise, and I'll climb
Create a rapture now
The sign of the End Times for all of you rappers (all of you!)
I'm startin' a chapter of makin' a profit out of my brand
We're turnin' to the God damn Book of Matthew (Just Matt!)
Believe it or not
No zodiac shit, but you're seein' a star
When it comes to reapin' these bars in this rap
Bitch, I'm the cream of the crop (Yup)
Soon enough, you'll see me at the top
If you're thinkin' I'll stop, I won't loosen up
I'll keep abusin' the schemes and remarks
I won't leave my dreams in the dark
[Chorus]
I can never stay stuck in the old days, no way
I was walkin' to school on a cold day
I was thinkin' my ex was my soulmate
I was tellin' myself, "I'll be okay," "I'll be okay"
Was survivin' off ramen and OJ
My friends payin' my bills, I had no say
I can never stay stuck at the bottom, at the bottom
Puttin' out songs and bein' forgotten
Up at 6 a.m. gettin' a job done
I was just tryna get me some dollars, a couple dollars
Tellin' my mom, "I'll make it, I promise"
I can't wait 'til them days are behind us
I can't wait 'til them days are behind me