Man I hate the fact that cause I ain′t a singing nigga

Then people don't respect the craft

I been perfecting thisSince I was a little man

Understand

I′m in this thing 'till death do us part

Every song on the tape coming straight from the heart

All the pictures that I paint without a brush is my art

Each word illuminates the narrow path in the dark

Writing bar after bar after bar after ba- okay you get the gist

Listen and don't forget

I play this game to win

I don′t see any other life in which I do not spit

In which I am not rich

In which I said I quit

It′s impossible, improbable it's ridiculous

But keep, listening

I got a

Lot to share

I′ve had a lotta time to ponder

My music and where

I am taking it

I know people will hate the kid

That is facts

Inside you there's a diamond but they telling you it′s glass

And I know people wondering, "This nigga got 20 tracks

On the tape? That's too many"

But if you study the greats then you′ll know that twenty ain't plenty

My first real project, man I had to give you every

Thing that i could

I poured my soul on this bitch just to make sure that it's good

And I hope, man I hope, man I hope that it′s good

Nah I know, man I know, man I know that it′s good

I'm not looking for validation just tryna be understood

I reiterate now and I′ll reiterate later

I'm a rapper, why you think I′m all about getting this paper?

Swift with the shits, Wiz when I kid, call me Taylor

Bring the heat in this bitch, when I meet a liquid, it turn to vapor

"They feeling the vapors"

She playing hard to get, but baby I'll never chase yeh

The game too saturated, and frankly I am annoyed

Cause there are too many emcees failing to fill the fucking void

I′m just tryna make it out, make it out, make it out

OOOUUU

Make it out

AHHHHH

Make it out

AYYEEEE

And I'm just tryna make it out, make it out, make it out

OOOUUU

Make it out

AHHHHH

Make it out

AYYEEEE

And if you see me on the TV know that

That's a short-term goal for a long-term plan

Ain′t no secret to the grind, my mindset just differs from the average man

I didn′t want to add a second verse

Cause I've made about 7 different versions

Of the same damn intro

Kept running into walls, so I threw ′em out the window

But my phone was on shuffle, and 'Dr. Whoever′ played

Amine said it best, intros ain't meant to be cool

They meant for me and you

To understand my truth

So that′s exactly what I'ma do

Without expressing too much of that which is on the tape

I wish that I didn't care what people had to say

I wish opinions from strangers didn′t take me out of my ways

I wish I could use that line without ′em saying I'm tryna be Drake

I feel enslaved to the world

I want what it offers

I crave the devil′s pearls

Social media got me thinking that my life ain't enough

And sometimes I wanna run away with a requitted love

Leave it all behind

Becoming one with the one is my meaning of life

Angel and demon on my shoulders giving me advice

I believe in the angel but, at the dead of the night

In my bed

I come to find

I been picking the devil′s side

I ain't proud of it

Momma told me I′ma be the greatest but ain't around for it

It's cool though, I′ll just cry about it

Before I sleep

Maybe in my dreams she′s, okay let's not get too deep

But, man I got these dreams

They

Lie behind this door, and I′m fiending for the keys

They

Within my reach

I

I just got to reach

The

More I try the more I fail but the closer they seem

Its tingling my testes

The fact I'm from Malawi just makes it harder for me

Cause this country ain′t the type to want an artist to succeed

So I'm changing the whole narrative to make it a better read

I′m pleading, please cut my records, and see the passion that they bleed

I'm just tryna make it out, make it out, make it out

OOOUUU

Make it out

AHHHHH

Make it out

AYYEEEE

And I'm just tryna make it out, make it out, make it out

OOOUUU

Make it out

AHHHHH

Make it out

AYYEEEE

And if you see me on the TV know that

That′s a short-term goal for a long-term plan

Ain′t no secret to the grind, my mindset just differs from the average man