[00:23.78]What a year it's been, a lot of ups and downs
[00:26.83]Keep fallin' off the wagon, but never hit the ground
[00:29.68]Or should I say the bottom? That's a place I'll never go
[00:32.64]Was drinkin' hella heavy, had no self-control
[00:35.63]Started doubtin' myself, had no motivation
[00:38.67]Liquor and depression is a bad combination
[00:41.61]Ain't doin' enough, just doin' the most
[00:44.55]Tasted some success, then I put that s**t in coast
[00:47.48]Never comin' around, my ass was always ghost
[00:50.21]Not realizin' I hurt the ones I loved the most
[00:53.31]Refuse to **** this up when our dream is too close
[00:56.16]Had to grow up and put my pride behind
[00:59.16]Got out of my funk, and now I feel alive
[01:02.20]Writin' verses with a smile while my daughter's by my side, like
[01:05.42]Look, mom, I made that! Look, mom, I made that!
[01:08.30]"The boy is a star", soon enough you can say that
[01:11.25]The boy came too far for me to just pick up and lay back
[01:14.23]Since way-way-way back, I been on playback
[01:17.09]And PB blendin' s**t like Beethoven and Ajax
[01:20.09]Since Ye met A-Trak, Mosaic got his first Maybach
[01:23.03]Been told that I been chasin' a dream, even with paychecks
[01:26.02]Even if my rent's paid for, even if I pay state tax
[01:29.07]Even if it took me all across the world and way-way back
[01:32.02]Grandpa called it chasin' a dream and I can't take that
[01:34.92]Ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
[01:42.84]Yeah, yeah
[01:44.27]Check it, yo, check it
[01:46.50]With 48 percent, tryna make tragedy turn triumph
[01:49.71]But everybody tryna make family turn client
[01:52.75]How many shares you own, all my dreams
[01:55.36]Enough money can make any gathering turn riot
[01:58.37]Weekends full of distant daps and head nods
[02:01.59]Acknowledgin' ****** who really just spin jaw
[02:04.48]Who, me? N*gga, I been calm
[02:07.50]I just sense when a n*gga think I'ma be his pawn
[02:10.44]Yo, I heard a lot of bulls**t within this last year
[02:13.56]All chirp, that s**t's for the birds
[02:15.88]If you ask here it's been a fast year, I hear they only get faster
[02:19.17]With more chatter, yo, but that s**t don't matter, wassup?
[02:22.76]How far across you wanna go to go up faster?
[02:25.58]Is hard work worth it, or gettin' it all that matters?
[02:28.42]Yo, it's like the difference between stairs and a ladder
[02:31.41]I'm for the latter, spellin' don't change so many factors, wassup?
[02:34.79]You Mystery Tunes, I'm Mister Miyagi
[02:37.41]I fathered these ******, this s**t is a hobby
[02:39.83]No honor in some s**t if ****** just copy, false valor ass n*ggas
[02:43.70]You didn't earn them stripes, you David Clarke ass n*gga
[02:47.32]**** you, n*gga
[02:53.04]I was too good at gettin' involved
[02:55.97]If I was you I would've bet it all on me
[02:58.92]I mean honestly, I was down and lone
[03:02.28]I mean obviously, I was down the road
[03:04.82]I just honestly needed time to grow
[03:07.68]And you needed my mind but my pride took over