1| Back in the days, I had of rapping on stage Imagined to radio where my track would get played It's tragic, I never fathomed that the magic fade Lets it back to the days when I established my name I was over-hungry for beats, like the was something to eat (Bars) a hundred a was nothing to me As long as I had something deep to a sucker MC I won battles but in a couple I fumbled, suffered I was grinding hard, way harder other artists did At 17, on Choice FM, I went bar for bar with swiss for 45 minutes Ready and No lie, you can ask that was there Simple and plain, my CD got critical I began to an official position in the game Quicker than I could think, I was fulfilling all my I miss them days, now it's difficult shit isn't the same
Everything that up must come down I was alright before, but I'm up now Got a bit of success, like it at all It's time that I my rise and my fall If it's not your destiny it's not meant to be In the mirror, face to face with my worst Got a bit of success, like it at all It's time that I my rise and my fall
2| Before 2 dropped, my brother died I stopped, I just carried on busting rhymes Putting on a brave but it was still tough at night I couldn't 'cause my nightmares were nothing nice 2 came out, got live in the press Regardless, I was still stressed and depressed More successful, the I felt stuck in a web Pain ate at my soul 'till nothing was left There were rumors about, I heard a sound They even tried to say Chancers turned me down Everyday, they were on the phone, tryna get me on that 'Till I had to tell 'em straight, look, I wanna go I wanna blow Had nothing to bruva In '05 I won an award for new comer But that shits all They say the thing worse than not getting what you wish for Is it
Everything goes up must come down I was alright before, but I'm up now Got a bit of success, didn't it at all It's time that I my rise and my fall If not your destiny then it's not meant to be In the mirror, face to with my worst enemy Got a bit of success, didn't it at all It's that I document my rise and my fall
3| I just can't the chins wagging And the lips My issues had me making decision to rapping funny (why?) 'Cause that almost really did I changed my everyday zig-zagging But I'm a lyricist, I live for I to stop Got volume 3 off my Then hit Block Very pissed, I was sick of my topics A pad of paper, I couldn't one line of it Seeing in magazines, I know I'm better than has-beens when really I'm just a never-been Me and my clique would be if we were American Those negative times are so clear I remember them I hope you heard a bar, you could maybe with Life's strange, it never the same, it changes It just memories that made me make this we all rise and fall on a daily basis...