[Verse 1: Ty Brasel]

(Uh) I think I stayed up a little to late
It just hit 5am and I down another energy drink
Guess I ain't getting sleep tonight
That'll keep me from the nightmares still haunting
I done seen things that'll make a grown man shed tears
So I'm still up playin' beats writin' verses
I ain't got no nine to five so they prolly think I ain't really workin'
Family prolly think that I'm wasting time
But I see the future I know one day I'll die (Hol' up)

[Chorus: Ty Brasel]

How long can I live like this I do not know
Still chasing dreams I do not care what they say
I put too much work in but yet I'm still broke
But I know I know that it's gon' pay off
One day it's gon' pay off, gon' pay off for me-ee-eee-eee-e
(I know one day its gon' pay off for me)
(I know one day its gon' pay off for me)
I know one day its gon pay off, one day that for me-ee
(I know one day its gon' pay off for me)
(I know one day its gon' pay off for me)

[Verse 2: Ty Brasel]

Dropped out of college right after freshman year
Came home to mama and she help me pay bills
I told her I think God want me to do rap
Witnessing to the lost souls, who need help, feeling hopeless (Uh)
Back with the track at me
Young T with the God bars and the heavenly melodies
I don't wanna be a superstar I just wanna make enough to maintain
If I ever get a million Ima prolly give most of it away (Uh)
I just wanna help the next man
I know that I'm already blessed man, I just wanna be the best man (Uh)
I can be the spirit leads, a miracle He keeping me
I look death in the face so many times, think I lost count (Yeah)
I know God spared me and I'm still here cause he looked out (Uh)
Love in the highest, bloody Messiah (Uh)
Done sacrifices for me and we meet (Uh)
I still believe, please help my unbelief
I keep falling, but the mercy, tree roots planted deep
I know that one day I'll see God
My repentance was admitted in the Lambs book of life
This that music for the soul
Keep digging you'll find gold
Big homie told me, "keep working it'll pay off"
[Chorus: Ty Brasel]

How long can I live like this I do not know
Still chasing dreams I do not care what they say
I put too much work in but yet I'm still broke
But I know I know that it's gon' pay off
One day it's gon' pay off, gon' pay off for me-ee-eee-eee-e
(I know one day its gon' pay off for me)
(I know one day its gon' pay off for me)
I know one day its gon pay off, one day that for me-ee
(I know one day its gon' pay off for me)
(I know one day its gon' pay off for me)
(I know one day its gon' pay off for me)

[Outro]

Young Ty man, I'ma tell you like I tell everybody man
Society can't tell you what to do
Your family, your friends can't tell you what to do man
The only say so that matters is what God tells you to do
See, if God told you to rap, you better rap like you'll never be in front of a microphone again
See, a-a-a-and if God told you sing, you better sing like little Michael and give it all you got
See, c-cause nothing comes easy man
Nothing that lasts comes easy
You gotta fight for it, you gotta work extended hours for it, you gotta go broke over and over and over again because you reinvestin' all the money you made last month
See that's the name of the game
That's the name of the game
And like I always say: "The most successful people are the ones who know how to be patient and always stay humble."
Keep puttin' that work in
One day its gon' pay off
I know dat
I know dat