You catch my rock, rolling down Boulevard got dreams, keep on dreaming
High school teen, got accepted Guess it get to go how I expected Now a pissed, steady lookin' at the bottom of the list Like the fuck re my projections? Nigga's "Next year Tory It's all good, you'll be year's story" Then I said "Man, you even understand Man, I'm droppin' out now, ain't no next for me" So I left, bus route to the bitch 53 Took the last dollar that I had for dream And I spent it on naughty nonsense, Micky D's Shit, doin' too fine Then I a call to this nigga named Rhymes Said he had a studio and it wasn't top-notch But could damn do the whole nine So I said "Cool" a few songs in this shit Stayed too long in shit But by the month, I was there so had to lay futons in this shit I was in my mom's Drove to my shows in a new Jetta said one day I would be the man I would just laugh like, who are you Me, go far I can still dream in this full of stars I can still scheme in world full of narcs If they can scheme and I'm on my car show I'mma dream, dream, dream dream dream like you said to me Best that were said to me Best words were said to me
Ten long miles, a long way home I'm downtown cause I'm workin' on this lil mixtape With no fillers, no songs, hopin' that this shit just go Sadly for me, this didn't So I make another and another mixtape and another mixtape 'Til them nigga's sayin' shit's hidden Then I meet a guy named Sascha , he tells me he's thinkin' 'bout up management Say he got a million dollar empire on his mind, he just need an artist to it with He also say he throw shows out in Texas and maybe I open up for one Then I say cool man' he books me the next flight out like I'm showin' up for I lay down Houston around nine, warehouse Was my worst show ever, nigga's near got boo'd off stage I performed my first live show in the crowd would scream for a nigga Nigga's in the crowd they was ? up Bad enough nigga's let Bun B But I feel I let Sascha down, shit was live on stage dawg That night like a nigga had the whole world on my shoulders Twenty years old tryna find the one spot in this world gettin' Then he came to me like, dawg, I could put money on this, bet a hundred on Gives me a few tips for the night, set list says dawg you can run it on this And it all out
a big world The bigger dream, the bigger you're livin' it all in your mind Don't let no body fuck up high It's a big The bigger your dream, the you're livin' it It's all in your let no body fuck up your high
Father, I up my son I up anyone that travels with him and by his speed I pray that you go ahead of him I assign angels now to this assignment And I declare Father they will go before you to make straight his path, I command that every crooked path would be made straight, every rough place would be smooth Every obstacle, every barricade, blockade Every conspiracy, every trap, right now is destroyed and removed out of his way in the name of And I thank you that it is written that goodness and love and mercy, all the things of our life
That was it, I had hit bottom, lowest point of my life Just me, the music and a quarters in my pocket Then it hit me, the phone call would change my life
(Hello) Hi, hi, is this, is this Lanez? Yeah, who Hi, yeah this is from Interscope Uhm, you slid me your a couple weeks ago when I was leaving the office Oh yeah, up? Uh, I didn't a chance to listen to it until recently and Oh my head is blown off Oh thank you so bro, thank you Ah we to talk (For sure) Uh, do you have this week to sit down? Uhm yeah, yeah, Does Friday work for you? Yeah that works, that Okay, lock that in cool I, I gotta run Let's talk soon, see ya bye
Okay, perfect, I we got him Aye, aye Mike, let me ask you You really think this kid could hit records? Honestly? The music for itself Well go ahead and listen, let's see what he's got, let's put it in Okay, do it